J. C. Ryle World Quotations

If 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?

There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but it is not good money. It is not the authentic reality that called itself Christianity in the beginning.

The doctrine of Christ crucified is the strength of a Minister. I, for one, would not be without it for all the world.

The person that goes regularly and intelligently to the Lord's Table finds it increasingly hard to yield to sin and conform to the world.

There is more to be learned at the foot of the Cross than anywhere else in the world.

The standard of the world, and the standard of the Lord Jesus, are indeed widely different. They are more than different. They are flatly contradictory one to the other.

Never be satisfied with the world's standard of Christianity!

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

Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.

According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.

Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.

One single soul saved shall outlive and outweigh all the kingdoms of the world.

Laughter, ridicule, opposition and persecution are often the only reward which Christ’s followers get from the world.

Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word.

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.

Let it never surprise true Christians if they are slandered and misrepresented in this world. They must not expect to fare better than their Lord.

The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.