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Bezig met laden... A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarkingdoor Douglas Wilson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Concise, but convincing. ( ) Wilson does a solid job of washing away notions of polite religious discourse, and defends the role of satire with almost boundless examples from Scripture. Many will be uncomfortable with Wilson's tongue, but they'll have a hard time telling him to "act like Jesus." While satire is the main topic of defense- Wilson uses it as an assault on non-biblical issues of Evangelical piety. It gives the book a relentless biblicism that bites. This book is endeavors to give us "a godly pattern for giving offence, but it is also about consistently interpreting the Bible even (or especially) if it disagrees with current habits of piety. This book is written with the belief that our views should not shape the message of the Bible, rather the message of the Bible should shape our views. It will challenge many readers since it will challenge their idea of biblical behavior. This is it's-in-the-Bible-so-deal-with-it theology. The book ends with what I think is a marvelous crescendo. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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 "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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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