On 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.
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More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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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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One desire has been the ruling passion of my life.
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A charity which knows only how to give money is not yet Christian love. You will be free of guilt only when you also give your time, your energy, and your resourcefulness to help end such abuses for good,
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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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We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God’s Word and our holy faith.
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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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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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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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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 this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God’s holy ordinances shall be established again in the home
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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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Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.
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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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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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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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