The Cost of Being a True Christian

This is the eighth installment in a series of posts from Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots(Hardcopy/Kindle). J. C. Ryle’s classic book on Holiness. Today we are going to look at a section of this book that deals with “The Cost.” He...

The Christian is at War

This is the seventh installment in a series of posts from Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots(Hardcopy/Kindle). J. C. Ryle’s classic book on Holiness. Ryle starts a section of His book entitled “The Fight” with these words: It is a...

The Importance of True Practical Holiness

This is the sixth installment in a series of posts from Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots(Hardcopy/Kindle). J. C. Ryle’s classic book on Holiness. First Post: 12 points defining sanctification. Second Post: 10 points on the visible evidence of...

True Practical Holiness

This is the fifth installment in a series of posts from Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots(Hardcopy/Kindle). J. C. Ryle’s classic book on Holiness. First Post: 12 points defining sanctification. Second Post: 10 points on the visible evidence of...

Reflections on Sanctification

This is the fourth installment in a series of posts from Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots(Hardcopy/Kindle). J. C. Ryle’s classic book on Holiness. First Post: 12 points defining sanctification. Second Post: 10 points on the visible evidence of...

Coming to Grips With Genesis

Recently we worked through Genesis 1 and 2 and took some time to deal with the debate about creation. Was the creation week literally seven 24 hour days or is Genesis 1 and 2 poetry and making a literary point about creation not the method and time-frame of creation?...