'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless!' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety.

The gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question mark against all truths.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Man can certainly keep on lying... but he cannot make truth falsehood. He can certainly rebel... but he can accomplish nothing which abolishes the choice of God.

God listens to Bach while the angels listen to Mozart.

Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate.

One drop of eternity is of greater weight than a vast ocean of finite things.