Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money.
J. C. RyleThe only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.
J. C. RyleIf Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His existence in history they cannot deny. How is it that without force or bribery, without arms or money, He has made such an immensely deep mark on the world as He certainly has?
J. C. RyleHATE SIN! Instead of loving it, cleaving to it, excusing it, playing with it, we ought to hate it with a deadly hatred.
J. C. RyleThe true Christian delights to read the Scriptures, because they tell him about his beloved Savior.
J. C. RyleThe cross is the foundation of the Bible: If you have not yet found out that Christ crucified is the foundation of the whole volume, you have hitherto read your Bible to very little profit. Your religion is a heaven without a sun, an arch without a keystone, a compass without a needle, a clock without a spring or weights, a lamp without oil. It will not comfort you; it will not deliver your soul from hell.
J. C. Ryle