Bible Quote by Preston Sprinkle

...Jesus did not advocate non-violence merely as a technique for outwitting the enemy, but as a just means of opposing the enemy in such…

— Walter Wink

“There is no evidence that Jesus himself openly advocated violent actions. But he was certainly no pacifist. “Do not think that I have come…

— Reza Aslan

“The violence that Jesus endured only makes sense if you understand that here was God taking upon himself the punishment for the sins of…

— David Gregory

“Nowadays, as I write and speak on a wide variety of topics, this one subject – Jesus’ way of nonviolence – always generates the…

— Ronnie McBrayer

“In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbour hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus refuses to…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Christ paints the Father in the most beautiful of hues!  According to Jesus, He is a God who is delighted at the sight of…

— Jeff Turner

Many who are convinced that God is non-violent simply dismiss the Old Testament accounts of God commanding or engaging in violence. I don't consider…

— Gregory A. Boyd

“We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do…

— Oscar A. Romero

You cannot find one single verse in the New Testament that calls for violence against non-believers. Jesus said to love your enemies. Muhammad said…

— Robert Jeffress

“when Jesus tells His followers not to resist evil people, He uses a word that suggests a violent resistance. In fact, New Testament scholar…

— Preston Sprinkle

“But unarmed righteousness fostered by love can overcome weapons and power, as demonstrated by the miraculous triumph of Jesus over Caesar, or Gandhi’s and…

— Xiaobo Liu

Christians are nonviolent not, therefore, because we believe that nonviolence is a strategy to rid the world of war, but because nonviolence is constitutive…

— Stanley Hauerwas