4.21 Clinton Manley, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “How Then Shall We Mock? Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”

Timestamps

• 00:26 – Intro
• 03:52 – Clinton Manley’s Background
• 05:43 – How Did Manley Come to Write This Longform on Mockery?
• 09:53 – How Has Mockery Been Used Well?
• 13:45 – What is Satire?
• 19:22 – The Relationship Between Satire and Love
• 23:55 – Holy Satire Celebrates God’s Revealed Will as the ‘Norm’
• 25:20 – Hating Sin
• 28:42 – The Bible Doesn’t Contradict Itself
• 31:28 – Satire for Sanctification
• 34:00 – Satire Doesn’t Lose the Seriousness of the Matter
• 35:32 – Chesterton and Satire
• 36:55 – Why is there a Hypersensitivity to Satire Today?
• 39:18 – Differences of Male &Female Speech/Jesus Has Range
• 44:18 – Who are Helpful Models of Satire?
• 46:26 – Douglas Wilson & Satire
• 50:20 – Practicing Satire Online
• 54:58 – Outro

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
• Theme of the Month: Wise Words: Salty, Simple, & Sacred
• Give to Support the Work
• 2025 Founders Ministries Pastors’ Seminar

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