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
The temple in which the Lord Jesus delights most, is a broken and contrite heart, renewed by the Holy Spirit. — 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
And I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit's presence when the Word is really precious to a man… — 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
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
I believe it to be clear evidence of the Spirit’s presence when the Word of God is really precious to a person’s… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Without the blessing of the Lord, your best endeavors will do no good. He has the hearts of all men in His… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Sanctification is that inward spiritual work which the Lord Jesus Christ works in a man by the Holy Spirit when He calls… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
On the one hand stand salvation by free grace for Christ's sake; but on the other stands renewal of the carnal heart… — 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
If you show me a man deliberately living an unholy and licentious life, and yet boasting that his sins are forgiven, I… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of 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
