Everyday Quote by Leland Ryken

“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

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

“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

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

“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

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

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

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

“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

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

Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.

— Leland Ryken

The Puritans removed organs and paintings from churches, but bought them for private use in their homes.

— Leland Ryken