D.R. Silva > Quotes

“I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting along with people who can only get along when we agree.”
― D.R. Silva

“I used to be afraid of the dark until I learned that I am light and the dark is afraid of me.”
― D.R. Silva

“You don’t need a Master’s in Theology to love people.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“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”
― D.R. Silva

“The worst tragedy of sin isn't that it produced bad behavior, but that it produced the idea that bad behavior is strong enough to deflect love.”
― D.R. Silva

“Here is a very simple and trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: If it's not about Christ, it's not Christianity.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“Christians are famous for telling people to be "child-like" and yet one of the greatest qualities of a child (the never ending list of questions) is often discouraged.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“We get called dishonoring for pointing out the garbage in the church, yet nobody ever seems to think it's dishonoring that somebody put the garbage there in the first place.”
― D.R. Silva

“If people think honoring pastors means doing everything they say, why don't they honor Jesus the same way?”
― D.R. Silva

“Repentance is a result of God's kindness, not a prerequisite to it.”
― D.R. Silva

“Make no mistake, sin has been dealt with once for all, and we are as close to Him as we will ever be.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“Law does, "because God said so!"; Grace does because it understands the reason God said so.”
― D.R. Silva

“Forgiveness of sins is great, but I'd rather have the ability to quit doing the things I keep needing forgiveness for.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“I didn’t know what to do when I realized that a religion that promised me heaven only seemed to bring me a perpetual hell. I was made to believe that was the normal Christian life; then I heard the gospel.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“People always want the bad guy to pay for his sin, until they're him.”
― D.R. Silva

“The "more" of Christianity is a myth; a deceitful illusion designed to keep you busy and running in circles, always seeking but never finding, always learning but never coming to the knowledge of the Truth—a carrot on a stick, if you will.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“Your behavior doesn't show you who you are, it shows you who you believe yourself to be.”
― D.R. Silva

“People who say we are just preaching "extreme grace" must not understand how extremely gracious our Father is.”
― D.R. Silva

“If sickness brought glory God, Jesus would have spread disease, not healed it.”
― D.R. Silva

“Ask the question, receive the answer; don't ask the question, don't receive the answer.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“What says Christ doesn't return today and His most faithful followers don't turn around and have Him crucified again (if that were possible)? That’s what happened the first time, after all.”
― D.R. Silva, It's All About Jesus: What They Never Told You in Church

“How can a God who said, “Love your enemies” spend so much time killing His own?”
― D.R. Silva

“I only run from darkness when I'm not confident in my ability to shine.”
― D.R. Silva

“Telling people they don't have a sin nature doesn't promote sin anymore than telling a slave they are free promotes slavery.”
― D.R. Silva

“Only Jesus is perfect!" isn't in the Bible.”
― D.R. Silva

“We think when Jesus said, “You have heard it said do not commit adultery, but if you even think about it you’re guilty,” that He was trying to get them to be more obedient to those Laws. He made those Laws impossible. He did so on purpose so they would stop trying to live up to them and put their faith in Him. He wasn’t trying to rally them up for holiness when He said, “If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off!” He was telling them how severe the Law really is if they were going to continue trying to live by it, because they had cheapened it and made it doable, just like so many have today. Jesus was saying, “You want to gain holiness and purity that way? Cut off your hand and gouge out your eye if they cause you to sin. Because if you break even one of those Laws, you will be judged for breaking them all.”[29]”
― D.R. Silva, Hyper-Grace: The Dangerous Doctrine of a Happy God

“If Jesus didn't do it, don't say the Father does. If Jesus did do it, don't say the Father doesn't.”
― D.R. Silva

“I can never endorse sin any more than when I tell people it's their nature to do it.”
― D.R. Silva

“There are a lot of good speakers nowadays, but very few good teachers.”
― D.R. Silva, Hyper-Grace: The Dangerous Doctrine of a Happy God