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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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Clinton Manley

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Clinton Manley

Clinton Manley is an editor for Desiring God and an adjunct instructor for Bethlehem College and Seminary. He and his wife, Mackenzie, have three children and live in Saint Paul. Clint is a member of Christ the King Church in Stillwater, Minnesota.
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