Bible Quote by Preston Sprinkle

““Before we apply Joshua to our lives, we need to make sure which side of the Jordan we are living on. Militarism invites God's wrath.””

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“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…

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“for Christians, not every passage in the Bible is equally prescriptive or determinative for a Christian ethical life. Rather, the Old Testament must be…

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“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…

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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…

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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.”

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“we cannot imagine existing in our culture without the haven of an erotic partnership because our capacity to belong together in more chaste ways…

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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…

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“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…

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“the New Testament highlights Jesus’s nonviolent response to violence as a pattern to follow more than any other aspect of His ministry.”

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“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…

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“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…

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“rather than perceived effectiveness motivates our response to evil.”

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