“To be really happy a man must…be able to look back at the past without guilty fears. He must be able to look around him without discontent. He must be able to look forward without anxious dread.” JC Ryle Happiness.

“Leave man without a Bible, and he will have a religion of some kind; for human nature…must have a God. But it will be a religion without light, peace or hope.” JC Ryle Athens

“Where there is true grace, there will always be tender concern for the souls of others. Where there is true sonship to God, there will always be zeal for the father’s glory.” JC Ryle How Paul Felt at Athens

“Paul is a model to us; he combined fiery zeal and boldness with judicious tact and sanctified common sense. Oh, that we had more men of wisdom in these days.” JC Ryle Athens

“Heaven is a prepared place. Those who shall dwell there are all of one character. The entrance into it is only by one door.” JC Ryle The Hope of Heaven

Great to see my book on Fatherlessness “Good Bad No Dad?” displayed by ⁦10ofthose 🇬🇧 (UK)⁩ ⁦FIEC⁩ ⁦Grace Publications Trust⁩

“Do everything as if you did it for the first time. Say everything as if you said it for the first time. Read every chapter of the Bible as if you did not know if you would be allowed to read it again. Pray every prayer as if you felt it might be your last opportunity.” JC Ryle

There are still copies left. The pile has been moved a little further in. If you get a copy let me know how you get on with it. ⁦Grace Publications Trust⁩ ⁦10ofthose 🇬🇧 (UK)⁩ ⁦FIEC⁩

“There is no crying in heaven because there is nothing that causes grief. Best of all, the Lord Jesus Himself will be in the midst of heaven.” JC Ryle No More Crying

It has been great to be ⁦FIEC⁩ Leader’s conference report to follow ⁦Evangelicals Now⁩ There are some copies of my book on Fatherlessness on the excellent ⁦10ofthose 🇬🇧 (UK)⁩ book stall.

Book now out to buy. Why not get a copy? Christian Focus

“Would you be holy? Would you be partakers of the divine nature? Then go to Christ! Wait for nothing! Wait for nobody! Do not linger. Think not to make yourself ready. Go to him.” JC Ryle We Must be Holy

schoolofpreachers.org/sing-to-the-lo… A blog on the relationship between preaching and singing inspired by a great evening at Dave Fellingham's 80th Birthday concernt last week. Thanks Nathan Fellingham for the invitation. NathanFellingham

“Both are children of Adam. Both came from the same dust and belong to one family. Both are living in the same land and subjects of the same government. And yet how different their condition.” Rich man and Lazarus in JC Ryle Riches and Poverty

“Often the only question asked about a man is, “How much is he worth?” It would be well for us all to remember that every man is pitiably poor until he is rich in faith and rich toward God.” JC Ryle Riches and Poverty

“Here we are toiling and labouring and wearying ourselves about trifles and running around like ants on a heap, and yet after a few years we will be gone, and another generation will fill our place. Live for eternity, reader!” JC Ryle Riches and Poverty

“Like children at school, you know not the half of what your Father is doing for your welfare. Learn to live by faith more than you have done. Acquaint yourself with the fullness of the treasure laid up for you in Christ even now!” JC Ryle Riches and Poverty

“Assurance sweetens his bitter cups, it lessens the burden of his crosses, it smooths the rough places on which he travels, it lightens the valley of the shadow of death.” JC Ryle Ready to be Offered

schoolofpreachers.org/nostalgia-part… Another week on some nostalgia from last week. This time it is Bob Dylan and Rob Parsons. I know! They don't always crop up in the same sentence as preaching.