The majority of the books in the New Testament are epistles. Someone else's mail. How should we read them? What should we expect they contain? Finally, satire, it's a tool used throughout the Old and New Testaments that doesn't get much attention, but it's in there.
Sources & Mentions:
How to Read the Bible As Literature by Leland Ryken
The Literature of the Christian Movement by Morton Scott Enslin
Law & Gospel: A Theology For Sinners and Saints by William McDavid, Ethan Richardson, and David Zahl
Show music:
“River Runs Deep” by SLPSTRM
“Across the Delta“ by SLPSTRM
Produced by Jeremy Eagan