Expository Thoughts on the Gospels by J. C. Ryle

J. C. Ryle

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Banner of Truth Trust, 2012.  d.wâ s.  7 volumes.Gospel of Matthew â 1 Volume As the first Gospel in the New Testament, Matthew was, not surprisingly, the first to be published in J. C. Ryleâ s series of Expository Thoughts on the Gospels (1856). Ryleâ s expositions are a rich combination of doctrinal and practical comments on the Gospel text.Ryleâ s Expository Thoughts can be used as a help in family worship, or as an aid in pastoral visitation, or simply as a companion to the Gospels in the private reading of Scripture.Gospel of Mark â 1 Volume First published in 1857, Mark was the second book to appear in J. C. Ryleâ s series of Expository Thoughts on the Gospels.The earliest of the Gospel narratives to be written, Mark, says Ryle, â is singularly full of precious facts about the Lord Jesus, narrated in a simple, terse, pithy, and condensed styleâ . Those last four adjectives could well be used to describe Ryleâ s own comments on the Gospel!Gospel of Luke â 2 Volumes Within a year of publishing Mark in his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels series, J. C. Ryle had, in 1858, completed the Gospel of Luke.Written specifically for a non-Jewish readership, Lukeâ s Gospel is perhaps the most â accessibleâ of the narratives of the life of Christ for modern readers. Ryleâ s desire for his readers mirrors that of Luke Luke 1:4), that they might gain â a more clear knowledge of Christ, as a living person, a living priest, a living physician, a living friend, a living advocate at the right hand of God, and a living Saviour soon about to come againâ .Gospel of John â 3 Volumes â The Gospel of St. John, rightly interpreted, is the best and simplest answer to those who profess to admire a vague and indistinct Christianity.â There were many such in J. C. Ryleâ s day, as in our own, and these final three volumes of his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels series provide a detailed commentary upon, and â right interpretationâ of the fourth Gospel.

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