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.
ABRAHAM KUYPERThere is not one square inch of the entire creation about which Jesus does not cry out, ‘This is mine!’
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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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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Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.
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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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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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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
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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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. 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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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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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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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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And there is a beauty which God grants when by His grace men are born again. That kind of beauty never vanishes but blooms eternally.
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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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