Go to the cross of Christ, all you that want to be delivered from the power of selfishness.
J. C. RyleThe best of men are only men at their very best. Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, - martyrs, fathers, reformers, puritans, - all are sinners, who need a Savior: holy, useful, honorable in their place - but sinners after all.
J. C. RyleThe doctrine of Christ crucified is the strength of a Minister. I, for one, would not be without it for all the world.
J. C. RyleDeath is a solemn event for everyone. It is the winding up of all earthly plans and expectations. It is a separation from all we have loved and lived with. It is often accompanied by much bodily pain and distress. It opens the door to judgement and eternity - to heaven or to hell. It is an event after which there is no change, or space for repentance.
J. C. Ryle