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.

Sinful excuses


Over on my Benjamin Beddome blog here I have a digest of a sermon where Beddome deals with a series of 8 common excuses. The excuses are

1. Some men will say they have no need to come to Christ
2. Others imagine they are already come to Christ; and the act being performed, they have no need to repeat it
3. Pre-engagement is another excuse which sinners make for not coming to Christ
4. Some say they have tried but cannot come to Christ
5. Others who are deeply bowed down in spirit, do not so much plead their inability, as their unfitness and unworthiness
6. Some stumble at the austerities of religion, and the dangers to which it will expose them
7. It is the fear of some that if they do come to Christ, they shall either be rejected, or dishonour him
8. Many who do not come to Christ now, purpose to do so hereafter

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