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Title: Knots Untied by John Charles Ryle, Douglas Wilson, J. C. Liverpool ISBN: 0-9677603-2-1 Publisher: Charles Nolan Publishers Pub. Date: 10 October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Holding One's Convictions in Evangelical Love
Comment: Once again Charles Nolan Publishing has done the Christian Church a real service with this re-publication of J. C. Ryle's "Knots Untied".
Knots Untied is perhaps Ryle's most controversial writing. In it he defends his position as an evangelical Anglican (Church of England) member and minster. He sets forth his positions in contrast to the high church movement of his day, and in contrast to other church traditions such as Presbyterianism and the Baptists. (I am writing this review from my Baptist perspective.)
Throughout the book, his convictions are set forth
in a gracious and kind Christian attitude of love for those that disagree with him; an attitude that would be well for the some segments of the modern evangelical and reformed Christian church to imitate.
You may not agree with all of Ryles's views, but in the things essential he stands squarely on the Biblical evangelcial and reformed fundamentals. Just as important you will be challenged to think more carefully about those things on which you disagree with Ryle, and perhaps not be always so quick to expound your differences so dogmatically without the loving qualification Ryle uses in expounding his own distinctive views.
Yes, there are issues in Knots Untied where I disagree with
Bishop Ryle, but in reading Knots Untied, my respect for the evangelical Bishop remains undiminshed. On the contrary that respect has increased. I can not help but love him all the more as I see in his attitude toward those who disagree with him, a gracious spirit and heart that imitates the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Perfect Book for the Serious Anglican
Comment: "Knots Untied" is the perfect book for the serious Anglican Christian. Written by the first Bishop of Liverpool, J.C. Ryle, this work is a veritable treasure for the Anglican who is looking for theological red meat.
Ryle lived in time much like our own. A time when "new teachings" were disrupting the Church of England...just as "new teachings" by various Anglican leaders are disrupting Anglicanism in the western world today.
Unlike many modern Anglicans, Ryle had no trouble identifying himself as a Protestant...in the grand tradition of the great English Reformers and as the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion enumerated. In this work, with outstanding clarity of thought and with razor-like precision, he answers all the hot questions of his day...and most of those today.
This book is not just for clergy. One of the aspects of Ryle's genius was his ability to write definitively enough for scholars and yet, to do so in a fashion not offputting to the people in the pews. Every chapter is memorable and if you're not careful you'll have more highlighted than not.
Christians of other persuasions will also benefit from this work. Informed Presbyterians and Baptists know that for most of the period since the Reformation, they have differed very little theologically speaking from Anglicans, save the form of church government (Presbyterians) and in the matter of baptism (Baptists).
Book lovers will appreciate the great care the publisher has taken to produce a first rate presentation and library grade binding. This volume is the second in the series of Ryle reprints. My advice is to buy one copy to use...and another to have for safekeeping.
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Title: Old Paths by John Charles Ryle ISBN: 0851517609 Publisher: Banner of Truth Pub. Date: 20 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots by J. C. Ryle ISBN: 0967760356 Publisher: Charles Nolan Publishers Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Practical Religion by John Charles Ryle ISBN: 0851517439 Publisher: Banner of Truth Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: Thoughts for Young Men by John Charles Ryle, Sinclair Ferguson ISBN: 1879737183 Publisher: Calvary Pr Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: A Call to Prayer by John Charles Ryle, J.C. Ryle ISBN: 0972237402 Publisher: Charles Nolan Publishers Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $2.99 |
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