Seite 8 - The Voice in Speech and Song (1988)

Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Section 1—A Gift From God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 1—A Heavenly Talent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2—Design for Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3—A Tool for Evangelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 4—Importance of Speech Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 5—The Role of Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 6—The Role of Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 7—Students and Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 8—The Influence of Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 9—Persuasion Through Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 10—Misuse of the Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 2—Christ the Ideal Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 11—Nature of His Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 12—Effectiveness of Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 13—Love, Sympathy, and Kindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 14—Patient Calmness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 15—Simplicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 16—Power, Authority, and Earnestness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 17—Words of Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 18—No Complicated Reasoning nor Argument . . . . . . 64
Chapter 19—Christ’s Study of Countenances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Chapter 20—Adaptation to His Listeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 21—Illustrations, Symbols, and Figures of Speech . . . 69
Chapter 22—The Worker’s Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 3—Christian Attitudes in Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 23—Revelation of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 24—Modesty, Truthfulness, and Discretion . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 25—Kinds of Negative Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Chapter 26—Love and Kindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 27—Effect of Words on Oneself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 28—Discernment in Reproof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 29—Praise and Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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