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July 12, 2023

What 1 Corinthians taught me about persuasion

by Lindsey Ralls Last week, my homegroup read through 1 Corinthians chapter 2, where Paul basically tells the church in Corinth that he doesn’t speak to them with impressive or persuasive speech and that his words are not polished or philosophical. As a result, it is obvious that the power behind his words are only a Continue reading

Catechisms, Integrating the Bible Well, Teachers Need Encouragement Too!, The Art of Persuasion and Strong Rhetoric

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March 30, 2022

Dialectic Catechism

Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Dialectic Catechism – English 7 2 Peter 1:5-7 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. What are the three stages of the Continue reading

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February 28, 2022

Rhetoric Catechism

Summit Christian Academy Summit Christian Academy What are the stages of the trivium? The three stages of the Trivium are grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. What is Rhetoric? Rhetoric is the faculty of observing in any given case all of the available means of persuasion. How should rhetoric be used? I should think, write, and speak Continue reading

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Pai·deia (noun) – The upbringing of a child

Prac·ti·cal (adjective) – Concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with simply theory and ideas

Paideian – A paideian is an individual shaped by or committed to the principles of paideia,

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