J. C. Ryle
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Rylewas the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth10 May 1816
prayer book heart
Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
prayer men enemy
We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life.
jesus thinking wish
What you think now about the cross of Christ, I cannot tell; but I can wish you nothing better than this - that you may be able to say with the apostle Paul, before you die or meet the Lord, 'God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.'
jesus heaven christ
No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
kindness son doubt
If God has given His Son to die for us, let us beware of doubting His kindness and love in any painful providence of our daily life.
idols mercy manufacturing
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
humility pride thinking
Let us watch against pride in every shape - pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is so likely to keep a person out of heaven, and prevent them from seeing Christ, as pride. So long as we think we are something we shall never be saved. Let us pray for and cultivate humility; let us seek to know ourselves correctly, and to find out our place in the sight of a holy God.
satan subtraction substitution
Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
jesus evil looks
Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.
blessing hymns people
Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations.
mind church firsts
Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel.
jesus prayer language
Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
humble proud students
"A humble and prayerful person will find a thousand things in the Bible, which the proud student will utterly fail to discern." ~ J.C. Ryle
cost crowns useless
A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.