JC Ryle

Hell is Truth – JC Ryle

It was a weighty saying of some wise man, that hell is truth known too late.

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Neglected Prayer – JC Ryle

I ask whether you pray, because there is no duty in religion so neglected as private prayer.

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from A Call to Prayer

Don’t try to please everyone – JC Ryle

We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ’s steps, and let the world say what it likes.

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Prayer vs Sin – JC Ryle

Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.

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A Christianity that costs nothing is worth nothing – JC Ryle

There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough—a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice—which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.

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Don’t Despair of the Future – JC Ryle

I do not despair of the future. God forbid that I should do so. I believe in the almighty power of God to deliver us, even in the darkest hour … what He has done in time in the past He may do again. For this let us all agree to pray. A praying, interceding people are the very backbone of the church.

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Actually Living the Christian Life – JC Ryle

The person who hears Christian teaching, and practices what they hear, is like a “wise man who built his house on a rock.” They do not content themselves with listening to exhortations to repent, believe in Christ, and live a holy life. They actually repent. They actually believe. They actually cease to do evil, learn to do well, abhor that which is sinful, and cleave to that which is good. They are a doer as well as a hearer.

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