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"This first volume from a new publishing house promises to bring many more behind it, and those who want to encourage this process may do so by taking this book over to the cash register right now. But encouraging the process and encouraging your soul are two different things. The latter should be done by sitting down as soon as you have the book and some hours to spend with it. Once the reader has well begun, stopping will be extremely difficult. The lessons Ryle draws, and the stories he tells, have the ability to grip the mind and hold the reader down in his seat. . . .
The fact that we have forgotten these stories, and have not told them to our children once, is astounding. Only the last day will completely reveal the glorious nature of the martyrdoms under Bloody Mary. But a significant portion of that glory can be read, here. And the concluding story about James II and the trial of the Seven Bishops is worth the price of the whole book. . . .
After this book is finished, the reader will have learned a great deal about the English Reformation. But I trust he will also have learned about the man who has wonderfully reminded us of these things. . . .
Ryle was a man of God. Those who complete this book will certainly come away better informed. But that is just a part of what they will receive." -- Douglas Wilson, Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Raised in a nominal Christian home, John Charles Ryle (18161900) was of the distinct opinion that Christianity must be one of the most disagreeable occupations on earthor in heaven. One day in 1837 he happed into a church where, hearing Scripture read out loud, he was transformed. One verse, and the emphasis made in between each clause, gripped him. By grace are ye savedthrough faithand that not of yourselvesit is the gift of God.
The son of a banker, Ryle grew up in a wealthy home and actually pursued a career in banking. However, in 1841 his fathers investments collapsed, and instantly his whole future changed. We got up one summers morning with all the world before us as usual, and went to bed that night completely and entirely ruined. By fall, J.C. applied himself to Christian service.
Ordained to the Anglican ministry in December 1841, he became Rector of the Church of St. Thomas in Winchester. From there he moved to the parish of Helmingham in Hampshire, serving three years. After that he served thirty-six years in Suffolk. In 1880, he became the first Bishop of the new diocese of Liverpool.
Oxford trained, Ryle is best remembered for his exceptional writing skills. He once commented, In style and composition, I frankly avow that I have studied as far as possible to be plain and pointed and to choose what an old divine calls picked and packed words. I have tried to place myself in the position of one who is reading aloud to others.
He credits William Cobbett, the political radical, Thomas Guthrie, the Scot, John Bright, the Quaker orator, John Bunyan, Puritan and author of Pilgrims Progress, Matthew Henry, the great biblical commentator, and William Shakespeare, of course, as influences upon his pen. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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J. C. RYLE (1816-1900) was a prominent writer, preacher, and Anglican clergyman in nineteenth-century Britain. He is the author of the classic Expository Thoughts on the Gospels and retired as the bishop of Liverpool.
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A "forgotten" part of church history,
By Bill Newcomer (Ada, MI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Light From Old Times (Complete Works of J.C. Ryle) (Hardcover)
J. C. Ryle did a real service for the Christian church when he first wrote "Light From Old Times". This hard copy edition from Charles Nolan Publishing makes that Ryle classic available once again to a church that needs so desperatly to remember the lessons of history. "Light from Old Times" sheds light on a time of church history that is not as well known as it should be. Who were the English reformers? Why did they die, being burned at the stake? What was the course of Anglican church history after the reformation? In "Light from Old Times" we see the foundations laid for the so called "high church" view in contrast to the evangelical reformed view of men like Hooper, Latimer, & Ridley. Ryle could see where the "high church" movement was going to take the Anglican church, and time has proved him correct. Given the current direction of some areas of the evangelical church, the church today would be wise to take heed to Ryle's warnings.
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This review is from: Light From Old Times (Complete Works of J.C. Ryle) (Hardcover)
J. C. Ryle writes from the perspective of a general that is beginning to see the battle slip away. As a bishop of the Church of England in the twilight of the 19th century, Ryle sees forces of influence working within his own church which will eventually bring about its demise. He defends the so-called evangelical wing of his church against attacks by the Tractarians and Latitudinarians and the "high churchmen". These groups and others in the 19th century Church of England were calling for a rapproachment with Rome. Ryle calls the church back to its heritage by recounting in vivid style the testimony of the Marian martyrs of the church in the 16th century. He is particularly critical of attempts by the "high churchmen" of his day to reestablish an observance of the Lord's Table more in keeping with the Roman Catholic mass. He proves, to this readers satisfaction, that the litmus test issue which condemned Hooper, Latimer, Ridley et al was the "real presence" doctrine of the Lord's Supper. By refusing to confess that the elements of the table were changed by the office of the church into the real flesh-and-blood presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Marian martyrs sealed their doom. Ryles work is prophetic when one considers the compromised condition of the Church of England today. It serves as a warning to all churches who are committed to an orthodox, historic understanding of the Gospel of Christ.
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