S1E12: Humor

Description

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he wasn’t a very good Samaritan! Benjamin and Ryker spend this episode of the podcast wondering how in the world theology can relate to this joke and others like it.

Show Notes (The Theology of Humor) S1:E12

Table of Contents & Timestamps:

(0:00-2:19) Introduction

(2:19-13:56) What is Humor?

(14:14-20:00) Is God Funny?

(20:00-23:06) Is Jesus Funny?

(23:06-27:10) Is the Bible Funny?

(27:28-30:15) Should we be Funny?

(30:15-34:50) Fallen/Redeemed Humor

(34:50-38:41) Improv

(39:02-42:00) Recap

(42:00-44:11) Resources

(44:11-45:04) A Couple Jokes

(45:04-47:06) Outro

Key Takeaways:

Humor is amusingly subverted expectations, probably
The Gospel is full of paradoxes which are mysterious but not illogical
God the Father is probably humorous, but His jokes go way over our head
Both Jesus and Scripture are really funny at times, but we should be careful not to anachronistically turn them into standup comedy
Fallen humor is rotten, low-hanging fruit, redeemed humor is fresh, high-hanging fruit
Godly humor is humbling, community-building, and perspective-resetting

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