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Episode 11 Rhetoric Part II - Expression and Reception of Ideas

Episode 11 Rhetoric Part II - Expression and Reception of Ideas

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 Consider this: The central importance to expressing and receiving ideas well is based on the quality of a person's rhetorical skill. How you speak affects how others perceive you, and how you perceive yourself.

Have you thought about language in such a way? Have you examined your speech patterns and diction and how it shades how we are perceived not only as Christians but as fully formed humans?

Think back to moments when you were mesmerized by the movements and words of a great orator, or even an actor, were you not transported and transfixed upon every syllable? Did you not comprehend more fully the substance of his/her talk? The hearing of great oration is pleasing and desirable, and will make us want to engage and hear more great oration! This exercise will begin to affect our speech patterns and elocution, and rewire your linguistic thought patterns as well. Language is one of the most powerful forces in the world. Remember Gen. 1:3, “Then God said let there be light…”, it was from language that illumination/revelation was brought forth into the world.

In the modern day, I feel we may attribute persuasive speech with marketing and schemes, but this is not how the ancients saw it or valued it. It was a virtue to be able to express oneself to “say that they mean and mean what they say.” It is a skill set that even if we initially dismiss it, we are drawn back to and continue to come back to it. For example, a speaker like Jordan Peterson, who gives incredibly complex and elevated talks, is able to hold the attention of his audiences to where they are on the edge of their seats for hours. And they are not diverted by ennui or lack of attention spans. It may be that the best remedy for attention deficiency in the world is more skilled speakers, and more skilled listeners.

This is our academic aim at VCA, to help our students become great orators who can speak truth and express complex ideas so well that they can assist others in forgoing unnecessary suffering or unwitting ignorance. So, that they may be an asset to themselves, their families, and any one they may meet.
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