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 Copy Share Image
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We know but little of true Christianity, if we don't feel a deep concern about the souls of unconverted people. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I declare I know no state of soul more dangerous than to imagine we are born again and sanctified by the Holy… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
I declare I know no state of soul more dangerous than to imagine we are born again and sanctifiied by the Holy… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian delights to hear something about his Master. He likes those sermons best which are full of Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
True Christian is not an angel; he is not a halfangelic being, in whom is no weakness, or blemish, or infirmity: he… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I must honestly declare my conviction that, since the days of the Reformation, there never has been so much profession of religion… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We must cast away everything which hinders us upon our road towards heaven – the lust of the flesh, the lust of… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Let us resolve to talk more to believers about the Bible when we meet them. Alas, the conversation of Christians, when they… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
In Christ alone God’s rich provision of salvation for sinners is treasured up: by Christ alone God’s abundant mercies come down from… — 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
Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
We must be holy, because this is the only sound evidence that we have a saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The Gospel which we possess was not given to us only to be admired, talked of, and professed - but to be… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian does not need to be reminded that he has a crucified Master. He often thinks of Him. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to HAVE the Bible is one thing, and to READ it quite another. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Millions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
That preaching is sadly defective which dwells exclusively on the mercies of God and the joys of heaven, yet never sets forth… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The true Christian delights to hear something about their Master. They like those sermons best which are full of Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
There is one subject in religion, about which you can never know too much. That subject is Jesus Christ the Lord. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Politics, or controversy, or party spirit, or worldliness, have eaten out the heart of lively piety in too many of us. The… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear? — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long. — 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
The faith that has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them. — 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
