Perhaps you, like me, have a refreshed sense of God’s sovereignty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While I’m hopeful we have the worst days behind us, I also think the world will never be the same, and other contagions/strands could spread in the future. In case you needed a reminder of how God can work […]
J.C. Ryle
10 Quotes from Sickness by J.C. Ryle
This is a guest post by Brandon D. Myers (@brandon_myers). J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) was a faithful pastor of another generation in the Church of England. He lived in a time when death and sickness was something a person could not avoid or sanitize as we try to conveniently do today. Ryle’s message Sickness became a […]
The Main Secret of Spiritual Prosperity – J.C. Ryle
The meaning of Jesus’ words in Mark 4:24–25 may not be immediately apparent to you, but your soul’s spiritual prosperity depends on living it out: “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. For to the one who […]
J.C. Ryle’s 8 Symptoms of False Teaching
Over 100 years ago, J.C. Ryle shared the following eight symptoms of false teaching that still has tremendous relevance for the church today. (He shares them in his book Warnings to the Churches.) Keep in mind that a ‘symptom’ is different than a ‘description.’ The list below shares the bad fruit of false teachers and […]
J.C. Ryle’s #1 Question for Measuring Your Prayer Life
Prayer can lighten crosses for us, however heavy. It can bring down to our side One who will help us to bear them. Prayer can open a door for us when our way seems hedged up. It can bring down One who will say, “This is the way, walk in it.” Prayer can let in […]
