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4.20 Clinton Manley • Reading • “How Then Shall We Mock? Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”

Episode 160

45 Min

May 5, 2025

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Properly wielded satire can be a weapon of exposing sin in the hope of reform. What are its rules of engagement for Christians?

Resources to Click

“How Then Shall We Mock?: Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”- Clinton Manley
“The Serrated Edge of Scripture: How God Uses Satire” – Clinton Manley
“Humour” – G.K. Chesterton
“On Satire, Moods, And What We’re Known For” – Joe Rigney
“Letter XI: To the Reverend Fathers, The Jesuits” – Blaise Pascal
“Against the Valentinians” – Tertullian
“The Right to Ridicule?” – Michael J. Ovey
“And Wilson, Almost Suitably Abashed, Responds” – Doug Wilson
“The Use of Satire in the Book of Isaiah and in Christian Ministry” – Tom Woolford
“When Should Christians use Satire?” – John Piper
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Books to Read

Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion – Os Guinness
“Satire” in the Dictionary of Biblical Imagery – Leland Ryken, James Wilholt
God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert – Terry Lindvall
A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense in Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking – Doug Wilson
The Problem of Pain – C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
Leadership and Emotional Sabotage – Joe Rigney
Orthodoxy – G.K. Chesterton

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