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.
ABRAHAM KUYPERIt is this: That in spite of all worldly opposition, God’s holy ordinances shall be established again in the home
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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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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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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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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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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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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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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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face 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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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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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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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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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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There is not one square inch of the entire creation about which Jesus does not cry out, ‘This is mine!’
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