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


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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
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