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Nonviolence: The Rhythm of Christianity

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Preston Sprinkle


Duration

9.1


Uploaded to YouTube

24 January 2017

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27 November 2025


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This is a 9 min talk I gave on Christian nonviolence at the annual Q conference in 2016. It was in response to a previous talk giving by Doug Wilson at the same conference. Doug argued that gun ownership is a Christian virtue, and I argued that nonviolence should be the dominant rhythm of American Christianity, even though it's not.

Doug and I had a fun series of blog exchanges after the conference. Here are the links to mine; you'll find the links to Doug's blogs therein.

https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/blogs/theologyintheraw/2016/04/the-bible-on-self-defense-a-response-to-doug-wilson

https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/blogs/theologyintheraw/2016/04/the-only-way-to-stop-a-bad-guy-with-a-gun-is-a-good-guy-with-a-gun

https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/blogs/theologyintheraw/2016/05/the-killer-at-the-door

https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/blogs/theologyintheraw/2016/6/7/nonviolence-in-brief