Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

I know that God is good, and he saved me from hell and damnation.

Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely. It is God reaching downward to people who are in rebellion against him.

The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.

Some have more capacity. Some proceed a few steps along the way. But Christ seemed to love all men. He desired all to be saved.

Grace is God's love in action for those who don't deserve it.

Our salvation comes to us so easily because it cost God so much.

No matter how good you think yourself to be, you cannot enter heaven unless it is under the terms of sovereign grace.

We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.

If those of us who believe in God do not believe God's grace is big enough to save the whole world... well, we should at least pray that it is.

Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.

I would like everyone to feel loved by the God who gave his son for us and showed us his boundless love. I want everyone to feel the joy of being Christian.

Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship.

Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. That's not a typo. The Bible is a record of the blessed bad. The Bible is not a witness to the best people making it up to God; it's a witness to God making it down to the worst people.

The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

I believe when I leave this earth, because I love the Lord, I am going straight to Heaven.

The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it caused God to become flesh and pierced this flesh to the quick; that, to God, it was worth the death of his incarnate Son.

O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

Since Christendom comprehends only a small part of the globe, should not everyone who believes in God be saved by his own religion?

For me, it is one of the 'signs of the times' that the idea of God's mercy is becoming increasingly central and dominant.

The gospel is the power of God for salvation for all who believe, not just old, black grandmothers or not just old, white Republican guys.

To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.