Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.
ABRAHAM KUYPERThere is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, ‘Mine.’
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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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 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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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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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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Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand – in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science.
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The seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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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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One desire has been the ruling passion of my 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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And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. ….
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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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It is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God’s holy ordinances shall be established again in the home
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The question is not if the candidate’s heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!
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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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