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.
ABRAHAM KUYPERUnity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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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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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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… 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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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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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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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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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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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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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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Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.
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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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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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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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