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Preston Sprinkle Shares His Approach to Preferred Pronouns During ‘Deep End With Lecrae’ Interview

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Dr. Preston Sprinkle said that “in many cases” he would use someone’s preferred pronouns, even if those pronouns do not match the person’s biological sex. In a recent conversation on the “Deep End With Lecrae,” Sprinkle explained that he would be truthful with the person that he does not agree with their gender identity but would still use the preferred pronouns in order to meet the person “where they’re at.”

“We live in a multi-religious, multicultural context, and language is shared social space between people with different worldviews,” said Sprinkle, who is a speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and cofounder and president of The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender. “So people are going to use words differently. They’re going to have a different view of human identity. They’re going to have different worldviews, and their language might reflect that.”

Sprinkle appeared on Christian hip-hop artist Lecrae’s podcast Friday, Feb. 20, to discuss his new book, “From Genesis to Junia: An Honest Search for What the Bible Really Says About Women in Leadership,” and his thoughts on how Christians should engage with the LGTBQ+ community.

Lecrae is a four-time Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist, author, and entrepreneur. In his podcast, Lecrae tackles “the hard things no one else will face and [talks] about what life looks like when you go off the deep end.”

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That sort of goes without saying. If you don't connect with somebody, and how they see themselves, you aren't really communicating with them, you're talking past them.

Having said that, I don't necessarily agree with his essentialism he's implying about human personhood (I don't necessarily share his simplistic view of human personhood). But at least he's intellectually serious enough to recognize that genuine communication involves meeting somebody on their terms.
 
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