Dever Inc Quotes & Sayings

T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people - the new covenant, blood-bought people of God. That's why Paul said, 'Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her' (Eph. 5:25). He didn't give himself up for a place, but for a people. — Mark Dever

Pride causes us to care more about what our non-Christian friends think of us than what God will do to them in their sin. — Mark Dever

I feel like social media is a great thing. I try not to go on it too much. — Kaitlyn Dever

I'm not really a Method actor. I'm always afraid of working with someone who's afraid to [break character] and won't talk to anyone because they're in character. — Kaitlyn Dever

I think about all the people who have created something that lives after them - works of art, plays, music, films, literature, poetry that will be read, seen, performed, and heard for the rest of time. If I could do something that lives after me, then I think I will have had a life well led. — Seamus Dever

It is only in the context of understanding something of God's character, of his righteousness and perfection, that we begin to understand the tremendous nature of saying that God truly is love, and his love has a depth, texture, fullness, and beauty to it that we, in our present state, can only begin to wonder at. — Mark Dever

Humility is not an 'added extra,' one of the lesser Christian virtues. If you don't have humility, you may be lost. — Mark Dever

If you are not a member of the church you regularly attend, you may well be going to hell. — Mark Dever

Anger and desire for revenge can be a great motivating force. It's either that or you allow it to affect your confidence and that can be crippling. — Seamus Dever

Everyone talks about the elusive thing with chemistry. If you have a romance on screen or anything, the first thing you have to do is become friends with the person. It's not necessarily about falling in love. — Seamus Dever

I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both. — Kaitlyn Dever

We are humble because we know we are not the power in salvation. We are obedient because we know we possess the light. — Mark Dever

When our eyes fall from God to humanity, social ills replace sin, horizontal problems replace the fundamental vertical problem between us and God, winning elections eclipses winning souls. — Mark Dever

I've learned a lot from doing the sitcom. I've learned so much about comedic timing. For all the movies I've done, I've played so many different roles. I love both, but I guess in my career maybe I want to stick more to film. — Kaitlyn Dever

I'm about to graduate senior year and I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to lose the momentum with what I'm doing now as an actress. — Kaitlyn Dever

Do you want to know that your new life is real? Commit yourself to a local group of saved sinners. Try to love them. Don't just do it for three weeks. Don't just do it for six months. Do it for years. And I think you'll find out, and others will, too, whether or not you love God. The truth will show itself — Mark Dever

Too often Christians today have only two gears on their theological bike: essential and unimportant. If something is not essential for salvation, it is treated as unimportant and therefore dismissable. But the Bible presents us with a number of matters that are not essential for salvation but which nonetheless are important, even necessary, for obedience to God's Word. — Mark Dever

We do not fail in our evangelism if we faithfully tell the gospel to someone who is not subsequently converted; we fail only if we do not faithfully tell the gospel at all. — Mark Dever

Doubt not your purpose nor your strength. — Joe Dever

I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting. — Kaitlyn Dever

Evangelism is not a making of proselytes; it is not persuading people to make a decision; it is not proving that God exists, or making a good case for the truth of Christianity; it is not inviting someone to a meeting; it is not exposing the contemporary dilemma, or arousing interest in Christianity; it is not wearing a badge saying "Jesus Saves"! Some of these things are right and good in their place, but none of them should be confused with evangelism. To evangelize is to declare on the authority of God what he has done to save sinners, to warn men of their lost condition, to direct them to repent, and to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. — Mark Dever

not the writings that come from prophets inspired by the one true God revealed in Jesus Christ, then why do we find those passages as proof of who Jesus is?" In other words, they turned the old argument that had been used in the context of Jewish evangelism around. It's not — Mark Dever

What about for your church? What boundaries has the gospel overrun that society fiercely respects? — Mark Dever

For a Christian, our fears about the future are rooted in those places where our will differs from God's will. — Mark Dever

When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself. — Kaitlyn Dever

The gospel of Christ has never needed the gimmicks of man to effect conversion in the soul — Mark Dever

Our examples of enduring hardship are often more powerful than our stories of success and triumph. — Mark Dever

Sin claims to free but in fact it kills. — Mark Dever

'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that. — Kaitlyn Dever

There is nothing like being on stage. — Seamus Dever