Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.
J. C. RYLESin forsaken is one of the best evidences of sin forgiven.
More J. C. Ryle Quotes
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Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven – the crucified Son of God.
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Happiness does not depend on outward circumstances, but on the state of the heart.
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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer… He may sometimes keep us long waiting…but He will never send us empty away.
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Since Satan can’t destroy the gospel, he has too often neutralized its usefulness by addition, subtraction or substitution.
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Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
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Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.
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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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Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
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Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
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Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.
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Nothing is so offensive to Christ as lukewarmness in religion.
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Men fall in private long before they fall in public.
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Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.
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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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