Old Paths - Ryle, J. C.

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Résumé :
If the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will prepare for battle? ( I Cor. 14:8) Here then is J. C Ryle's clear trumpet call presenting the key doctrines of the Christian faith: Another classic from Ryle. Chapters: Inspiration, Our Souls, Few Saved, Our Hope, Alive or Dead, Our Sins, Forgiveness, Justification, The Cross of Christ, The Holy Ghost, Having the Spirit, Conversion, The Heart, Christ's Invitation, Faith, Repentance, Christ's Power to Save, Perseverance. From the Introduction: Few, probably, will deny that there are some things in religion about which we may think other people hold very erroneous views, and are, notwithstanding, in no danger of being finally lost. About baptism and the Lord's Supper, about the Christian ministry, about forms of prayer and modes of worship, about the union of Church and State, about all these things it is commonly admitted that people may differ widely, and yet be finally saved. No doubt there are always bigots and extreme partisans, who are ready to excommunicate everyone who cannot pronounce their Shibboleth on the above-named points. But, speaking generally, to shut out of heaven all who disagree with us about these things, is to take up a position which most thoughtful Christians condemn as unscriptural, narrow, and uncharitable. On the other hand, there are certain great truths of which some knowledge, by common consent, appears essential to salvation. Such truths are the immortality of the soul, the sinfulness of human nature, the work of Christ for us as our Redeemer, the work of the Holy Ghost in us, forgiveness, justification, conversion, faith, repentance, the marks of a right heart, Christ's invitations, Christ's intercession, and the like. If truths like these are not absolutely necessary to salvation, it is difficult to understand how any truths whatever can be called necessary. If people may be saved without knowing anything about these truths, it appears to me that we may throw away our Bibles altogether, and proclaim that the Christian religion is of no use. From such a miserable conclusion I hope most people will shrink back with horror. To open out and explain these great necessary truths and to confirm them by Scripture, nis the simple object here.

Biographie:
John Charles Ryle (1816-1900) gradu? de Eton y Oxford en Inglaterra y quer?a seguir una carrera en la pol?tica. Pero debido a la falta de fondos, entr? en el clero de la Iglesia de Inglaterra. Era contempor?neo de Spurgeon, Moody, Mueller y Taylor. Adem?s, ley? los libros de los grandes teol?gicos como Wesley, Bunyan, Knox, Calvin y Lutero. Todos ?stos influyeron a Ryle y contribuyeron a su entendimiento y teolog?a. Ryle empez? a escribir primero un librito informativo despu?s de que ocurri? la tragedia del puente colgante Great Yarmouth, donde se ahogaron m?s de cien almas. Se reconoc?a como predicador directo y por predicar el evangelismo. Viajaba, predicaba, y escribi? m?s de 300 folletos, libritos informativos y otros libros, incluso Pensamientos expositivos de los evangelios (Expository Thoughts on the Gospels) y L?deres cristianos del siglo XVIII (Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century). Aunque us? sus ganancias de autor para pagar las deudas de bancarrota de su padre, consider? esa ruina la voluntad de Dios porque cambi? la direcci?n de su vida. El primer ministro Benjam?n Disraeli recomend? que fuera designado el Obispo de Liverpool donde cumpli? este puesto hasta 1900.