J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
sacrifice guilty portions
Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.
prayer heaven grace
To be prayerless is to be without God, without Christ, without grace, without hope, and without heaven.
punishment people desire
The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
hate mind world
Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.
missing soul may
The very sermon that we needlessly miss, may contain a precious word in season for our souls.
prayer heart together
Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
unity hell worthless
Unity without the gospel is a worthless unity; it is the very unity of hell.
prayer firsts neglect
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
eye long people
People are backsliders on their knees long before they backslide openly in the eyes of the world.
prayer grace may
Let us resolve by God's grace that, however feeble and poor our prayers may seem to us, we will pray on.
people christ wells
The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.
redemption christ ends
The chief end for which Christ lived and died: To provide eternal redemption for sinners.
book dark christ
Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
jesus naked looks
Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.