People Quotes by J. C. Ryle

A crucified Savior will never be content to have a self-pleasing, self-indulging, worldly-minded people.

— J. C. Ryle

People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger…

— J. C. Ryle

Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from…

— J. C. Ryle

We know but little of true Christianity, if we don't feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people.

— J. C. Ryle

Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in…

— J. C. Ryle

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

The love of Christ towards His people is a deep well which has no bottom.

— J. C. Ryle

The minister who keeps back hell from his people in his sermons is neither a faithful nor a charitable man.

— J. C. Ryle

People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which…

— J. C. Ryle

Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among…

— J. C. Ryle

The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people…

— 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

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

Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not…

— J. C. Ryle

I want people to fill their minds with passages of Scripture while they are well and strong, that they may have sure…

— J. C. Ryle

I fear it is sometimes forgotten that God has married together justification and sanctification. They are distinct and different things, beyond question,…

— 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

Happy are they, who in the matter of marriage observe three rules. The first is to marry only in the Lord, and…

— J. C. Ryle

All the simplicity in the world can do no good, unless you preach the simple gospel of Jesus Christ so fully and…

— J. C. Ryle

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

Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.

— J. C. Ryle

People are backsliders on their knees long before they backslide openly in the eyes of the world.

— J. C. Ryle

People may refuse to see the truth of our arguments, but they cannot evade the evidence of a holy life.

— J. C. Ryle