Christian Quotes by J. C. Ryle

The Christian who keeps his heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls.

— J. C. Ryle

To be Christian it will cost a man his love of ease.

— J. C. Ryle

Before Christ comes it is useless to expect to see a perfect Church.

— J. C. Ryle

Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.

— J. C. Ryle

A Bible reading laity is a nation's surest defence against error.

— J. C. Ryle

The Christian who keeps their heart diligently in little things shall be kept from great falls.

— J. C. Ryle

The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.

— J. C. Ryle

Men fall in private long before they fall in public.

— J. C. Ryle

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

The true Christian does not need to be reminded that they have a crucified Master. They OFTEN think of Him.

— J. C. Ryle

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

A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections.

— J. C. Ryle

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

The true Christian delights to hear something about his Master. He likes those sermons best which are full of Christ.

— J. C. Ryle

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

If you would train your children rightly, train them in the way they should go and not in the way they would.

— J. C. Ryle

Let us awake to a sense of the perilous state of many professing Christians. 'Without holiness no man shall see the Lord';…

— J. C. Ryle

Christmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some…

— J. C. Ryle

What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away…

— J. C. Ryle

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

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

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

Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many…

— J. C. Ryle

Such true worship will stand the test of Christ's great principle, “By their fruits you shall know them”. It sanctifies the Christian's…

— J. C. Ryle

The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in…

— J. C. Ryle

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

Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the…

— J. C. Ryle

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

Infidelity and skepticism abound everywhere. In one form or another they are to be found in every rank and class of society.…

— J. C. Ryle

For my own part, I believe that in dealing with skeptics, and unbelievers, and enemies of the Bible, Christians are too apt…

— J. C. Ryle

It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles…

— J. C. Ryle

The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for His return. Backward they looked to the cross and…

— J. C. Ryle

Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.

— J. C. Ryle

True Christians delight to read the Scriptures, because they tell them about their beloved Savior.

— J. C. Ryle

Let us daily strive to copy our Saviour's humility.

— J. C. Ryle

Let us daily strive to copy our Savior's humility.

— J. C. Ryle

A trial is an instrument by which our Father in heaven makes Christians more holy.

— J. C. Ryle

The true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.

— J. C. Ryle

The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.

— J. C. Ryle

Meekness is one of the brightest graces which can adorn the Christian character.

— J. C. Ryle