Book Review: Seasoned Speech

Seasoned Speech

Rhetoric in the Life of the Church

by James E. Beitler III

InterVarsity Press

IVP Academic

Christian , Religion & Spirituality

Pub Date 07 May 2019

I am reviewing a copy of Seasoned Speech through Intervarsity Press and Netgalley:

Seasoned Speech points out that the Christian Faith requires a degree of persuasion.

In one of Apostle Paul’s early letters to the church he wrote. “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone” (Col. 4:6) Still Rhetoric and the art of persuasion has been largely ignored by most Christians.

In Seasoned Speech James Beitler. seeks to renew an interest in Christian Rhetoric by looking closely at the works of five Christian Communicators which include C.S Lewis, Dorothy L Sayers, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Desmond Tutu, as well as Marilyne Robinson.

This book reminds us that being an authentic Christian includes using Rhetoric.

I give Seasoned Speech five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!