J. C. Ryle Quotes

Being a Christian means renouncing ourselves, taking up the cross and carrying it with Jesus. There is no other way.

How utterly terrible is the current idea that Christians can serve God at their own convenience.

I ... am endeavoring ... to attend to my own duty only as a Christian. ... let us take care that our Christianity, though put to the test ... be not shaken, and that our love for things really good wax not cold.

Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort have created a biblically sound course that will not only motivate Christians; it will equip them to fulfill the Great Commission.

What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.

We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.

Every decision we make has to be evaluated in light of our life-changing commitment to being a servant of Christ and His kingdom.

Especially among Christians in positions of wealth and power, the idea of reading the Gospels and keeping Jesus' commandments as stated therein has been replaced by a curious process of logic. According to this process, people first declare themselves to be followers of Christ, and then they assume that whatever they say or do merits the adjective "Christian".

The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to the man of our time, who is in many ways humiliated and oppressed, and to orientate in a Christian way cultural, social, and ethical transformations that are unfolding in the world.

For every Christian, the proclamation and witnessing of the Gospel are never an isolated act. This is important. For every Christian the proclamation and witnessing of the Gospel are never an isolated or group act, and no evangelizers acts, as Paul VI reminded very well, "on the strength of a personal inspiration, but in union with the mission of the Church and in her name"

And let me say only this one word more: that the little things that a little Christian does are not any more than the larger things that an older Christian does.

Christianity is not a set of beliefs or doctrines one believes in order to be a Christian, but rather Christianity is to have one's body shaped, one's habits determined, in such a way that the worship of God is unavoidable.

If you ignore every single thing Jesus told you to do, you are just auditing. You're not a Christian.

Our mission as Christians is to conform ourselves evermore to Jesus as the model of our lives.

Every Christian is a priest, not offering a sacrifice for sins - since that has been done once and for all - but offering his person, praise and possessions.

A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.

So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work.

It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus. We are not to be living specimens of men in fine preservation, but living sacrifices, whose lot is to be consumed

Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.

I believe that we are given an order by Jesus. One of the last things he did was to spread the word of God and he being the basis for our salvation. Christians are supposed to be evangelicals. And I am.

Obedience is the Christian's crown.

Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.

Are we ready to be Christians full-time, showing our commitment by word and deed?

We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That's Weird.

We who are Christians, members of God’s family, are called to go out to the needy and to serve them.