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“A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.” quote by D.R. Silva — Download Open image

““A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.””

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“The Gospel is the happy news that “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not holding their sin against them.”[12] Whose sin…

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

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

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“You don’t need a Master’s in Theology to love people.”

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“Although nobody in the grace movement is saying grace is a license to sin (nor have they ever), it’s often assumed that, since we don’t emphasize the Law and push it on people like our accusers think we should, we must be endorsing sin and telling people it’s okay to do whatever they want. In truth, we avoid pushing the…

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

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

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“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”

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

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“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…

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“The problem, especially with people stirring up this “hyper-grace” controversy, is that they’ve added limitations where He has added none, and have kept limitations…

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

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