D.R. Silva

Quotes

• “The "more" of Christianity is a myth; a deceitful illusion designed to keep you busy and running in circles, always seek...”
• “What says Christ doesn't return today and His most faithful followers don't turn around and have Him crucified again (if...”
• “We get called dishonoring for pointing out the garbage in the church, yet nobody ever seems to think it's dishonoring th...”
• “Christians are famous for telling people to be "child-like" and yet one of the greatest qualities of a child (the never ...”
• “The worst tragedy of sin isn't that it produced bad behavior, but that it produced the idea that bad behavior is strong ...”
• “Telling people they don't have a sin nature doesn't promote sin anymore than telling a slave they are free promotes slav...”
• “Here is a very simple and trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: If it's not about Christ, it's not Christian...”
• “Forgiveness of sins is great, but I'd rather have the ability to quit doing the things I keep needing forgiveness for.”
• “My job as a Christian is not to get people to heaven when they die, it's to get heaven to people while they're alive”
• “People who say we are just preaching "extreme grace" must not understand how extremely gracious our Father is.”
• “I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting along with people who can only get along when we agree.”
• “If people think honoring pastors means doing everything they say, why don't they honor Jesus the same way?”
• “I used to be afraid of the dark until I learned that I am light and the dark is afraid of me.”
• “Law does, "because God said so!"; Grace does because it understands the reason God said so.”
• “Your behavior doesn't show you who you are, it shows you who you believe yourself to be.”
• “Ask the question, receive the answer; don't ask the question, don't receive the answer.”
• “I can never endorse sin any more than when I tell people it's their nature to do it.”
• “How can a God who said, “Love your enemies” spend so much time killing His own?”
• “If sickness brought glory God, Jesus would have spread disease, not healed it.”
• “People always want the bad guy to pay for his sin, until they're him.”
• “Repentance is a result of God's kindness, not a prerequisite to it.”
• “You don’t need a Master’s in Theology to love people.”
• “Only Jesus is perfect!" isn't in the Bible.”