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Category Archives: Satire
Unexpected Satire
When I was in Chattanooga a couple weeks ago visiting family, I went downtown on Saturday afternoon with my mom, my sister, and her fiancé to walk around and enjoy the weather. Walking thru Coolidge park, we passed a used … Continue reading
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How to write good satire
Okay, I’ve said before that it is hard for me to write satire because I read stuff in papers like The Sword of the Lord and The Biblical Evangelist that are exactly what I would write, except they go even … Continue reading
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The War Prayer (National Day of Prayer, 2008)
Since today is the National Day of Prayer, as I’ve done before, I thought I’d post my favorite short story from Mark Twain, The War Prayer. I found an illustrated copy of this a couple weeks ago in a used … Continue reading
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The Life of a Christian Musician…
Andrew Osenga, a member of the Square Peg Alliance, just wrote a blog post titled “When it rains, it pours”. Toward the end, he says: It’s been a week with 30 hours of stuff to do a day, where every … Continue reading
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Jesus Needs New PR
Is there any question that Jesus needs new PR? He is constantly having statements and positions attributed to him from all corners. Everyone from the guy on the street to the sports fan holding up a sign to politicians (of … Continue reading
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An Argument for Total Abstinence
Wade Burleson has just written one of the best blog posts / satirical essays I’ve seen in a while. In the spirit of the motion at the last Southen Baptist Convention to affirm the supremacy of traditions over scripture, Wade … Continue reading
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The Wittenburg Door
I’ve been reading the online version of the Wittenburg Door for a while but had not read their print magazine until this past weekend. For those unfamiliar with it, they bill themselves as “The World’s Pretty Much Only Religious Satire … Continue reading
The War Prayer
Since today is the National Day of Prayer (read the President’s comments here), I thought I’d post one of my favorite short stories, written by the eminent American author Mark Twain. The War Prayer by Mark Twain written approximately 1904-05 … Continue reading
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How to interpret the Bible like an Evangelical
NOTE: Before you read this post, I have to warn you that I am a big fan of satire. If you are offended by satirical humor, you will inevitably become upset when reading certain posts. I will not always feel … Continue reading
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