If Christ had not gone to the cross and suffered in our stead, the just for the unjust, there would not have been a spark of hope for us. There would have been a mighty gulf between ourselves and God, which no man ever could have passed.
J. C. RylePersecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.
J. C. RyleThere is one subject in religion, about which you can never know too much. That subject is Jesus Christ the Lord.
J. C. RyleHowever corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.
J. C. Ryle