Practical Religion, by J.
It is Churchianity - and nothing more!.
I am sure it is the case in the present day - It is not the Christianity of Peter, and James, and John, and Paul.
There has never been a time, since the Church of Christ was founded, when there has not been a vast amount of unreality and mere nominal religion among professing Christians.
The subject is of deep importance in every age.
A lack of reality is a striking feature of a vast amount of religion in the present day.
It is something inward, solid, substantial, intrinsic, living, lasting.
Ryle quotes from Practical Religion: Real religion is not mere show, and pretense, and skin-deep feeling, and temporary profession, and outside work. (John Charles) Ryle was the first Bishop of Liverpool, and one of the most influential evangelical ministers and writers of the nineteenth century.
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One of the bravest and best of men.
No wonder his equally renowned contemporary English minister, Charles Spurgeon, called him an evangelical champion.
Ryle\'s unique style penetrates the heart and challenges the mind of its readers and is not for the faint of heart--but is designed for those who genuinely and humbly seek a deeper abiding, surrendered life in Christ.
Some of the subjects addressed include: Self-Inquiry, Reality, Prayer, Bible Reading, Zeal, Formality, The World, Sickness, Riches and Poverty, Eternity, among others.
His poignant narrative appeals to the Church as well as to individuals who profess to be Christians--a call to self-examination in all things, and a return to sound Biblical Truths seriously and practically applied in every aspect of Christian life.
Ryle exposes hypocrisy and nominalism in religion, or Churchianity as he calls it, which was as systemic in his day as it is today.
Within its pages, Ryle masterfully unfolds Practical Biblical Truths in a series of treatises, or papers as he calls them, each written to address a critical aspect of where personal faith in Christ and the practice of that faith in holy Living unite and are Essential for Christian growth and effectiveness as a witness for Christ in the world.
Ryle (1816-1900), was first published in 1878 and is renowned as a theological and apologetic Christian classic--esteemed for its clear, profound and penetrating narrative on the practice of genuine Christian living.
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Practical Religion, by J
