August 20, 2019
reshared with kind permission from Leadership Resources. Sarcasm in the Bible?! NO WAY… Actually, yes way according to Dr. Dale Ralph Davis. In his helpful book The Word Became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts, Davis explains why sarcasm is used in Old Testament narrative and provides a few examples: Occasionally the biblical writer dips his pen in acid and uses mockery, derision, or put-down to drive home his point. The device may not be prevalent but likely occurs more often than a casual reader thinks. One thinks immediately, of course, of Elijah’s taunting the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel […]