Christ Over All 4.21 Clinton Manley, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • "How Then Shall We Mock? Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire"
May 12, 2025
56:45
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