Author: Stewart

Of Slavery and Liberty

They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? -John 8:33   From J.C. Ryle: These verses show us, for another thing, the nature of true slavery. The Jews were fond of boasting, though without any just cause, that they were politically…

Sickness

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…