27 Quotes & Sayings By Dr Silva

D.R. Silva is a writer and filmmaker whose work has been featured in publications such as Esquire, Conde Nast, and Glamour. She is the author of the novels The Woman I Used to Be and The Substitute Wife, which was shortlisted for the National Book Award, and the memoir The Lovers. Her writing has also appeared in a number of anthologies Read more

Her debut novel, The Woman I Used to Be was a New York Times Editors' Choice and a New York Times Notable Book of 2009. Her second novel, The Substitute Wife, was published in December 2011 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting...
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I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting along with people who can only get along when we agree. D.R. Silva
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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 questions) is often discouraged. D.R. Silva
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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
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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. D.R. Silva
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How can a God who said, “Love your enemies” spend so much time killing His own? D.R. Silva
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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
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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
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People always want the bad guy to pay for his sin, until they're him. D.R. Silva
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You don’t need a Master’s in Theology to love people. D.R. Silva
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If people think honoring pastors means doing everything they say, why don't they honor Jesus the same way? D.R. Silva
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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
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Ask the question, receive the answer; don't ask the question, don't receive the answer. D.R. Silva
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If sickness brought glory God, Jesus would have spread disease, not healed it. D.R. Silva
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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. D.R. Silva
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Only Jesus is perfect! " isn't in the Bible. D.R. Silva
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People who say we are just preaching "extreme grace" must not understand how extremely gracious our Father is. D.R. Silva
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Law does, "because God said so! "; Grace does because it understands the reason God said so. D.R. Silva
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Repentance is a result of God's kindness, not a prerequisite to it. D.R. Silva
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Your behavior doesn't show you who you are, it shows you who you believe yourself to be. D.R. Silva
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I can never endorse sin any more than when I tell people it's their nature to do it. D.R. Silva
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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
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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 D.R. Silva
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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
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A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet. D.R. Silva
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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
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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