The Content Is Still There

“Simply presenting the truth of God in a computer printout fashion, without the passion, life, satire, love and emotion found in Scripture, is a way of being unfaithful to that content. Style is far more than the simple decoration of propositions. Style (with satire as an important part of this) should be woven throughout every discourse and considered an essential part of it. Because we have pursued an ‘objective’ style of communication (having believed that this was possible), we have created a deracinated and boring form of speech. We have confused agape love with blah. We are like soldiers who blunt their swords before they go into battle, believing that this is all right if we ensure that the swords still weigh what they used to. The content is still there” (A Serrated Edge, p. 98).