MISSION: PERSUASIVE SPEECH
TOPIC: CHESTERTON
AUDIENCE: CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOLED TEENS
COUNTDOWN: 3 DAYS
HELLLPPPP!
I'm trying to think of 3 main points, and collect some poignant quotes. Chesterton converting C. S. Lewis is probably going to prove most effective on this non-Catholic audience, but that's only one point. I would be greatly indebted to anyone who has ideas for possible arguments.
3 comments:
You could site Chesterton's arguments in the Illustrated London News which was read by M. Ghandi and which started his non-violent protest against British rule of India.
You could say that although Chesterton and Shaw didn't agree on anything, they were friends. That's amazing.
But what is you main point? That Chesterton is persuasive? Then how about the fact that Joseph Pearce, an atheist skin head, sitting in a jail in Ireland, wanting to reform the big bad world, is given a book by Chesterton, told to read ONE PART ONLY (the chapter on economics) and warned NOT to read the rest. Well, he's in jail with nothing to do, so he reads the rest. Converts. Now, he's a college professor writing books. His first book? A THANK YOU to Chesterton: Chesterton's Biography, Wisdom and Innocence.
Good luck with your speech!
I'll pray that the Holy Spirit procrastinates!
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