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That Bible is read best, which is practised most.

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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The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.
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The love of the Bible will show itself in a believer's actions.
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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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We know nothing of humility by nature, for we are all born proud.
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There is more to be learned at the foot of the Cross than anywhere else in the world.
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The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.
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A Bible reading laity is a nation's surest defence against error.
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What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away all pride and high thoughts, and conceit of his own goodness. He must be content to go to heaven as a poor sinner, saved only by free grace, and owing all to the merit and righteousness of another.
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Wherever we may be, or whatever our circumstances, the Lord Jesus sees them. We are never beyond the reach of His care.
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Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God's sovereignty.
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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 Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
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