A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian SkylarkingSatire is a kind of preaching. Satire pervades Scripture. Satire treats the foibles of sinners with a less than perfect tenderness. But, if a Christian employs satire today, he is almost immediately called to account for his "unbiblical" behavior. Yet Scripture shows that the central point of some religious controversies is to give offense. When Christ was confronted with ecclesiastical obstinacy and other forms of arrogance, he showed us a godly pattern for giving offense. In every controversy, godliness and wisdom (or the lack of them) are to be determined by careful appeal to the Scriptures and not to the fact of someone having taken offense. Perhaps they ought to have taken offense, and perhaps someone ought to have endeavored to give it. |
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
Satiric Bite | 11 |
The Meaning of Arrogance | 19 |
The Satire of Jesus | 29 |
Old Testament Satire and Jabs | 47 |
The Language of Paul | 59 |
Dearlybelovedism | 67 |
ModEvism | 73 |
Spurgeon the Magnificent | 81 |
Objections | 89 |
The Goal of Giving Offense | 97 |
Apathetic Sanctity | 107 |
Tender Mercies | 111 |
Seductive Disrespect by Douglas Jones | 117 |
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