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  Just Out From Crossway . . . the Latest in ESV Versions . . . the TO DO Bible!!
  
  Justin Taylor gives this testimony: “I know when I am reading my Bible, things I need to do pop in my head, and because I am immersed in the study of God’s Word, I frequently forget them by the time I’m done."
  
  (tags: ESV humor)
  


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  " . . . if evangelists know that we sinners can deceive ourselves, then it's not surprising that we want to try to make sure (with all appropriate qualifications about our limitedness) that conversions professed are conversions possessed."
  
  "I have determined to suspend my judgment till I know the tree by its fruits. I cannot believe they are converts until I see fruit brought back; it will never do a sincere soul any harm." Dever on whether evangelists should question professions of faith.
  
  (tags: christian evangelism salvation T4GB)
  


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  Mark Driscoll on Establishing Elder Government in a Church Plant
  
  "The key to ecclesiology is proper theology. Simply, if the person and ongoing work of Jesus is not exceptionally clear and practically integrated in the church then eventually the church will become very sick."
  
  (tags: church driscoll leadership)
  


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  "An infant is innocent only because it is incapable of acting out the sin and the rage that lives within. Were an infant able, [he/she] would surely lash out and cause pain and harm."
  
  "I guess that's what the Christian life is all about. It is about being delivered from this body of death." What's dead looks dead, says Challies, in this post on our children's need to be made alive in Christ.
  
  (tags: challies family salvation)
  



• Thank You Lord That I am Not Like Woody Allen
  
  In light of the ongoing discussion about legalism, here is a letter written by John Hendryx with some answers to the question of "legalism."
  
  (tags: legalism)