Satan will try hard to fill your minds with arguments against the practices of Christianity. He will draw your attention to the numbers of persons who use them and are no better for the using. “See there,” he will whisper, “do you not observe that those who go to church are no better than those who stay away?” But do not let this move you. It is never fair to argue against a thing because it is improperly used. It does not follow that the practices of Christianity can do no good because many do them and get no good from them. . . . The value of the practices of Christianity, like other things, depends, in a great measure, on the manner and spirit in which we use them.
– J.C. Ryle
1816 – 1900
Wow, this is such an inspiring quote
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