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.
ABRAHAM KUYPERThe 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.
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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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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And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. ….
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Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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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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An authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
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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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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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There is not one square inch of the entire creation about which Jesus does not cry out, ‘This is mine!’
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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face 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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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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The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and the scintillation of life greets us.
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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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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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