Christ Will Take Care of His Church

Fear not for the Church of Christ when ministers die, and saints are taken away. Christ can ever maintain His own cause.

The Benefits of the Lord’s Supper

The Lord’s Supper was ordained for a continual remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ’s death, until He comes again.

Looking Backward, Upward and Forward at Jesus

Reader, remember these three looks at Jesus, backward, upward, forward; and make use of them every day.

The Satisfaction of Looking Unto Jesus

Keep on looking unto Jesus. Faith shall soon be changed to sight, and hope to certainty. Looking to Jesus on earth by faith, you shall end with seeing Jesus eye to eye in heaven.

3 Simple Rules For Listening to a Sermon

It is not enough that we go to church and hear sermons. We may do so for fifty years, and be nothing better, but rather worse. “Take heed,” says our Lord, “how you hear.” Would any one know how to hear properly? Then let them lay to heart three simple rules.

Prize the Bible More and More

Is the Bible the Word of God? Then let us all resolve from this day forward to prize the Bible more. Let us not fear being idolaters of this blessed book.

Mercy to the Feeble Christian

Let us never set down men in a low place, as graceless and godless, because their faith is feeble and their love is cold.

The Saving Power of the Holy Spirit

The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit arises from the total corruption of human nature.

No True Repentance Without Faith

There can be no true repentance without faith.

Fruit Bearing Christianity

The Christianity which is from above will always be known by its fruits.

The Cure For Self-Righteousness

The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge.

Be Patient and Endure

We must run with patience, or we shall never obtain. There may be many things we cannot understand, much that the flesh could perhaps wish otherwise, but let us endure unto the end, and all shall be made clear, and God’s arrangements shall be proved best.

The Great Day of Judgment on Your Own Goodness

Think, you who take comfort in some fancied ideas of your own goodness – think, you who wrap up yourselves in the notion, “all must be right, if I keep to my Church,” – think for a moment what a sandy foundation you are building upon!

Don’t Be Ignorant of the Bible

Knowledge of the Bible, in short, is the one knowledge that is needful. A man may get to heaven without money, learning, health, or friends—but without Bible knowledge he will never get there at all.

No True Happiness Without Christ

The plain truth is, that without Christ there is no happiness in this world! He alone can give the Comforter who abides forever.

Counterfeit Sanctification

“Let us beware of any hope that does not exercise a sanctifying influence over our hearts, lives, tastes, conduct, and conversation. It is a hope that never came down from above. It is mere base metal, and counterfeit coin. It lacks the mint-stamp of the Holy Ghost, and will never pass current in heaven.

Knowing Your Bible in the Time of Need

I want people to fill their minds with passages of Scripture while they are well and strong, that they may have sure help in the day of need. I want them to be diligent in studying their Bibles, and becoming familiar with their contents, in order that the grand old Book may stand by them and talk with them when all earthly friends fail.

~ J.C. Ryle

Tract: Be Content

Do Not Lose Your Soul to Hell!

If I thought there was no such place as hell I would not write as I do. If I thought that as a matter of course all people would go to heaven at last, I would be quiet and leave them alone.

Guard Against Pride

“Let us watch against pride in every shape – pride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride of our own goodness. Nothing is so likely to keep a man out of heaven, and prevent him from seeing Christ, as pride. So long as we think we are something we shall never be saved. Let us pray for and cultivate humility; let us seek to know ourselves correctly, and to find out our place in the sight of a holy God.”

~ J.C. Ryle

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew, 116, 117.

The Reality of Communion with Christ

The names and offices of Christ, as laid down in Scripture, appear to me to show unmistakably that this communion between the saint and his Savior is not a mere fancy, but a real true thing.

The Insignificance of the External

Let it never be forgotten that the material part of a Christian Church is by far the least important part of it. The fairest combinations of marble, stone, wood and painted glass, are worthless in God’s sight, unless there is truth in the pulpit and grace in the congregation.

The Reality of Hell

There is such a place as hell. Let no one deceive you with vain words. What people do not like, they try hard not to believe. When the Lord Jesus Christ comes to judge the world, He will punish all who are not His disciples with a fearful punishment: