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.

Persecution complex

I read this today on the Barnabas website. It's not mentioned anywhere else and I can't vouch for its accuracy. It is amazing the lengths some people will go to.

Officials in a Middle Eastern country have produced Bibles with cell phone microchips hidden inside the covers. The aim was to trace the location of the Bibles and thus track down Christians. Several house churches were discovered in this way and their members arrested, but most were released after signing papers promising that they would not meet again. Pray that our brothers and sisters will be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. (Matthew 10:16)

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