A word of warning
As a young Christian, I was very struck by some words of J.C. Ryle, the 'Evangelical ...
Assurance to be desired
Although one can have faith without assurance, belief without confidence, nevertheless ...
Counting the cost
In his celebrated book Holiness, J.C. Ryles urges 'the true-hearted and holy ...
Election known by its fruits
The Elect of God can only be discerned from those who are not Elect by their ...
Evangelical Religion
JC. Ryle (1817-1900) was a doughty supporter and proponent of 'evangelical ...
Glorying in the Cross of Christ
'May I never,' writes Paul in Galatians 6:14, 'boast except in the cross of ...
J.C. Ryle – an appreciation
[The following is the substance of a lecture given at the Old Meeting House, ...
J.C. Ryle on election
John Charles Ryle ministered in East Anglia in the middle years of the 19th ...
Love – the greatest thing
'The greatest of these,' writes Paul, 'is love.' (1 Corinthians 13:13) Briefly, ...
Love for Christ
The love that a Christian has for Christ is a practical, as well as an emotional ...
Passive graces
'When I speak of passive graces (writes J.C. Ryle in his celebrated book, Holiness), ...
Ryle and Ritualism
Throughout his long ministry, J.C. Ryle (1817-1900) had to defend evangelical ...
Ryle and the future of the Jews
In his book 'Coming Events and Present Duties' (1867/1879), J.C. Ryle summarises ...
Ryle on sin
It was no accident that J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) gave the first chapter of his ...
Shall we know one another in heaven?
For many Christians the prospect of being re-united with loved ones in the ...
The fight
In his celebrated book, Holiness, J.C. [...]
Train a child
1. Train them in the way they should go, and not in the way they would. 2. ...
What Evangelical Religion is not
Having set out what he regards as the five leading features of 'evangelical ...