¿Vivo o muerto? por J. C. Ryle, postula la pregunta que ha enfrentado cada ser humano que jamás ha ¿Te encuentras tú entre los vivos o los muertos? En su estilo directo y llamativo, el autor desafía al lector a considerar su propia condición antes de “cerrar este librito”. Los temas que trata 1. Todos están espiritualmente muertos, 2. Todos necesitan que Dios les dé vida, 3. Cómo cobra vida un alma muerta y 4. ¿Estás vivo?
This book was originally published in English by J.C. Ryle in the 1800's but has now been translated by Chapel Library and made available to the Spanish speaking world.
(John Charles Ryle) Ryle started his ministry as curate at the Chapel of Ease in Exbury, Hampshire, moving on to become rector of St Thomas's, Winchester in 1843 and then rector of Helmingham, Suffolk the following year. While at Helmingham he married and was widowed twice. He began publishing popular tracts, and Matthew, Mark and Luke of his series of Expository Thoughts on the Gospels were published in successive years (1856-1858). His final parish was Stradbroke, also in Suffolk, where he moved in 1861, and it was as vicar of All Saints that he became known nationally for his straightforward preaching and firm defence of evangelical principles. He wrote several well-known and still-in-print books, often addressing issues of contemporary relevance for the Church from a biblical standpoint. He completed his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels while at Stradbroke, with his work on the Gospel of John (1869). His third marriage, to Henrietta Amelia Clowes in 1861, lasted until her death in 1889.
El leído muchas predicaciones de diferentes autores y todas muy excelentes y eficaces en su propósito. Pero siempre hay la que resalta un poco más que otra y ese es el caso en esta de Ryle. Es una de esas preguntas retóricas que no deberíamos dejar pasar, tanto el creyente como el no creyente. Un auto análisis con todos los recursos para tener nuestra respuesta. Excelente lectura, la recomiendo grandemente. Bendiciones!!!!…sin Cristo no se puede!!!!
Me ha gustado mucho las figuras que utiliza para aclarar un concepto y sobre todo las preguntas que te llevan a para u reflexionar. Es el primer libro que leo de él y definitivamente buscaré más.
Ryle lays down the challenge here about living the Christian life - are you alive or dead? Put aside all that holds you back and live - be alive to Christ and dead to self. A needed challenge for all generations.
A book about living wholehearted for God. Each chapter is on its own. Feels like a collection och preachings around the same theme. The message in the book is still relevant today.
This is a short book on the difference between people who are spiritually dead and those who are spiritually alive, based on Ephesians 2:1. Ryle makes those differences clear and shows that it is Christ who gives spiritual life. He also urges everyone to consider whether or not they are dead in sins or alive in Christ and urges those without Christ to come to Him for salvation and those who are sprititually alive to live accordingly.
Dead or Alive. J.C. Ryle shows how man is always one or the other in regards to his spiritual state.
Nothing in the book is new or shocking as far as Reformed writings go. Alive or Dead could be a helpful book when introducing someone to Reformed thought on the fallen nature of man and the new nature in Jesus. If you are a seasoned reader of theology, this book may not be worth the time in your reading schedule.
Muy directo y al punto: la necesidad de los muertos de una vida que sólo Dios puede regalar y así poder descubrir la vida prevista para mí por quien la creó. Este es un folleto de pocas páginas mas de gran contenido espiritual
DNF @ 61% últimamente como que quiero darle el beneficio de la duda a la religión, como que quiero explorar la fe y, quizá, desarrollar la mía, pero supongo que no estoy escogiendo muy bien que digamos las lecturas con las cuales emprender este camino.