Francine Rivers Quotes

Christianity affirms that Jesus severed the link between suffering and deserving once for all on Calvary. God put the ledgers away and settled the accounts.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree.

The cross is Gods way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

The Saints never suffer as the sinners do.

Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

The payment for sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided.

We are all culpable in the death of Christ. My sins, your sins put Him on that cross.

As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.

The righteous pays for the sinner.

Was it not enough to crucify Christ, Must you crucify all redeemers?

We're all sinners, every one of us. We've all done things we wish we hadn't.

Let your tears fall because of sin; but, at the same time, let the eye of faith steadily behold the Son of man lifted up, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, that those who are bitten by the old serpent may look unto Jesus and live. Our sinnership is that emptiness into which the Lord pours his mercy.

It was not the volume of sin that sent Christ to the cross; it was the fact of sin.

Look to the cross, and hate your sin, for sin nailed your Well Beloved to the tree. Look up to the cross, and you will kill sin, for the strength of Jesus' love will make you strong to put down your tendencies to sin.

It was Christ who willingly went to the cross, and it was our sins that took him there.

My daily sins require daily distribution of God's grace. In that sense, it never ceases to surprise me because I don't deserve any of it. I mean, I deserve to be locked in a cage and for God to throw away the key.

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

Jesus Christ does not save the worthy, but the unworthy. Your plea must not be righteousness but guilt

God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.

The life of each and every one of us has been written. The crucifix is my autobiography. The blood is the ink. The nails the pen. The skin the parchment. On every line of that body I can trace my life. In the crown of thorns I can read my pride. In the hands that are dug with nails, I can read avarice and greed. In the flesh hanging from him like purple rags, I can read my lust. In feet that are fettered, I can find the times that I ran away and would not let him follow. Any sin that you can think of is written there.

It is not possible that a just God should forgive people who are wicked because another person who was good endured agony by being nailed to a cross.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior. Too many people have walked away from the church, not because they’re walking away from Jesus, but because the church has walked away from Jesus.