He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
ABRAHAM KUYPERIn this cold, irreligious and practical age the warmth of this devotion to art has kept alive many higher aspirations of our soul, which otherwise might readily have died, as they did in the middle of the last century.
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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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… we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation….
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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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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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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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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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God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
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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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You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
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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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Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.
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We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God’s Word and our holy faith.
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He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.
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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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The greatest gift a church can receive is to have a group of families who take their responsibilitie s with such Christian seriousness that they are willing to completely alter their lifestyle to raise up disciples for Jesus Christ.
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Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.
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An authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer, and that what exists corresponds only partially to all of this.
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The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres, rises high above them by its right to command and compel.
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The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and the scintillation of life greets us.
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When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin.
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And there is a beauty which God grants when by His grace men are born again. That kind of beauty never vanishes but blooms eternally.
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And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. ….
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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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