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Join us for a conversation with Gavin Ortlund, the president of Truth Unites, visiting professor of historical theology at Phoenix Seminary, and theologian-in-residence at Immanuel Nashville. He is the author of several books, including The Art of Disagreeing, Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn’t.

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0:00 Intro
0:21 Opening Prayer
1:00 Testimony
4:24 Seasons of Struggle
7:08 The Birth of Truth Unites
11:07 Why Gavin wrote The Art of Disagreeing
14:23 Why It's Important to Disagree Well
17:40 Book Recommendation: Finding the Right Hills to Die On
20:57 Disagreeing Well to Bear Witness
23:16 Failure to Disagree Well Impacts the Mission
24:32 Wasting Resources on Arguing
25:50 Should we assume Christian Will Disagree?
27:07 Hedgehogs and Rhinos
33:06 Intuitionalism
35:53 Disagreeing With People In Our Own Groups
39:17 How Social Media Makes it Hard to Disagree Well
41:30 Spiritual Warfare
43:08 The Importance of Our Speech
44:31 Kindness vs Weakness
45:27 Kindness vs Contempt
50:24 Why Kindness and Discernment Seem to be At Odds
53:03 Kindness is Basic Christian Obedience
56:53 Should We Be Kind to Unbelievers?
58:54 The Spiritual Discipline of Ignoring People
1:00:11 Space for Harsh Speech
1:03:14 Sarcasm and Social Media
1:04:07 Does Courage Always Lead to Fighting?
1:06:43 Healthy Fighting vs Quarrelsomeness
1:09:23 Courage is Freeing
1:12:38 Listening
1:16:35 Empathy
1:21:12 Being Dogmatic & A Fundamentalist
1:22:54 What is Persuasion?
1:26:10 Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
1:39:12 Gavin's Most Popular Video
1:40:42 Gavin's Most Contentious Video
1:43:00 Gavin and Sean's Disagreement
1:45:35 Fun Questions
1:53:25 Closing Prayer
1:54:14 Outro