Quotes from JC Ryle

The minister who keeps back hell from his people in his sermons is neither a faithful nor a charitable man.

Troublous times, departures from the faith, evil men waxing worse and worse, love waxing cold, are things distinctly predicted.

We want more men and women who walk with God and before God, like Enoch and Abraham.

He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself.

Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.

True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived.

Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.

But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this: that elect men and women may be known and distinguished by holy lives.

The work of the preacher resembles that of the sower. Like the sower, the preacher must sow good seed, the Word of God.

There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.

There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but it is not good money. It is not the authentic reality that called itself Christianity in the beginning.

Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.