Bishop Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels were first issued in 1856 and immediately met with a warm welcome from evangelical Christians of all denominations. In the 20th century the growing popularity of Ryle's spiritual approach has led to three reprints of the series in ten years. The autho[...]
Although one of the most widely read evangelical authors of the nineteenth century, Ryle's writings lost influence after his death. The world had moved on, as was supposed. Then, fifty years later a 'rediscovery' began. Research on his life was accomplished by able authors, and from a new wealth of [...]
There are four great temptations that plague most young men: sloth, lust, love of pleasure, and peer pressure. J C Ryle - the last of the great Puritans - tackles each of these subjects with a tenderness and tact which is unsurpassed. First written toward the end of the nineteenth century, it remain[...]