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
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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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 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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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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God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
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In the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord
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How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life likewise dazzled the eye
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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 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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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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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 impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ’s Church to one’s own little community.
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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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. 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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There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, ‘Mine.’
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