Staying Calm in Captivity

We are almost through reading through J.C. Ryle’s Expository Thoughts on Mark as a family. Yesterday’s reading was particularly helpful to me personally. I will quote it below and add a few thoughts. So that you can keep it straight I will put my text in blue and leave J.C. Ryle’s as normal. Now when…

by J.C. Ryle “He whom Thou lovest is sick.”—John xi. 3 THE chapter from which this text is taken is well known to all Bible readers. In life-like description, in touching interest, in sublime simplicity, there is no writing in existence that will bear comparison with that chapter. A narrative like this is to my…

Here is a valuable reminder from John Flavel. I ran across this quote while reading a chapter out of A.W. Pink’s book Gleanings in the Godhead (specifically from the last chapter titled “The Example of Christ”, which I highly recommend). O that in this also the poorest Christians would imitate their Saviour, and learn to…

Thoughts for the day from J.C. Ryle: Mark 4:26-29 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of…