From a commentary on Philippians

Joy, unmitigated, untrammeled joy, is—or at least should be—the distinctive mark of the believer in Christ Jesus. — Gordon Fee

From the Thursday Report

I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel it would be truer to give prayer the first, second and third places and teaching the fourth. — J.O.F.

From a web site I came across

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge. — Plato

From a Commentary on James

[Elijah] was not worthy, he was simply a righteous man who prayed, for individuals and for his society. — Donald M. Doriani [See James 5:17.]

From my brother

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew. When you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted. Now, older, you stretch out your hands, and Someone Else dresses you (and even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these), and leads you where before you didn’t want to go. And let me tell you, it is so much better than it seems, so much better than your dreams. The removal of things that can be shaken, so that what cannot be shaken may remain. All that to say, these are the days of Him changing water into wine. — S

From "A Man Called Blessed"

Be bold. Cowardice keeps man double minded, hesitating between two worlds. True faith abandons one option for the other. — Father Hadane (as written by Ted Dekker & Bill Bright

From an online chat with a friend

God may not let me go hungry, but He might very well continue to let me go stupid. — Jim Coates