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“It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.”

J.C. Ryle

Mark VII: 1–13, p. 136
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

Home , Heart

“Without a divine call no one can be saved. We are all so sunk in sin, and so wedded to the world, that we would never turn to God, unless He first called us by His grace.”

J.C. Ryle

Mark II: 13–22, p. 31
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

God , Wedding , World

“[T]he devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.”

J.C. Ryle

Vol. III, John XV: 22–27, p. 123
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. John (1865–1873)

Knowledge

“However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.”

J.C. Ryle

Vol. I, Luke V: 12–16, p. 137
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Luke (1858–1859)

Past , Hope , Heart

“Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer.”

J.C. Ryle

Matthew XV: 21–28, p. 182
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Matthew (1856)

Time

“Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing, which is not in the Bible, nor can be proved by the Bible.”

J.C. Ryle

Source: Knots Untied (1877), Ch. XVII: "The Fallibility of Ministers", p. 383

“The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must "plead guilty" before God can declare us innocent.”

J.C. Ryle

Source: Knots Untied (1877), Ch. XII: "Confession", p. 261

God , Christ

“Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth upon the altar of peace.”

J.C. Ryle

Source: Knots Untied (1877), Ch. XVII: "The Fallibility of Ministers", p. 373

Truth , Peace