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February 21, 2026
How to Stay Friends When You Disagree
Whether its politics, religion, or culture, or the more everyday issues of normal life, it feels like people's opinions are becoming more polarized than ever. Often we enter disagreements feeling that we have to win or we avoid them altogether. Ed Stetzer talks with Gavin Ortlund about his book, The Art of Disagreeing: How to Keep Calm and Stay Friends in Hard Conversations and Jesus’ example of courage and kindness, that can give us a framework for engaging in intense disagreements with a love that furthers instead of hinders relationships on Ed Stetzer Live.
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Ed Stetzer
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is Dean of the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches; trained pastors and church planters on six continents; earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates; and he has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is Regional Director for Lausanne North America, is the Editor-in-Chief of Outreach Magazine, and regularly writes for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He serves at his local church, Mariners Church, as a teaching pastor. Ed and his wife Donna have been married for more than 35 years and are the parents of three daughters.
Ed Stetzer Live
Discover new ways to show and share the love of Jesus to a broken and a hurting world. Join Ed Stetzer in an engaging discussion of todays cultural trends.