Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A Christian is nothing more than a sinner who has found out their sinfulness, and has learned the blessed secret of living… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear? — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian delights to hear something about their Master. They like those sermons best which are full of Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
No doubt a man may be saved, like the penitent thief, without having received the Lord's Supper. It is not a matter… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian does not need to be reminded that they have a crucified Master. They OFTEN think of Him. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us resolve to talk more to believers about the Bible when we meet them. Alas, the conversation of Christians, when they… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The Christian who keeps their heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
No one ever said at the end of his days; 'I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us serve Him faithfully as our Master. Let us obey Him loyally as our King. Let us study His teachings as… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True Christians delight to read the Scriptures, because they tell them about their beloved Savior. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul.… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We are all naturally self-righteous. It is the family disease of all the children of Adam. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Sunday morning, before we go to hear the Word of God preached...let us not rush into God’s presence careless, reckless, and unprepared, as if… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true secret of spiritual strength is self-distrust and deep humilty. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
O Christian, look up and take comfort. Jesus has prepared a place for you, and those who follow Him shall never perish, neither shall… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let your Christianity be so unmistakable, your eye so single, your heart so whole, your walk so straightforward, that all who see you may… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image