Living or Dead? A Series of Home Truths
Overview
“I meet you this day with one simple question—are you among the living, or among the dead?” J. C. Ryle’s Living or Dead is a powerful work on daily Christian living. Diving into the Scriptures, Ryle shows the reader how to lead a spiritually fulfilling and happy life, and the consequences that follow undisciplined faith. Celebrating God’s all-encompassing love, Ryle provides key passages from the Bible to illustrate how putting faith first leads to a joyful life.
Top Highlights
“All men need forgiveness, because all men are sinners. He that does not know this, knows nothing in religion. It is the very A B C of Christianity, that a man should know his right place, and understand his deserts.” (Page 107)
“God says of every living person, who is not a decided Christian,—be he high or low, rich or poor, old or young,—he is dead.” (Page 7)
“The dead,’ says the wise man, ‘know not anything.’ (Eccl. 9:5.) And this is just the case with dead souls” (Page 13)
“ I offer the water of life to every one who will take it. I stand at the door of your heart and knock” (Page 64)
“if you have no other proof of spiritual life but your baptism, you are yet a dead soul.” (Page 41)
- Title: Living or Dead? A Series of Home Truths
- Author: J. C. Ryle
- Publisher: Robert Carter & Brothers
- Publication Date: 1851
- Pages: 374
J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a Craven Scholar. He was ordained in 1841, and became the first bishop of Liverpool in 1880. Ryle was a prolific writer his entire life, publishing dozens of bestsellers that were translated into many languages.