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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Gavin Ortlund to have a conversation about why Christians have disagreements and how we can engage in disagreements biblically.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- If all Christians believe the bible, why do they disagree so often?
- What’s the distinction between significant disagreement that separates and real disagreement that doesn’t require separation?
- How would we disagree well about using justification by faith as an identifying mark as a fundamental part of someone claiming to be a Christian?
- What are the main contributing factors to disagreements among Christians currently?
- How do you respond to people telling others with doctrinal disagreements in Protestantism to come back to the one true church?
- What is the priesthood of all believers?
- How do you coach leaders to handle disagreement in a group setting?
- What are your top three rules of engagement for disgareemnet?
Guest Bio:
Dr. Gavin Ortlund is a pastor, author, speaker, and apologist for the Christian faith. He is a husband to Esther, and a father to Isaiah, Naomi, Elijah, Miriam, and Abigail. He serves as President of Truth Unites, Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville, and Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary.
Gavin has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in historical theology, and an M.Div from Covenant Theological Seminary. He is the author of a number of books including: Why God Makes Sense in a World that Doesn’t, What it Means to be Protestant, and the Art of Disagreeing. Gavin is a fellow of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics, a fellow of The Center for Baptist Renewal, a fellow of Credo, a member of St. Basil Fellowship of The Center for Pastor Theologians, and a Visiting Scholar at Reasons to Believe.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- James 2:24, Ephesians 2:10
- “The Art of Disagreeing” by Gavin Ortlund
- “Finding the Right Hills to Die On” by Gavin Ortlund
- “The Reformed Pastor” by Richard Baxter
- “Biblical Authority after Babel” by Kevin J Vanhoozer
- “Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind” by Tom Holland
- Truth Unites
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