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  • What a generation allows

    “Whatever one generation allows, the next will embrace.” — Unknown Heard from Dr. Brannon in REL 309, Session 1. I was unable to find a credited author for this one. Dr. Brannon used it in the first session of my Prophetic Literature class and it resonated with me. As with many that do, it found…

  • Dr. Brannon on sermon preparation

    “[Sermons should be prepared] with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in another.” — Dr. John Brannon in REL 309, Session 1

  • Dr. Brannon on God’s tests

    “You can’t fail God’s tests; you just keep taking them until you pass.” — Dr. John Brannon in REL 309, Session 1

  • Prophesy is a good line of business…

    “Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.” — Mark Twain Heard from Dr. Brannon in REL 309, Session 1.

  • We forget…

    “We forget because we must.” — Elton Pope in “Love and Monsters”, Doctor Who

  • “Don’t be so afraid to fail that you never even try.”

    “Don’t be so afraid to fail that you never even try.” — Me I have no doubt this is derived from something I heard someone say somewhere at some time. But right now I don’t remember so I’m posting what I have the way I thought of it. My blog after all. 🙂

  • Ted needs a leg to stand on

    “Hi, leg warehouse, my friend Ted needs something to stand on. Yea, nothing to stand on? Ok.” — Barney in “Game Night”, How I Met Your Mother (01×15)

  • Adjust the sails

    “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” — John Maxwell

  • I can only hope, sir

    Toby had recently used the President’s name to arrange an honor guard at the funeral of a homeless vet who had been found dead on a park bench wearing a coat Toby donated. President Bartlet: “Toby, If we start pulling strings like this don’t you think every homeless veteran will come out of the woodwork?”…

  • nobody, everybody, and Somebody

    “A nobody trying to tell everybody about Somebody” — Mark Driscoll, the “About Me” on his Twitter page