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Christ declares “Mine!” over every square inch of creation. In his well-known quote, Abraham Kuyper expressed the defining characteristic of his public theology: Jesus’ sovereignty extends over all things. He believed Christians should engage the whole world in all of its various spheres. But what does that comprehensive calling practically look like for us today? In Engaging the World with...

faith and action. Kuyper found cultural Christianity distasteful because it failed to engage the world meaningfully. He saw it as a sacrifice of action in the world to retain the purity of faith in the church. But even with these world-engaging impulses, Kuyper did not fully perceive the corrosive consequences of cultural Christianity. Kuyper’s early departure from cultural Christianity can be seen most clearly in his thoughts about the socio-political issues facing the Netherlands during the early
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