Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
ABRAHAM KUYPERLutheranism 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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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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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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. 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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One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me.
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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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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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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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… we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation….
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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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Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.
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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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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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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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Unity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.
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