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Church Quotes by J C Ryle
- Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice-- books…
- Before Christ comes, it is useless to expect to see the perfect church.
- The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates…
- Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations.
- It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
- If you want to warm a church, put a stove in the pulpit.
- If anyone feels his sins, let him come at once, straight, direct, not merely to church, or to the sacrament, or to repentance, or to…
- Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel.
- If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an immense delusion; half…
- Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those…
- We ought to regard the sacrament of baptism with reverence. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook, is not to be lightly esteemed.…
- All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this…
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