“Repentance is a result of God's kindness, not a prerequisite to it.” — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“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 Afraid Copy Share Image
“Law does, "because God said so!"; Grace does because it understands the reason God said so.” — D.R. Silva Christian Copy Share Image
“How can a God who said, “Love your enemies” spend so much time killing His own?” — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“If sickness brought glory God, Jesus would have spread disease, not healed it.” — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“I only run from darkness when I'm not confident in my ability to shine.” — D.R. Silva Christian Copy Share Image
“While your foundation can still be perfectly built on verses and stories in scripture, if it's not built on the person of… — D.R. Silva Bible Copy Share Image
“My job as a Christian is not to get people to heaven when they die, it's to get heaven to people while… — D.R. Silva Christian Copy Share Image
“The problem, especially with people stirring up this “hyper-grace” controversy, is that they’ve added limitations where He has added none, and have… — D.R. Silva Controversy Copy Share Image
“The Gospel is the happy news that “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not holding their sin against them.”[12]… — D.R. Silva Gospel Copy Share Image
“Christianity was never about what you know; it has always been about Who you know. We know a lot of what nowadays,… — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“Christians are famous for telling people to be "child-like" and yet one of the greatest qualities of a child (the never ending… — D.R. Silva Children Copy Share Image
“Although nobody in the grace movement is saying grace is a license to sin (nor have they ever), it’s often assumed that,… — D.R. Silva Church today Copy Share Image
“If you build your sin to the sky, God has already built His grace for you to the moon.” — D.R. Silva Grace Copy Share Image
“People always want the bad guy to pay for his sin, until they're him.” — D.R. Silva Bad guy Copy Share Image
“I can never endorse sin any more than when I tell people it's their nature to do it.” — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“Ask the question, receive the answer; don't ask the question, don't receive the answer.” — D.R. Silva Christian Copy Share Image
“We get called dishonoring for pointing out the garbage in the church, yet nobody ever seems to think it's dishonoring that somebody… — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“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 Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“People who say we are just preaching "extreme grace" must not understand how extremely gracious our Father is.” — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting along with people who can only get along when we agree.” — D.R. Silva Agreement Copy Share Image
“If people think honoring pastors means doing everything they say, why don't they honor Jesus the same way?” — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“Make no mistake, sin has been dealt with once for all, and we are as close to Him as we will ever… — D.R. Silva Christian living Copy Share Image
“We don’t get to enjoy the moment because all of our time and focus is spent on searching for and anticipating getting… — D.R. Silva Moment Copy Share Image
“The worst tragedy of sin isn't that it produced bad behavior, but that it produced the idea that bad behavior is strong… — D.R. Silva Bad behavior Copy Share Image
“We don’t need to “be filled,” we already are. We don’t need to “pursue God,” He has already pursued us. We aren’t… — D.R. Silva Grace Copy Share Image
“By definition then, if you believe what you’ve heard from these anti-“hyper-grace” teachers without ever looking into it for yourself, then it’s… — D.R. Silva Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know what to do when I realized that a religion that promised me heaven only seemed to bring me a… — D.R. Silva Christian life Copy Share Image
“The "more" of Christianity is a myth; a deceitful illusion designed to keep you busy and running in circles, always seeking but… — D.R. Silva Christianity Copy Share Image
“The foundation of this so-called “hyper-grace” message is that we are free to rest from our religious efforts. We’re not under obligation… — D.R. Silva Ability to love Copy Share Image
“What says Christ doesn't return today and His most faithful followers don't turn around and have Him crucified again (if that were… — D.R. Silva Christian Copy Share Image
“We think when Jesus said, “You have heard it said do not commit adultery, but if you even think about it you’re… — D.R. Silva Right hand Copy Share Image
“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 Christian Copy Share Image
“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 Christianity Copy Share Image
“Your behavior doesn't show you who you are, it shows you who you believe yourself to be.” — D.R. Silva Behavior Copy Share Image
“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 Freedom Copy Share Image
“A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.” — D.R. Silva Christian Copy Share Image