Archive | February 2011
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Preachers: Don’t Flatter, Speak Truth
Well would it be for the Church of Christ, if it possessed more plain-speaking ministers, like John the Baptist, in these latter days. A morbid dislike to strong language – an excessive fear of giving offence, a constant flinching from directness and plain speaking – are, unhappily, too much the characteristics of the modern Christian [...]
The Reality of Hell
There is such a place as hell. Let no one deceive you with vain words. What people do not like, they try hard not to believe. When the Lord Jesus Christ comes to judge the world, He will punish all who are not His disciples with a fearful punishment. All who are found unrepentant and [...]
J.C. Ryle Audio Biography
Currently there are a few written biographies about Ryle, one by Peter Toon and Michael Smout, another by J.I. Packer and another by Eric Russell. However, if you are looking for an in depth audio biography on the background to Ryle’s life and ministry in England, look no further. I just ‘stumbled’ onto this insightful [...]
The Beautiful Variety of Christ’s Children
We must never forget that there are varieties in character, and that the grace of God does not cast all believers into one and the same mold. Admitting fully that the foundations of Christian character are always the same, and that all God’s children repent, believe, are holy, prayerful, and Scripture-loving, we must make allowances [...]
February Book Giveaway Winner
Congratulations Elizabeth DeBarros! You have won the February book giveaway, Ryle’s book Practical Religion.
The Very Moment of Saving Faith
True belief in Christ is the unreserved trust of a heart convinced of sin, in Christ, as an all-sufficient Savior. It is the combined act of the whole person’s head, conscience, heart and will. It is often so weak and feeble at first, that they who have it cannot be persuaded that they have it. [...]
5000 J.C. Ryle Facebook Followers
We just crossed the 5000 “like” mark over at the J.C. Ryle Facebook page. Just wanted to say thanks to all of you who have visited the page and “liked” it over the past year and a half. Here is to many more Christ-centered quotes on Facebook from the great Bishop of Liverpool, John Charles [...]
Are You Converted?
Are we converted ourselves? This is the one point to which our attention ought to be directed. Our experience may not tally with that of other believers. But that is not the question. Do we feel sin, hate it, and flee from it? Do we love Christ, and rest solely on Him for salvation? Are [...]
Content in the Holy Spirit, Not Feelings
Feelings, no doubt, fill a most important office in our personal Christianity. Without them there can be no saving religion. Hope, joy, peace, confidence, resignation, love and fear, are things which must be felt, if they really exist. But it must never be forgotten that there are religious affections, which are spurious and false, and [...]
The Practical Side of Holiness
Scriptural holiness will make a man do his duty at home and by the fireside, and adorn his doctrine in the little trials of daily life. It will exhibit itself in passive graces as well as in active. It will make a man humble, kind, gentle, unselfish, good-tempered, considerate of others, loving, meek, and forgiving. [...]
