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 Believe Copy Share Image
God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that… — J. C. Ryle Beauty Copy Share Image
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 Argument Copy Share Image
When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light; but never forsake a great principle. — J. C. Ryle Answers Copy Share Image
Assurance of hope is more than life, it is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty. — J. C. Ryle Activity Copy Share Image
No salvation without regeneration - no spiritual life without a new birth - no heaven without a new heart. — J. C. Ryle Birth Copy Share Image
Bibles read without prayer; sermons heard without prayer; marriages contracted without prayer; journeys undertaken without prayer; residences chosen without prayer; friendships formed… — J. C. Ryle Bible Copy Share Image
True worship leads to a more full knowledge of self, God, heaven, duty, doctrine, practice and experience. — J. C. Ryle Doctrine Copy Share Image
If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer. — J. C. Ryle Children Copy Share Image
There are few professing Christians, it may be feared, who strive to imitate Christ in the matter of private devotion. There is… — J. C. Ryle Abundance Copy Share Image
Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us… — J. C. Ryle Bible Copy Share Image
Since Satan can't destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution. — J. C. Ryle Christianity Copy Share Image
The heart of a man can never be satisfied with the things of this world. It is always empty, and hungry, and… — J. C. Ryle Christ Copy Share Image
The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in every room, in every company, alone or… — J. C. Ryle Business Copy Share Image
The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the… — J. C. Ryle Along Copy Share Image
By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness… — J. C. Ryle Affection Copy Share Image
If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord’s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility… — J. C. Ryle Enormous 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 Born Copy Share Image
Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money. — J. C. Ryle Arise 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 Alas Copy Share Image
The Lord Jesus is "a friend who never changes." There is no fickleness about Him: those whom He loves, He loves to… — J. C. Ryle Ends Copy Share Image
The man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on… — J. C. Ryle Care Copy Share Image
The heart that has really tasted the grace of Christ, will instinctively hate sin. — J. C. Ryle Christ Copy Share Image
