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Religion Quotes by J C Ryle
- There is one subject in religion, about which you can never know too much. That subject is Jesus Christ the Lord.
- The early Christians made it a part of their religion to look for his return. They looked backward to the cross and the atonement for…
- Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading.
- A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
- We have no reason to be discouraged and cast down if the religion we profess is not popular and few agree with us. We must…
- There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but…
- The man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on once a week,…
- Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
- The cross is the foundation of the Bible: If you have not yet found out that Christ crucified is the foundation of the whole volume,…
- Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.
- When a man’s heart is cold and unconcerned about religion – when his hands are never employed in doing God’s work – when his feet…
- Let us never measure our religion by that of others, and think we are doing enough if we have gone beyond our neighbors.
- Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible reading. By reading that book we may learn what to believe, what…
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