January 5, 2011
What does holiness look like? J.C. Ryle explains: True sanctification then does not consist in talk about religion. True sanctification does not consist in temporary religious feelings. True sanctification does not consist in outward formalism and external devoutness. Sanctification does not consist in retirement from our place in life, and the renunciation of our social [...]
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January 4, 2011
On the list of my top ten Christian books of all time is Holiness by J.C. Ryle (1816-1900). The book, a collection of twenty papers on the subject of holiness first published in 1879, is pungent, practical, and, after more than a century, still wonderfully readable. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was right: “[Ryle] is preeminently and always [...]
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