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The Personal Bible Reading of J.C. Ryle
“Before his conversion Ryle hardly ever opened his Bible, but after he became a Christian he formed the habit of daily Bible study, which continued without a break for more than a half a century. He rose early each morning so that he could study the Word without interruption. Words and verses of special significance [...]
The Winner of Ryle’s Biography Is…
Congratulations Ricky Kirk! You have won J.C. Ryle’s biography by Eric Russell. Ricky has been contacted via email and has 1 week to respond. If no response, a runner-up will be drawn. Thank you all for participating in this book giveaway. If you would like to purchase this [very insightful] biography for your personal [...]
God’s Glorious Plan of Salvation
How glorious and soul-satisfying is the description the Bible gives us of God’s plan of salvation, and the way by which our sins can be forgiven! The coming into the world of Jesus Christ, the God-man, to save sinners—the redemption He has accomplished for man by His suffering, in our place, the just for the [...]
The Proper Approach to the Lord’s Table
Let us take heed to ourselves in the matter of the Lord’s supper. It is easy to err about it on either side. On the one hand, we are not to be content with staying away from the Lord’s table under the vague plea of unfitness. As long as we so stay away, we are [...]
Don’t Fool Yourself; God’s Gets Angry
We must never flatter ourselves that God cannot be angry. He is indeed a God of infinite grace and compassion. But it is also written, that He is “a consuming fire.” (Heb. 12:29.) His spirit will not always strive with men. (Gen. 6:3.) There will be a day when His patience will come to an [...]
The Great Delusion
There is no greater delusion than the common idea that it is possible to live wickedly, and yet rise again gloriously—to be without Christ in this world, and yet to be a saint in the next. I fear the false doctrine of the Roman Catholic purgatory has many secret friends even within the confines of [...]
Just As I Am, Without One Plea
“When a professing Christian coolly tells me that he has got beyond such hymns as Just As I Am, and that they are ‘below his present experience’, though they suited him when he first took up Christianity, I must think his soul is in a very unhealthy state!” ~ J.C. Ryle Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, [...]
The All Seeing Eye of God
In all our duties, whether giving or praying, the great thing to be kept in mind is, that we have a heart-searching and all-knowing God. Everything like formality, being artificial, or mere bodily service, is abominable and worthless in God’s sight. He takes no account of the quantity of money we give, or the quantity [...]
J.C. Ryle Biography Giveaway
________________________________________ Update: Contest closed. [10/29/2010] We have a winner: Congrats to Ricky Kirk! Thank you all for participating! ________________________________________ If you would like to get a good grasp of J.C. Ryle’s background and life [1816-1900], covering his conversion to Christ at the age of 21, his 38 years of being a Pastor in mostly rural [...]
You HAVE a Bible But Do You READ It?
There is more Bible buying, Bible selling, Bible printing and Bible distributing than ever before in our nation. We see Bibles in every bookstore; Bibles of every size, price and style. There are Bibles in almost every house in the land. But all this time I fear we are in danger of forgetting that to [...]
