“If your church didn’t address the demonic murder of Charlie Kirk this weekend, the pastor is a coward and needs to repent and resign"
Really?
I spent the past week fielding calls from pastor friends. The common thread for each call: a desire to be faithful to the Gospel and steward and disciple the church that the Lord entrusted them with. The challenge: a horrific assassination of a man who proudly professed his love for Jesus, unapologetic about the hope of salvation through Christ. The complexity: a platform that was primarily political. A goal to help college students think critically about their values, the nation they lived in, and the future.
The means: public debate.
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The Nature of Debate and Rhetorical Strategy
Now, let me talk a bit about the nature of debate. There are debate strategies employed by the best debaters, strategies that include philosophical reasoning and a specific kind of rhetorical style that has a purpose. The nature of certain rhetorical styles, whethe…
