Before Christ comes, it is useless to expect to see the perfect church. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Churches may decay and perish; riches may make themselves wings and fly away-but he who builds their happiness on Christ crucified and… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We ought to regard the sacrament of baptism with reverence. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook, is not to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches,… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith… — 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
