Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
ABRAHAM KUYPER. 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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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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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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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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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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And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. ….
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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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The seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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But within these spheres … another authority rules, an authority that descends directly from God apart from the state. This authority the state does not confer but acknowledges.
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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of 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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We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God’s Word and our holy faith.
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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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It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.
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In 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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