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> [“Pastoral questions are properly answered at the level of individual lives, not at the level of generic themes. When”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/pastoral-questions-are-properly-answered-at-the-level-of-individual/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

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## More by Preston Sprinkle

> [“Loving your enemy. Doing good things for evil people. Never taking vengeance. Responding to violence with nonviolent love—even if it brings suffering. These are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/loving-your-enemy-doing-good-things-for-evil-people-never-taking/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“for Christians, not every passage in the Bible is equally prescriptive or determinative for a Christian ethical life. Rather, the Old Testament must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/for-christians-not-every-passage-in-the-bible-is-equally-prescriptive/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“the most visible form of Jesus’s not-of-this-world kingdom is the radical, head-turning love of one’s enemies, even (or especially) when we are suffering at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/the-most-visible-form-of-jesus-s-not-of-this-world-kingdom-is-the/)

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> [“describing singleness as “a rare calling,” which is neither a common position in Christian history (at best we may say that most Protestants in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/describing-singleness-as-a-rare-calling-which-is-neither-a-common/)

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> [“genuine relationships are always the best place to start as we seek to integrate our ethical views in the daily life of ministry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/genuine-relationships-are-always-the-best-place-to-start-as-we-seek/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“we cannot imagine existing in our culture without the haven of an erotic partnership because our capacity to belong together in more chaste ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/we-cannot-imagine-existing-in-our-culture-without-the-haven-of-an/)

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> [“The Incarnate One is truly human as well as truly divine, and so properly spoken of as our friend and brother as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/the-incarnate-one-is-truly-human-as-well-as-truly-divine-and-so/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“When we buy into the American narrative that focuses on “flesh-and-blood enemies,” we are spraying the tip of the flames, not the source of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/when-we-buy-into-the-american-narrative-that-focuses-on-flesh-and/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“the New Testament highlights Jesus’s nonviolent response to violence as a pattern to follow more than any other aspect of His ministry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/the-new-testament-highlights-jesus-s-nonviolent-response-to-violence/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“The New Testament is ubiquitously clear: don’t retaliate with evil for evil; do good to those who hate you; embrace your enemy with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/the-new-testament-is-ubiquitously-clear-don-t-retaliate-with-evil-for/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“Augustine suggests that in the mutual submission and self-surrender of marriage, and in the openness of the marriage relationship to children, with the demands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/augustine-suggests-that-in-the-mutual-submission-and-self-surrender/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“rather than perceived effectiveness motivates our response to evil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/rather-than-perceived-effectiveness-motivates-our-response-to-evil/)

[Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/)

> [“Already in the Old Testament, God’s love for Israel had been compared to the marital bond (Isa 62:5; Jer 2–3; Ezek 16; Hos 1–3),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/already-in-the-old-testament-god-s-love-for-israel-had-been-compared/)

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> [“I wonder how many people have been killed, tortured, and in some cases cannibalized, all because certain Christians (mis)applied the book of Joshua to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/i-wonder-how-many-people-have-been-killed-tortured-and-in-some-cases/)

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> [“Unlike the Old Testament, in which singleness was not a good, the New Testament—or, more properly, the coming of Christ—opens up, for the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/unlike-the-old-testament-in-which-singleness-was-not-a-good-the-new/)

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