The 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.
ABRAHAM KUYPEROn the other hand … by virtue of our natural impulse, we must ever watch against the danger which lurks for our personal liberty in the power of the state.
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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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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. 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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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, ‘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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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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To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.
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Unity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.
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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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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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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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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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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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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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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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