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Look to the cross, think of the cross, meditate on the cross, and then go and set your affections on the world if you can.

J. C. Ryle

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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Liverpool
Cricketer
Writer
Macclesfield
Cheshire
J. C. Ryle
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There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven - the crucified Son of God.
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If you want to warm a church, put a stove in the pulpit.
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Miserable indeed is that religious teaching which calls itself Christian, and yet contains nothing of the cross.
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True Christian is not an angel he is not a halfangelic being, in whom is no weakness, or blemish, or infirmity: he is nothing of the kind. He is nothing more than a sinner who has found out his sinfulness, and has learned the blessed secret of living by faith in Christ.
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The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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