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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, and when you allow nothing that lies hidden in the storehouse of your Christian religion to remain unused against the cancer that is destroying the vitality of our society in such alarming ways.”

Quote by Abraham Kuyper

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Dutch politician, theologian, and educator. Abraham Kuyper was born on October 29, 1837, and died on November 8, 1920. He had a significant impact in the fields of Dutch politics, religion, and education, being one of the founders of Dutch Christian democracy. more

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