J. C. Ryle Quotes About Ministers
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If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord’s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers.
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A Christian is a walking sermon. They preach far more than a minister does, for they preach all week long.
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I am one of those old-fashioned ministers who believe the whole Bible and everything that it contains.
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The minister who keeps back hell from his people in his sermons is neither a faithful nor a charitable man.
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The doctrine of Christ crucified is the strength of a Minister. I, for one, would not be without it for all the world.
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It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ.
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It is easy to criticize and find fault with the conduct of kings, and write furious articles against them in newspapers, or make violent speeches about them on platforms. Any fool can rip and rend a costly garment, but not every man can cut out and make one. To expect perfection in kings, prime ministers, or rulers of any king, is senseless and unreasonable. We would exhibit more wisdom if we prayed for them more, and criticized less.
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Let us be very careful that we never exalt any minister, or sermon, or book, or friend above the Word of God.
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