"My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of men; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth." ~J.C. Ryle
This summer the men of 222mission read through J.C. Ryle's "Thoughts For Young Men". They were exposed to this great man of God and his though provoking and conscience stirring writings. He was converted around the same age many of you are (20), and he spoke of his conversion experience in his memoirs to his children,
“…Nothing I can remember to this day appeared to me so clear and distinct as my own sinfulness, Christ’s preciousness, the value of the Bible, the absolute necessity of coming out of the world, the need of being born again and the enormous folly of the whole doctrine of baptismal regeneration. All these things…seemed to flash upon me like a sunbeam in the winter of 1837” (Packer, Holiness intro p. ix).
Pastor Jeff has written and extensive outline of the life of J.C. Ryle, CLICK HERE to read it. Many of Ryle's books are available online for free! (Including the classic, Holiness) CLICK HERE to read them. There are also sermon manuscrips and audio sermons (read by others, of course) available here. You will want to familiarize yourself with this great pastor, preacher, and pamphleteer.
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