With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible says. It is an easy step from this skepticism to an indifference about what the Bible says. — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
“The end of learning, he said, is to “repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
There is a quiet revolution going on in the study of the Bible. At its center is a growing awareness that the Bible is… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
“Part of what Milton valued in a good book then was contact with the mind of an author rendered otherwise inaccessible by distance or… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
“In 1941, Dorothy L. Sayers provided a detailed analysis of that creative process in The Mind of the Maker. She developed the relevance of… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Readers should aspire to what is excellent. They should refuse to read a substitute Bible. They should want a Bible that calls them to… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the twentieth century than the Puritans. As a result, we approach the Puritans with… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
It is true that the Puritans banned all recreation on Sundays and all games of chance, gambling, bear baiting, horse racing, and bowling in… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Stressing the God-centered life can lead to an otherworldly withdrawal from everyday earthly life. — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
“Earlier in this century someone claimed that we work at our play and play at our work. Today the confusion has deepened: we worship… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Literature takes reality and human experience as its starting point, transforms it by means of the imagination, and sends readers back to life with… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God. — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
