There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, ‘Mine.’
ABRAHAM KUYPERHe is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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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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Unity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.
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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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The seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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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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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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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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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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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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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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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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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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And there is a beauty which God grants when by His grace men are born again. That kind of beauty never vanishes but blooms eternally.
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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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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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