Speech At Passion By Christine Caine - 1657 Words

Christine Caine’s speech at Passion is geared toward ending modern-day slavery and sex trafficking, and she makes her argument through the rhetorical development of the Christian Identity. Caine seeks to encourage her audience to adopt Christian values to change communities around the world. In positioning herself as a Christian, Caine works to establish credibility by using the Bible, assuming her audience will find the embodiment of truth within her speech. Caine makes her argument without using any statistical information to center the focus of her argument on scripture. Through referencing this scripture and offering anecdotes, Caine’s position then becomes powerful by equipping her audience with the ability to become directly involved†¦show more content†¦This argument of an eternal presence working through people to generate change where there once was destruction is why Caine feels the Samaritan had compassion and so he went† to signify that someon e (Jesus) had once done the same act of compassion for him (Samaritan) (Caine, 8). This movement of showing compassion for those caught in the midst of destruction gives the Bible credibility in society today. Additionally, in assuming her audience will respond to her call to action, Caine uses a hypothetical response to her own argument. Through showing that â€Å"I m gonna take my little bit of light, and you re gonna take your light† Caine works to reassure her audience that this movement is all encompassing (Caine, 24). In constructing her argument, Caine uses scripture to appeal that this is not only herself making a call to action, but rather the church and man of Jesus himself making this argument to show â€Å"we are saved by grace for a purpose† to be disciples who make other disciples (Caine, 14). Using this scripture gives Caine more credibility towards her audience by assuring them of the principles of change she is presenting before them. This ideological tactic works to further establish the audience’s need to align themselves with the movement. Caine explains that â€Å"if we, together, would raise our voice, if we, together, would do something now† the audience would no longer feel that they do not have