Today's interview is with
Joe Carter, online editor of
First Things magazine and author of
How to Argue Like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History's Greatest Communicator
. He talks about the the use of arguments (and how Jesus used them), the importance of rhetoric for the communicator (and Aristotle's framework), the difference between persuasion and manipulation, the proper use of emotion, using imagery and idiom, rhetoric vs. sophistry, making messages more memorable, Jesus as a debater, elements of discipleship, and more. The website for the book is
here.
Full
Interview MP3 Audio here.
(34 min)
Enjoy.