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Are You Born Again? J.C. Ryle Are you born again? This is one of life's most important questions. Jesus Christ said, "Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God!" John 3:3 It is not enough to reply, "I belong to the church; I suppose I am a Christian." Thousands of nominal Christia... Read More

ALIVE OR DEAD? by J. C. Ryle "And He has made you alive , who were once dead in trespasses and sins." Ephesians 2:1 The question which forms the title of this paper deserves a thousand thoughts. I invite every reader of this volume to look at it carefully, and ponder it well. Search your own heart, ... Read More

REGENERATION by J. C. Ryle "Truly, truly, I say to you—Unless a man is born again , he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3 If the Bible is false, as some proud men have dared to say—then we are no better than the beasts which perish, and the best thing a man can do is to eat and drink and live ... Read More

REGENERATION (part 3) by J. C. Ryle "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again , he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3 We have reached the last point in our inquiry about the new Birth—I mean the MARKS and EVIDENCES by which it may be known—the marks by which a man may find out whet... Read More

The Great Change! James Smith, 1855 "Truly, truly, I say unto you: Unless a man is born again — he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3 The Lord Jesus Christ who spoke as never man spoke, here speaks to us. He who revealed the mind of Jehovah, who came into the world to save sinners, informs us ... Read More

To the Bereaved James Smith, 1856 "The Lord gave — and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord!" Job 1:21 So spoke the patriarch Job, when stripped of all his property and bereaved of all his children in one day. Reduced at once from affluence — to poverty, from the highest elevati... Read More

Points of Difference Between the First and Second Covenants (Infant Baptism) James Smith, 1858 Our paedobaptist brethren, when writing on the subject of baptism, are constantly referring us to the first covenant (Hebrews 8:7, 9:1); and insisting upon it, that because male children were to be circumc... Read More

Hypocritical Religion! David Clarkson, 1622-1686 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done m... Read More