last sin eater

Last Sin Eater by Francine Rivers (better known for her masterpiece trilogy Mark of the Lion, another superb fictional read*) is an emotionally charged, powerful book that reminds us to thank God for Jesus as our sin-bearing Mediator - something no man can ever fulfill, and the tragedy that follows when a mere man is forced to bear such an impossible burden.

Written in first person narrative of a 10-year old girl, with touching prose and visual insight from such young perspective, Last Sin Eater is a memorable read.

Read an excerpt.

*Mark of the Lion is a fictional trilogy (A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Wind, and As Sure as the Dawn) that vividly captures the capricious and breathtaking first century Rome at the beginning years of Christian persecution.

The historical details are enlightening and astonishing as we follow the life of a young Jewish girl Hadassah who during the fall of Jerusalem is captured and sold as a slave to serve in a Roman household where she learns the cost of being a true follower of Christ in such dangerous times, all the while unwittingly winning the heart of a skeptical and jaded son of a Roman nobleman.

After all three books, you will feel as if you'd actually lived in such fascinating yet frighteningly corrupt hedonistic world that was Rome.