J.C. Ryle — Holiness

A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.

Sound Protestant and Evangelical doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless: it does positive harm. It is despised by keen-sighted and shrewd men of the world, as an unreal and…

A holy man will endeavour to shun every known sin, and to keep every known commandment. He will have a decided bent of mind toward God, a hearty desire to do His will—a greater fear of displeasing Him than of displeasing…

Tell me not of your justification, unless you have also some marks of sanctification. Boast not of Christ's work for you, unless you can show us the Spirit's work in you. Do not think that Christ and the Spirit can ever…

Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture.

Do something, by God's help, to make heaven more full and hell more empty.