Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
ABRAHAM KUYPERWe 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 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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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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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 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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But within these spheres … another authority rules, an authority that descends directly from God apart from the state. This authority the state does not confer but acknowledges.
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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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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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An authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
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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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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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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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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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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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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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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
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