Bishop John Charles Ryle (1816-1900) was a prolific writer, faithful pastor and preacher. His classic “Expository Thoughts on the Gospels” are among the finest expository writings ever written on the Gospels. They are a combination of doctrinal and practical comments on the text and are written in simple, plain English. According to the Bishop “The “Expository Thoughts” are not a learned, critical commentary. They were written to make them suitable for use at family prayers; as an ...

Death is not a subject that is often on our minds. At least not our own death. As long as things in life go along pretty smoothly, why worry? But things can change overnight. Accident, epidemic, sickness, shortages and hunger, economic crises, job-loss, poverty and even nuclear war. When things like this are expected or have already overcome us, questions about the meaning of life and the future start presenting themselves and demand an answer. As soon as that happens the subject of dying and...

This volume consists of a series of biographical papers, about the lives, characters and work of the leading ministers by whose agency God was pleased to revive Christianity in England in the 18th century. It may be feared that these great men are not sufficiently known and their merit not sufficiently recognized. The Church and the world however ought to know about men as Whitefield, Wesley, Romaine, Rowlands, Grimshaw, Berridge, Venn, Toplady, Hervey, Walker and Fletcher. Excepting Luther a...

Josef, Joshua, Samuel, David and Jonathan, Josiah, Daniel and his three friends, Josef the son of David, and Timothy had something in common: they were all young men and believed in God; they were all young men and faithful servants of God; they were all young men and courageous. They were true Christian knights. But not all young men are like that. Bishop Ryle observes: “I exhort you, because I see so few young men anywhere, who walk with God. I speak without respect of persons: I say it o...