When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.
God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.
Man can certainly keep on lying (and does so), but he cannot make truth falsehood.
'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless!' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety.
No act of man can claim to be more than an attempt, not even science.
Sin scorches us most after it comes under the scrutinizing light of God's forgiveness and not before