Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.
John Calvin
Next to praying there is nothing so important in practical religion as Bible-reading. Happy is that man who possesses a Bible! Happier still is he who reads it! Happiest of all is he who not only reads it, but obeys it, and makes it the rule of his faith and practice! -@JCRyle
Paul went to God’s 'Bible School' — and you can go there; it doesn’t cost you a thing, except obedience. It’s a rough school. God took Moses there for forty years; he took John the Baptist there for twenty; he took Paul there for fourteen. It’s called: The University of Silence.
Are you a distressed believer? Is your heart pressed down with sickness, tried with disappointments, overburdened with cares? To you also I say this day, "Behold the cross of Christ.” @JCRyle
Doctrine is useless—if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of the 'image of Christ’must be seen and observed in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings.@JCRyle
Truth over tribe.
Ministry over money.
People over brand.
Courage over popularity.
Fearlessness over fear.
Sacrifice over comfort.
Humility over acclaim.
Cultivation over haste.
Christ over self.
God over all.
If you lose the holiness of God you lose a biblical understanding of sin. If you lose a biblical understanding of sin you lose the gospel itself.
The gospel hinges on the holiness of God.