Abraham Kuyper Quotes

Christian hands never clasp and He doesn't give gifts for gain because a gift can never stop being a gift - it is always meant to be given.

Anyone who has two shirts when someone has none is not a christian.

Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan; this is the lesson of Jesus.

The impulse to share the lives of the poor, the desire to make social service, irrespective of propaganda, express the spirit of Christ, is as old as Christianity itself.

Charity is indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity which makes the man.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.

CHRISTIAN LIVING MOVES from what God has freely done for us in Christ to what we should freely do for others.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

Principle of "Christian love": it insists upon being well paid in the end.

I think there is an immense shortage of Christian charity among so-called Christians.

The distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.

As Christians, we have an additional reason to love and serve the poor; for in them we see the face and the flesh of Christ, who made himself poor so to enrich us with his poverty.

The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.

When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.

Real charity is giving from the heart without taking credit.

What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

Give generously. How much is generous? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. If you've never tithed, start there - then begin to stretch your generosity.

Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.

Giving with glad and generous hearts has a way of routing out the tough old miser within us. Even the poor need to know that they can give. Just the very act of letting go of money, or some other treasure, does something within us. It destroys the demon greed.

The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.

We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.

You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are fedding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.

Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth.