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
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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He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his 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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Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point.
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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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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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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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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
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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.
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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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An authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
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Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.
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He is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God
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The seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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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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