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.
ABRAHAM KUYPERUnity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!
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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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And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. ….
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Unity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.
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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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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 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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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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In this cold, irreligious and practical age the warmth of this devotion to art has kept alive many higher aspirations of our soul, which otherwise might readily have died, as they did in the middle of the last century.
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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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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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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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We cannot be passive and silent towards those who reject God’s Word and our holy faith.
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God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
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