Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
J. C. RyleAnd I believe it to be a signal evidence of the Spirit's presence when the Word is really precious to a man 's soul.
J. C. RyleThe faith that has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils.
J. C. RyleThe man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on once a week, and then laid aside -- such a man cannot, of course, be expected to care about growth in grace.
J. C. Ryle