Did Jesus Laugh?

by Joe Thorn on April 1, 2008

I have been asked this on more than one occasion. The popularity of Mark Driscoll’s teaching/preaching, which often includes a liberal dose of humor, has more people asking this question. Check out the new Ligonier blog for RC Sproul’s concise answer. Good stuff.

About Joe Thorn

I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in Saint Charles, IL, and author of Note to Self: The Discipline of Preaching to Yourself. Jen is my wife, and Katherine, Elias, Madeline and Kilian are my kids.

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  • http://pcaldridgeadventures.blogspot.com Pat A.

    Thanks for this Joe! I needed something to smile about today. Cheryl asked how RC Sproul would know I told her he is smarter than both of us combined. It was kind of a conversation killer, my bad. :-)

  • http://www.joethorn.net Joe Thorn

    LOL. Live and learn brother.

  • http://www.shkoder.blogspot.com 68guns

    Sure I heard Sproul once say that the fact that children seemed happy to come to Him and be blessed would indicate that He was a happy, smiling, laughing, Lord, and not dour, straight faced, and solemn.

  • http://garyboalnireland.blogspot.com Boaly

    Joe, thanks for directing to this, very interesting!

  • http://templeoflife.wordpress.com Jeremy

    I believe Jesus laughed, and even used sarcasm as a form of humor. I look at the encounter the rich young ruler had with Jesus in Matthew 19 and Mark 10. Jesus says, “you know the commandments,” then lists them. Obviously Jesus is shining this young ruler on, for moments later the Christ continues to tell him what else he’l need to do to inherit eternal life. I may be over-dramatizing this interaction in my mind, but I always see Jesus with a slight smile on his face during this discussion.

    Speaking of Mark Driscoll, below is a 31MB file of Mark Driscoll’s recent sermon about humor in Scripture and why he uses it in sermons. It’s available to the public on teh Mars Hill Church web site. I’m not trying to spam your site, just providing some resources … hope that’s OK.

    http://download.marshillchurch.org/media/2008/01/13/20080113_humor_audio.mp3

  • jody

    If I can have one request when I get to heaven, it will be to hear Him laugh…it has to be the sweetest sound in the universe…

  • http://blog.iamnotashamed.net Ariah Fine

    Definitely agree that Jesus laughed, loud and heartily I’m sure

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