Francine Rivers
Francine Rivers
Francine Sandra Riversis an American author of fiction with Christian themes, including inspirational romance novels. Prior to becoming a born-again Christian in 1986, Rivers wrote historical romance novels. She is best known for her inspirational novel Redeeming Love, while another novel, The Last Sin Eater has become a feature film...
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CountryUnited States of America
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You are free, you just don't know it" ~Michael to Sarah
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Fiction can serve in a non-threatening way to open minds and, I hope, hearts to the Word of God.
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God would light the way. Faith would keep them on the right path.
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Love one another, Jesus said. Sometimes it took a lifetime to learn how. Sometimes it took someone to hit rock bottom to make someone reach up and grasp hold and be lifted from the mire to stand on a firm foundation.
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Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?
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Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we've nothing worth living for.
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I'm only a tool, beloved. Not your Savior
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I promise to love and cherish you, to honor and sustain you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth,in the bad that may darken our days, in the good that may light our way. Tirzah, beloved, I promise to be true to you in all things until I die. And even beyond that, God willing
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Maybe it's only those who've made such chaos of their lives who can understand the heights and depths of God's mercy.
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I start work by spending time in personal Bible study. Because my projects center on a question in my own faith walk, I find Bible study essential. And God gives me scriptures daily that speak to the question with which I'm struggling.
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I became a Christian late, in my late 30s, so I had a lot of things that I was bringing into my Christian life that I regret. And I had a lot of questions about faith, so that's where I start when I write.
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My favorite book is 'Redeeming Love.' It was my first as a born-again Christian, my statement of faith, and the most exciting year I've spent writing anything.
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I had been raised in the church, but I wasn't a Christian. I had a lot of head knowledge but no heart knowledge.
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I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people's lives apart.