Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God's sovereignty. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The doctrine of Christ crucified is the strength of a Minister. I, for one, would not be without it for all the… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True worship leads to a more full knowledge of self, God, heaven, duty, doctrine, practice and experience. — 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
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Inability to distinguish doctrine is spreading far and wide, and so long as the preacher is "clever" and "earnest," hundreds seem to… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
All converted people should labor to adorn the doctrine they profess by humility. If they can do nothing else, they can strive… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There are very few errors and false doctrines of which the beginning may not be traced up to unsound views about the… — 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
