Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God's sovereignty.
J. C. RyleIf we would be sanctified, our course is clear and plainโwe must begin with Christ. We must go to him as sinners, with no plea but that of utter need, and cast our souls on him by faith, for peace and reconciliation with God.... If we would grow in holiness and become more sanctified, we must continually go on as we began, and be ever making fresh applications to Christ.
J. C. RyleMillions of people profess and call themselves Christians, whom the Apostle Paul would not have called Christians at all.
J. C. RyleIf you would train your children rightly, train them in the way they should go and not in the way they would.
J. C. RyleLet it be a settled principle in our minds, in reading the Bible, that Christ is the central sun of the whole book. So long as we keep Him in view, we shall never greatly err in our search for spiritual knowledge. Once losing sight of Christ, we shall find the whole Bible dark and full of difficulty.
J. C. Ryle