A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking
Written by Douglas Wilson
Narrated by Brian Kohl
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About this audiobook
Satire 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 "insensitive" and "unloving" 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 the fact of people having taken offense. In this book, veteran satirist Douglas Wilson explains his rationale for why so much of what he says gets people upset and yet he continues to speak as he does, for the sake of the gospel.Douglas Wilson
Douglas Wilson (MA, University of Idaho) is a pastor, a popular speaker, and the author of numerous books. He helped to found Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, and is currently a senior fellow of theology at New St. Andrews College. He blogs regularly at DougWils.com.
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Reviews for A Serrated Edge
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This has been a great book to get a proper perspective on a subject that seems to have the church look down their nose at you.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5While not much time is devoted to instruction on the appropriate application of different kinds of satire and cutting sarcasm, the book thoroughly defends their proper place among the faithful. Soft, squishy Christians, beware!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Have you read a book Biblically defending satire? This is not a haphazard book, nor does it trade theology for philosophy. There's much more "edge" to Biblical writing than we have noticed...before now.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A short yet insightful introduction and explanation of the type of literary device used in the Bible which is rarely used in the modern day Church - satire. Doug Wilson gives a Biblical apologetic for this device as well as practical wisdom in its use along with sentences that made me laugh.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Worthy of multiple readings. Will challenge you in all the right ways.