The normal Christian life is a life of regular, daily answer to prayer. In the model prayer Jesus taught His disciples to pray daily for bread, and expect to get it, and to ask daily for forgiveness, for deliverance from… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
“Sweet assurance of this truth is given. In Luke 23:39-43 we see how the repenting thief turned to Jesus on the cross beside him… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
“The so-called "social gospel" lays stress upon this life, not on the next. In many quarters it is now regarded as very old-fashioned and passe' to urge people to prepare to die. Social security, better housing, relief for tenant farmers, better living conditions for the poor and the care of underprivileged children—these have occupied so much of the teaching and… — John R. Rice Copy Share
It is a sad and shocking fact that many religious people are in Hell. — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
Those who go to Heaven ride on a pass and enter into blessings that they never earned, but all who go to hell pay… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
I want no Christmas without a burden for lost souls, a message for sinners, a heart to bring in the lost sheep so dear… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
This world loses its appeal when the steps become tottering, when the hearing becomes dim, when the faded eyes cannot see as they once… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift. — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
“Note that they said, "THIS SAME JESUS." The Jesus in Heaven is not another but the same. The Jesus who will return for His saints is not another but the same. When He comes again to Jerusalem, Jews will look on Him whom they have pierced (Zech. 12:10). They will ask, "What are these wounds in thine hands?" He will… — John R. Rice Copy Share
Any time a Christian is conscious of his sin, judges the sin and takes sides against it with a penitent heart, then he has… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
Multitudes of people who expect to go to Heaven will go to a Hell of torment. Thousands of "good" people, "moral" people, church members, even church workers - yes, and, alas, even prophets, priests and preachers - will find themselves lost when they expected to be saved, condemned when they expected approval, cast out of Heaven when they expected to… — John R. Rice Copy Share
“Revelation 21 and 22 tell us something of this wonderful place that Jesus is preparing for His saints, "the holy city," "that great city, the holy Jerusalem." Oh, the shining brightness of it! "Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal"! It is a literal… — John R. Rice Copy Share
