Principles for fruitful conversations

Why is it important to engage with objections and disagreement? Can we actually do that while still loving people? Andrew is joined by Preston Sprinkle (Centre for Faith, Sexuality and Gender) and Katherine Brown (Evangelical Alliance) to chat about these questions.

In the second half of the episode, they talk through some principles for having fruitful conversations from Preston’s book Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage? 

Resources mentioned and related

• Preston’s podcast, Theology in the Raw 
• Andrew's conversation with Charlie Bell on Premier Unbelievable? 
• Katherine’s story 
• Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage? by Preston Sprinkle (in particular see Ch1, ‘Foundation 1: How to Have a Fruitful Conversation’) 
• Engaging With LGBT Mental Health, Andrew Bunt 
• The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt. And some things on our website engaging with Haidt's work: 
  • How We Determine What is Good (and How That Helps Us Communicate Better), Ed Shaw 
  • Understanding Youth Culture feat. Mike Snowdon (Youth Leaders' Crash Course #1) 
• Think Again by Adam Grant 
• The Art of Disagreeing by Gavin Ortlund  
• And if this series is raising more questions than it answers, ask us those questions here!