You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
ABRAHAM KUYPERThe curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the world the duty is now emphasized of serving God in the world, in every position in life.
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.
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One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me.
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There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower.
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A charity which knows only how to give money is not yet Christian love. You will be free of guilt only when you also give your time, your energy, and your resourcefulness to help end such abuses for good,
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It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.
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There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!
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Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life
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It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.
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There is not one square inch of the entire creation about which Jesus does not cry out, ‘This is mine!’
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God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
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And when you allow nothing that lies hidden in the storehouse of your Christian religion to remain unused against the cancer that is destroying the vitality of our society in such alarming ways.
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We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom
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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
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