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.

Kenya 02

On the second day of my stay in Kenya (a Saturday) we sped 70 km along the (mostly good) Mombasa Road out into the countryside to an area called Kima. We saw giraffes on the way, which was nice (also antelope and cattle, goats and large ant hills). The folk at Kima are hoping to form into a church under the auspices of Trinity Baptist (churches in Kenya all have to be registered). They have a pastor (Donald Kiveungi) and have erected a steel frame with a tarpaulin in which to meet. We were very warmly welcomed being fed on fried goat liver and intestine among other things. Eventually we got down to business singing in English, Swahili and Kikamba and hearing Keith on Ephesians 2. We then got into groups to interview the prospective members. I was with Pastor Murungi. The people had all been catechised in AIC churches as teenagers after going through catechism class. They had then subsequenty been converted but not required to be baptised. (I was amazed to learn that one attraction of baptism was getting a "Christian name"!). So there are a few headaches and a lot of bad teaching to be eradicated, but God willing, a church will soon be formed. They sent us away with gifts of fruit and eggs and a live chicken! What a privilege to see a work of God in a relatively remote area.

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