The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

Pineapples

Truth is I just hadn't really thought it through but if woken from sleep and asked if pineapples grew on trees I would have said yes. I learned in Tagaytay the other day that is not the case. Now I know.
More here.

2 comments:

Alan said...

They are bromeliads.

You can often get bromeliads as houseplants (and in fact it is possible to grow pineapple tops as a houseplant...)

Gary Brady said...

I like that word Alan - Bromeliad. (It sounds a bit Welsh).