“Jesus Does Stand-Up,” and Other Satires
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“Jesus Does Stand-Up,” and Other Satires

Parables, Pictures, and Parodies for Today's Church

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“Jesus Does Stand-Up,” and Other Satires

Parables, Pictures, and Parodies for Today's Church

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"Jesus Does Stand-Up," and Other Satires is a collection of fifty short parables and parodies that highlight the weaknesses of the contemporary Western church and the increasingly secular culture in which its members live out their faith. The satires target an entire herd of sacred cows, making fun of areas of discipleship or Christian living such as prayer, evangelism, worship, mission activity, and social justice issues. Several entries skewer the church's tendency to trivialize our faith or the holiness of God, or our obsession with our culture's emphasis on efficiency and individual fulfillment. The entries range from parodies of familiar hymns, including one that looks at Jesus as our friend on Facebook, to an exploration of the dilemma facing Donald Trump as he decides which member of the Trinity to fire. Others describe a group of cheerleaders rehearsing for Jesus' second coming, explain why Jesus couldn't be hired for a church's child-care job, and record Lazarus' difficulty in convincing his HMO that he was raised from the dead. The result allows Christians to laugh, or sometimes squirm, at these commentaries on the pressures of the consumerist, individualistic, and even narcissistic culture in which Western believers find themselves. Neither Christian conservatives nor progressives are spared. The intent of the entries, however, is never mean spirited. Collectively, these satires offer a corrective or warning, prodding the church and Christians to be the distinctive, counter-cultural presence and witness that God calls us to be.

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Information

Publisher
Resource Publications
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9781608990382
9781498254762
eBook ISBN
9781498271981
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Church

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: The Truly Personalized Family Worship Experience
  5. Chapter 2: A Recently Discovered Fragment from Luke Chapter 11
  6. Chapter 3: Donald Trump Deals with the Trinity
  7. Chapter 4: Go Into All the World . . . An Invitation to Missions
  8. Chapter 5: What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  9. Chapter 6: Carol’s Busy Day
  10. Chapter 7: The Jesus Christ Show: The Credits
  11. Chapter 8: The “Good WUC” Man
  12. Chapter 9: Case 1495/94: Simon Peter
  13. Chapter 10: The Healer
  14. Chapter 11: The Trial
  15. Chapter 12: The Demographic Report
  16. Chapter 13: From the Bench
  17. Chapter 14: Palestine Politics—The Week in Review
  18. Chapter 15: The Bracelet
  19. Chapter 16: Minutes of the Church Governing Council
  20. Chapter 17: Petrusco vs. Lake City Tabernacle
  21. Chapter 18: An E-mail on Choosing the Disciples
  22. Chapter 19: The Update—A Phone Call
  23. Chapter 20: The Radio Spot
  24. Chapter 21: Bibles R Us, Inc., or, “Another Week at the Office”
  25. Chapter 22: No-Fault Confessions
  26. Chapter 23: Our Church is in Good Hands With All State Insurance
  27. Chapter 24: SpeedyPrayer
  28. Chapter 25: A Revised Hymnody for Post-Modern Times, No. 259
  29. Chapter 26: Speed Dating for Spiritual Seekers
  30. Chapter 27: “It is Forbidden for God to Work Miracles Here,” Updated
  31. Chapter 28: An Organic Pastor
  32. Chapter 29: The Yellow Pages
  33. Chapter 30: The Communion Plan
  34. Chapter 31: A Sense of Occasion
  35. Chapter 32: The Lord’s Prayer
  36. Chapter 33: The Senior Pastor’s Difficult Phone Call, to the New Pastor of Evangelism and Outreach
  37. Chapter 34: An Imagined Response to Tony Campolo’s Bad Word
  38. Chapter 35: The Very Model
  39. Chapter 36: Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me
  40. Chapter 37: The Day the Donut Man Didn’t Show
  41. Chapter 38: The Church’s One Foundation (Updated)
  42. Chapter 39: The Invoice
  43. Chapter 40: How Prayers Get Answered
  44. Chapter 41: Jesus Does Stand-Up
  45. Chapter 42: An Exciting Time at Our Savior’s College
  46. Chapter 43: The “Second Coming” Dispute Enters Mediation
  47. Chapter 44: Death Loses its Sting at Conestoga Chapel by the Lake
  48. Chapter 45: The Christmas Accommodation Crunch
  49. Chapter 46: Lazarus and his HMO
  50. Chapter 47: Today’s Sunday School Offerings
  51. Chapter 48: The Jesus Squad
  52. Chapter 49: Yet Another Rejection
  53. Chapter 50: A Pastor’s Prayer for a Failing Body

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