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

<p><strong>ABOUT THE EPISODE</strong></p><p>Listen in as David Schrock and Trent Hunter interview Clinton Manley on his Christ Over All essay: “How Then Shall We Mock? Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire&quot;</p><p><strong> Timestamps</strong></p><ul><li>00:26 – Intro</li><li>03:52 – Clinton Manley’s Background</li><li>05:43 – How Did Manley Come to Write This Longform on Mockery?</li><li>09:53 – How Has Mockery Been Used Well?</li><li>13:45 – What is Satire?</li><li>19:22 – The Relationship Between Satire and Love</li><li>23:55 – Holy Satire Celebrates God’s Revealed Will as the ‘Norm’</li><li>25:20 – Hating Sin</li><li>28:42 – The Bible Doesn’t Contradict Itself</li><li>31:28 – Satire for Sanctification</li><li>34:00 – Satire Doesn’t Lose the Seriousness of the Matter</li><li>35:32 – Chesterton and Satire</li><li>36:55 – Why is there a Hypersensitivity to Satire Today?</li><li>39:18 – Differences of Male &amp;Female Speech/Jesus Has Range</li><li>44:18 – Who are Helpful Models of Satire?</li><li>46:26 – Douglas Wilson &amp; Satire</li><li>50:20 – Practicing Satire Online</li><li>54:58 – Outro</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources to Click</strong></p><ul><li><strong></strong><a href="https://christoverall.com/article/longform/how-then-shall-we-mock-ten-principles-for-wielding-the-sword-of-holy-satire/">⁠“How Then Shall We Mock?: Ten Principles for Wielding the Sword of Holy Satire”-⁠</a> Clinton Manley</li><li><a href="https://christoverall.com/article/concise/the-serrated-edge-of-scripture-how-god-uses-satire/">⁠“The Serrated Edge of Scripture: How God Uses Satire”⁠</a> – Clinton Manley</li><li><a href="http://www.gkc.org.uk/gkc/books/Humour.html">⁠“Humour”⁠</a> – G.K. Chesterton</li><li><a href="https://americanreformer.org/2023/12/on-satire-moods-and-what-were-known-for/">⁠“On Satire, Moods, And What We’re Known For”⁠</a> – Joe Rigney</li><li><a href="https://ccel.org/ccel/pascal/provincial/provincial.xiii.html">⁠“Letter XI: To the Reverend Fathers, The Jesuits”⁠</a> – Blaise Pascal</li><li><a href="https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0314.htm">⁠“Against the Valentinians”⁠</a> – Tertullian</li><li>“<a href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/the-right-to-ridicule/">⁠The Right to Ridicule?”⁠</a> – Michael J. Ovey</li><li><a href="https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/and-wilson-almost-suitably-abashed-responds.html#:~:text=the%20main%20target%20needs%20to%20be%20those%20who%20know%20better.">⁠“An