Project Gutenberg 2011-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 158 Ryle, J. C. (John Charles) 1816 1900 Ryle, John Charles Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians Preface -- Self-inquiry -- Self-exertion -- Reality -- Prayer -- Bible-reading -- Going to the table -- Charity -- Zeal -- Freedom -- Happiness -- Formality -- The world -- Riches and poverty -- The best friend -- Sickness -- The family of God -- Our home -- Heirs of God -- The great gathering -- The great separation -- Eternity. E-text prepared by Colin Bell, Hazel Batey, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Practical Religion" by J. C. Ryle is a collection of essays focused on the everyday responsibilities, challenges, and privileges faced by professing Christians, likely written in the late 19th century. Ryle, writing from an Evangelical perspective, aims to encourage self-examination and a genuine faith that goes beyond mere formality. The work serves as a guide for believers striving to deepen their relationship with God and live out their faith authentically in a world rife with both spiritual opportunity and danger. The opening of "Practical Religion" sets the tone for introspection and earnest inquiry by invoking the Apostle Paul's desire to revisit the early churches and assess their faith and growth. Ryle urges readers to conduct a thorough self-assessment regarding their spiritual state in light of the numerous privileges available in their time, contrasted with the alarming prevalence of superficial religiosity. He calls attention to the dangers of falling into the trap of empty profession without the corresponding reality of heartfelt faith, setting up a series of probing questions that challenge readers to consider how genuinely they are living out their Christian convictions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christian life -- Anglican authors BV Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1024064 1019738 2024-09-16T06:58:27.988661 2023-09-16T13:08:35.878025 text/html text/html 1020547 2011-11-28T17:45:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 365209 2011-11-28T17:47:57 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 433954 2024-09-16T06:58:40.138597 application/epub+zip 449866 2024-09-16T06:58:30.403646 application/epub+zip 449866 2024-09-16T06:58:29.100638 application/epub+zip 761888 2024-09-16T06:58:47.677542 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 683345 2024-09-16T06:58:38.881586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 712697 2022-09-17T12:15:23.643029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 966607 966536 2024-09-16T06:58:26.339169 2023-09-16T13:08:34.350984 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 966520 2011-11-28T17:42:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 352802 2011-11-28T17:42:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 966537 2011-11-28T17:42:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 352794 2011-11-28T17:42:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20402 2024-09-16T06:58:47.824527 application/rdf+xml 13255 2024-09-16T06:58:29.484646 image/jpeg 3510 2024-09-16T06:58:29.293642 image/jpeg 409073 2024-09-16T06:58:28.073647 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia