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
ABRAHAM KUYPERNotwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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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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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
ABRAHAM KUYPERHe is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
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Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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One desire has been the ruling passion of my life.
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And when you allow nothing that lies hidden in the storehouse of your Christian religion to remain unused against the cancer that is destroying the vitality of our society in such alarming ways.
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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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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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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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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.
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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
ABRAHAM KUYPERDo not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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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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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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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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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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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
ABRAHAM KUYPERHow 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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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
ABRAHAM KUYPERTo which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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