J. C. Ryle

Thankfulness is a flower which will never bloom well excepting upon a root of deep humility. J. C. Ryle

Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren. J. C. Ryle

Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God’s sovereignty. J. C. Ryle

According to the degree of our faith will be our enjoyment of Christ’s salvation, our patience in the day of trial, our victory over the world. Unbelief, in short, is the true cause of a thousand spiritual diseases. J. C. Ryle

Excerpt from Holiness: Justification and Sanctification

What is the relationship between justification and sanctification? This article explains this by showing what justification and sanctification have in common, and how they are different.

Beginning to Read the Bible

When it comes to Bible reading, where do you start and how should you read the Bible? This article considers the issue.

Young people as they grow the will have to make choices. How do you go about making choices? From the life of Lot this article discusses four crucial areas for choice-making in the life of Christian youth.

Moses' Choice

How do you live for Christ as young people? One area which you must work on is on the choices you make. This article looks at Hebrews 11:24-26, showing from the life of Moses the importance of making right choices.

Private Judgment

One of the means God used to advance the cause of the Reformation was the insistence of the Reformers in calling Christians to exercise private judgment, or to test everything. From 1 Thessalonians 5:21 this article explains the right, duty, and necessity of private judgment. It calls Christians to the duty and necessity of upholding the truth.

Primary Obligations of Parents

Proverbs 22:6 expresses the obligation of biblical parenting: train children in the way they should go. Such training should be done in all tenderness, affection, and patience. It should be training in the knowledge of the Bible.

Are You Born Again?

Are you born again? In the letter of 1 John this question is answered by pointing to six characteristics that describe one who has experienced regeneration: no habitual sinning, faith in Christ, practicing righteousness, loving other Christians, overcoming the world, and keeping oneself pure.

Cause of Backsliding

Backsliding is a reality that is also seen in the Bible. This article shows that backsliding starts with neglecting prayer.

What It Costs to Be a True Christian

This article considers some of the costs of becoming a Christian. This will cost someone their self-righteousness, sins, love of comfort, and the favour of the world.

The Real Presence: What Is It?

What is the presence of God? Where is it? What is the nature of it? This article addresses these questions by considering the doctrines of God's presence in the world, Christ's real spiritual presence, and Christ's real bodily presence.

Prayer

The author states that prayer is the most important topic in practical religion. All other subjects are secondary. The author offers seven reasons why this is so. Included among these reasons are the subjects of salvation, the character of a true Christian, private prayer, prayer as a source of encouragement, and prayer as a recipe for happiness and contentment.

The True Church

This article discusses the characteristics of a true church. It should be composed of those born again of the Spirit.

Election

The article discusses the doctrine of election in Scripture. It carefully describes what is to be understood of this doctrine. The article then proceeds to answer different questions that confront believers and unbelievers with regard to election.

Holiness

Why is it that without holiness, no man shall see the Lord? This article answers by looking at the true nature of practical holiness, the necessity of it, and the characteristics of a holy man.

Profitable Ways of Reading the Bible

Are you battling with your Bible reading? This article gives eight suggestions for a profitable Bible reading.

The Agency That Transformed a Nation

Preaching is the agent that shook England, and God used it to bring about the Reformation in England. This article looks at the kind of preaching it was.

Take Everything to God in Prayer

This article, showing that Jesus stands as our Lord but also as a Friend, encourages Christians to take everything to him in prayer.

Few Saved!

Is Luke 13:23 implying that only few will be saved? To answer this question this article defines what salvation means. It points out mistakes that are made when talking about the number of the saved. It reveals the biblical teaching on the number of those who will be saved.

Wheat Or Chaff

Before God's eyes there are only two kinds of people, the chaff and the wheat. From Matthew 3:12, this article shows who is the chaff and the wheat.

Why Were Our Reformers Burned?

Between 1555 and 1558 there were two hundred and eighty-eight Reformers who were martyred. What was the cause of their martyrdom? This article looks at the some of these martyrs and the reasons why they were burned under Queen Mary's reign.

Assurance enables a child of God to feel that the great business of life is a settled business, the great debt a paid debt, the great disease a healed disease and the great work a finished work. J. C. Ryle

All the care in the world will not make us continue a minute beyond the time God has appointed. J. C. Ryle

Men fall in private long before they fall in public. J. C. Ryle

The Power of Example

This article shows that living an exemplary life as parents is a powerful tool in parenting your children.

You can talk about Christian experience all you wish, but without doctrinal roots it is like cut flowers stuck into the ground – it will wither and die J. C. Ryle

Nothing is written by chance in the Word of God. There is a special reason for the selection of every single expression J. C. Ryle

The surest mark of true conversion is humility J. C. Ryle

All the care in the world will not make us continue a minute beyond the time God has appointed J. C. Ryle

A clear faith should produce a light heart J. C. Ryle

The believer who knows his own heart will ever bless God for election J. C. Ryle

The hands of the wicked cannot stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and cannot stir one moment after God commands them to stop J. C. Ryle

There is no holiness without a warfare J. C. Ryle

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