A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
J. C. RYLELet us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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How is it that many who profess and call themselves Christians, do so little for the Savior whose name they bear?
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Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.
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Whatever others around you think, don’t you ever be ashamed of being a Christian.
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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HATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
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It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
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It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.
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Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to the Bible, to drive us to our knees.
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Let us read our Bibles reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in them.
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Take away the cross of Christ, and the Bible is a dark book.
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The Gospel was not meant merely to reside in our intellect, memories, and tongues, but to be seen in our lives.
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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.
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Fear not because your prayer is stammering, your words feeble, and your language poor. Jesus can understand you.
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Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
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