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Continuing their Proverbs series, Bill and Rich focus on speech and the art of persuasion as a dominion tool meant to order life under Christ’s lordship. Using Proverbs 16:20–24, they distinguish persuasion (truthful, for another’s good) from manipulation (as in Proverbs 7), and connect persuasion to leadership, preaching, parenting, courtship, and even self-persuasion (Psalm 42). They highlight practical principles for persuasive rhetoric, including ethos/pathos/logos and four “Cs”: credibility, contrast (folly vs. wisdom), congeniality (gracious speech), and clarity, warning against reliance on force, anger, shaming, and authoritarianism.
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