Statistically Improbable Phrases or SIPs
That is an actual category found on Amazon's web site when you are searching for a book. If it is a book that has the "search inside" feature then a computer somewhere tallied up phrases and compared them with books of similar subjects and gave them this elevated status. Go ahead, find your favorite book or author, click on a book with the "search inside" logo and then scroll down.
As I read books I highlight and then go back to remember what was highlighted. Usually what I've highlighted is something that struck me as true or obvious, maybe something I could work on or that the church should be more like. Most likely it is the way the author crafted it that projects a sense of power because it is especially descriptive or pointedly personal.
One phrase that recently caught my attention is "negative inertia." It is in a book by Andy Stanley, Louder than Words. The phrase refers to our human tendency to coast rather than work our way upstream in the area of our personal character. Often we live like we've arrived and no longer need to work on our morality. But that is not the case because the negative inertia of that thinking causes us to go with the flow down the drain.
The Bible is filled with statistically improbable phrases, too. I have chosen you…forgiveness of sins…eternal life… But instead of me blogging about them, add your own here in the comments…