‘The Gospel of St. John, rightly interpreted, is the best and simplest answer to those who profess to admire a vague and indistinct Christianity.’ There were many such in J. C. Ryle’s day, as in our own, and these final three volumes of his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels <\/i> series provide a detailed commentary upon, and ‘right interpretation’ of the fourth Gospel.<\/p>\n
Originally published between published between 1869 and 1873, these volumes differ from those previously published in the series, in that they contain ‘full explanatory notes on every verse of the portions expounded, forming, in fact, a complete Commentary’. The long gap between the publication of Luke (1858) and the appearance of the first volume of John (1869) is explained by the loss of Ryle’s second wife, Jessie, in 1860), his being responsible for the care of his five children (the eldest being just thirteen years of age at the time), and his move to Helmingham to the much larger parish of Stradbroke in 1861, with the greater burden of work that entailed.<\/p>\n
In these volumes Ryle shows again that, as in all his writing and preaching, he was first and foremost a pastor, and as J. I. Packer has pointed out, ‘alongside the question “Is it true?” the question “What effect will this have on ordinary people?” was always in his mind’.<\/p>\n
| 7:1-13<\/td>\n | Hardness and unbelief of man,\u2014reason why many hate Christ,\u2014various opinions about Christ<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7:14-24<\/td>\n | Honest obedience the way to spiritual knowledge, \u2014a self-exalting spirit in ministers deprecated, \u2014the danger of hasty judgments<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7:25-36<\/td>\n | Blindness of unbelieving Jews,\u2014God\u2019s overruling hand over his enemies,\u2014miserable end of unbelievers<\/td>\n | 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7:37-39<\/td>\n | A case supposed,\u2014a remedy proposed,\u2014a promise held out<\/td>\n | 29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 7:40-53<\/td>\n | Uselessness of mere head-knowledge,\u2014singular greatness of our Lord\u2019s gifts as a teacher,\u2014the work of grace in the heart sometimes gradual<\/td>\n | 37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8:1-11<\/td>\n | The power of conscience, the nature of true repentance<\/td>\n | 45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8:12-20<\/td>\n | Christ the light of the world,\u2014promise to those who follow Christ,\u2014Christ\u2019s exposure of his enemies\u2019 ignorance<\/td>\n | 55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8:21-30<\/td>\n | Christ may be sought in vain,\u2014difference between Christ and the wicked,\u2014the awful end of unbelief<\/td>\n | 64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8:31-36<\/td>\n | Importance of steady perseverance in religion, \u2014nature of true slavery,\u2014nature of true liberty<\/td>\n | 74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8:37-47<\/td>\n | Ignorant self-righteousness of natural man,\u2014true marks of spiritual sonship,\u2014reality and character of the devil<\/td>\n | 80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 8:48-59<\/td>\n | Blasphemous language addressed to our Lord, \u2014encouragement to believers,\u2014Abraham\u2019s knowledge of Christ,\u2014Christ\u2019s pre-existence<\/td>\n | 89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 9:1-12<\/td>\n | Sin the cause of sorrow in this world,\u2014the importance of using opportunities,\u2014different means used by Christ in working miracles, \u2014Christ\u2019s almighty power<\/td>\n | 99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 9:13-25<\/td>\n | Jewish ignorance of right use of sabbath,\u2014 desperate lengths to which prejudice leads men, \u2014seeing and feeling an irresistible evidence<\/td>\n | 109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 9:26-41<\/td>\n | Poor men sometimes wiser than the rich,\u2014cruelty of unconverted men,\u2014danger of knowledge, if not rightly used<\/td>\n | 116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10:1-9<\/td>\n | Picture of a false minister,\u2014picture of true Christians,\u2014picture of Christ himself<\/td>\n | 127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10:10-18<\/td>\n | Object for which Christ came into the world, Christ\u2019s office as a shepherd,\u2014Christ\u2019s death a voluntary act<\/td>\n | 137<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10:19-30<\/td>\n | Christ the innocent cause of strifes and controversies, \u2014name given by Christ to true Christians,\u2014the vast privileges of true Christians<\/td>\n | 147<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 10:31-42<\/td>\n | Wickedness of human nature,\u2014honour put on Scripture by Christ,\u2014importance attached by Christ to his miracles<\/td>\n | 156<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11:1-6<\/td>\n | True Christians may be ill as well as others, \u2014Christ is the best friend in time of need,\u2014Christ loves all true Christians, however varying in temperament,\u2014Christ knows best the time to help<\/td>\n | 166<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11:7-16<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s ways with his people sometimes mysterious, \u2014Christ\u2019s tender language about his people, \u2014natural temperament shows itself in all believers<\/td>\n | 177<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11:17-29<\/td>\n | Mixture of grace and weakness in believers,\u2014need of having clear views of Christ\u2019s person, office, and power<\/td>\n | 185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11:30-37<\/td>\n | Blessing bestowed on sympathy,\u2014depth of sympathy in Christ for his people<\/td>\n | 195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11:38-46<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s words about the stone over the grave of Lazarus,\u2014Christ\u2019s words addressed to Martha when she doubted,\u2014Christ\u2019s words to God the Father,\u2014Christ\u2019s words addressed to Lazarus in his grave<\/td>\n | 202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 11:47-57<\/td>\n | Wickedness of man\u2019s natural heart,\u2014blind ignorance of God\u2019s enemies,\u2014importance often attached by bad men to ceremonial<\/td>\n | 212<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12:1-11<\/td>\n | Abounding proofs of the truth of Christ\u2019s miracles, \u2014discouragement Christ\u2019s friends meet with from man,\u2014man\u2019s hardness and unbelief<\/td>\n | 222<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12:12-19<\/td>\n | Christ\u2019s sufferings entirely voluntary,\u2014prophecies about Christ\u2019s first advent minutely fulfilled<\/td>\n | 234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12:20-26<\/td>\n | Death the way to spiritual life,\u2014Christ\u2019s servants must follow him<\/td>\n | 241<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12:27-33<\/td>\n | Man\u2019s sin imputed to Christ,\u2014Christ\u2019s internal conflict,\u2014God\u2019s voice heard from heaven, \u2014Christ\u2019s prophecy about his being lifted up<\/td>\n | 248<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12:34-43<\/td>\n | Duty of using present opportunities,\u2014hardness of man\u2019s heart,\u2014power of the love of this world<\/td>\n | 259<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| 12:44-50<\/td>\n | Dignity of Christ,\u2014certainty of a judgment to come<\/td>\n | 270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new, re-typeset, clothbound edition of Ryle\u2019s popular expositional series on the Gospels. The 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. 288\u2013432 pp. per volume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":128415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1499],"product_tag":[5595],"class_list":{"0":"post-192","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-commentaries","7":"product_tag-ebooks","8":"pa_binding-cloth-bound","9":"pa_binding-cloth-bound-ebook","10":"pa_binding-ebook","11":"pa_class-bc","12":"pa_era-19th-century","13":"pa_format-book","14":"pa_original-pub-date-1666","15":"pa_page-count-1729","16":"pa_recent-pub-date-jul-1-2012","17":"pa_recent-pub-date-year-6134","18":"pa_scripture-john-new-testament","19":"pa_set-expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels-clothbound","20":"pa_subtitle-volume-6-john-part-2-chapters-7-12","21":"pa_theauthor-ryle-j-c","22":"pa_topic-no-topic-listed","23":"pa_vol-1577","25":"first","26":"instock","27":"purchasable","28":"product-type-variable","29":"has-default-attributes"},"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n |