Abraham’s Four Seeds is a biblical examination of the presuppositions of Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism. Pastor, evangelist, and author John G. Reisinger demonstrates how a correct understanding of Abraham’s seeds is key to harmonizing Scripture.....

New Covenant Theology is a developing system of theology that seeks to let the Bible inform our theology. This sounds basic, and almost all systems of theology claim that their system is based upon the Bible. As I hope to show you, New Covenant Theology is the system of theology that allows the Bible to have the “final say” most consistently. Whereas Dispensationalism stands on presuppositions provided by its Scofield Bible and Covenant Theology stands on presuppositions provided by its Westminster Confession, New Covenant Theology does not have any outside document that must be imposed on the text of Scripture. It strives to let the sacred text speak on its own terms.

This book has a two-fold purpose. First, it a response to a series of challenges to New Covenant Theology that Dr. Richard Barcellos offered in his book titled In Defense of the Decalogue. The challenges were made to anyone holding to New Covenant Theology in general and to me personally.
Dr. Barcellos’s book is written in an irenic spirit and will prove to be very helpful in the present discussion in Reformed circles on the relationship of the Old and New Covenants. I sincerely hope this response is just as irenic and helpful.
The second purpose of this book is to set forth what New Covenant Theology actually does believe in the eight areas where Barcellos states his objections.
The titles of both books tell the whole story. Barcellos is defending the view that the Decalogue, or “words of the covenant,” written on the stone tablets of the covenant (Exodus 34:27, 28) are the highest expression of the Law of God ever given. We believe the New Covenant revelation given to us by Christ and His apostles is a higher and more demanding law than anything given through Moses. Simply stated, this book asserts that Jesus is a new and higher Lawgiver who replaces Moses in exactly the same way he replaces Aaron as high priest. Barcellos insists that Christ is the greatest exegete of the Law of God given to Moses but in no sense gives any higher or more demanding law than Moses. We believe Christ is not only a Lawgiver but he is the full and final Lawgiver who supersedes and replaces all others.

This is the eighteenth title in print by John G. Reisinger. He lives in New York with his wife Rosemary.

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Most of the material in this book was originally printed in booklet form. The chapter titled The Sovereignty of God in Providence has been translated into four languages. There are three known people who were on the verge of suicide and were brought to bow in faith, hope, and love to our sovereign God through God using this message in their life. The chapter on limited atonement has helped many so-called “four and one-half point Calvinists” see limited atonement as the foundation and linchpin of the Doctrines of Grace.
One of the constant comments about John Reisinger’s teaching in both the pulpit and writing is his ability to make difficult subjects easy to understand. Someone said, “He puts the cookies on the bottom shelf.” John says, “We are called to feed sheep, not giraffes.” This book is not written primarily for seminary students; it is written for the man in the pew. It is aimed at introducing God’s people to what has been called the Doctrines of Grace that cluster around the sovereignty of God. We know of no better book to introduce fellow believers in basic Reformed Theology’s view of sovereign grace than this book.

Tablets of Stone and the History of Redemption is a study of the part the Ten Commandments play in God’s plan of salvation by grace through faith as that plan unfolds in the Old Testament Scriptures, moves into the New Testament Scriptures, and finally re....

John G. Reisinger says, “If I were to pick one section of this commentary that gives the heartbeat of both the commentary and of New Covenant Theology, it would be the following:
‘As should be clear by now, love for John is not an emotion but is always practical and active. Love of fellow Christians expresses itself with actions and in truth. Love and obedience go hand in hand. Jesus made this clear in the Upper Room Discourse. John 14:15 says, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” In John 14:21, Jesus said that the one who has and keeps his commandments is the one who loves him. John is a faithful interpreter of the mind of Jesus.’”

To be "in Christ" means everything! To be a Christian is to be in Christ. This is why Paul could say in 2 Corinthians 12:2 that he knew a man “in Christ.” He could have said, “I know a Christian.” In Romans 16:7, Paul says that Andronicus and Junia were “in Christ” before he was. In other words, they were Christians before he was. Christians are those who are “in the Messiah.”

Wells does a fine job of analyzing some of the historical and broadly theological issues, while Zaspel concentrates on a careful exegesis of key New Testament texts—especially the pivotal Matthew 5:17-20. The combination is impressive and persuasive. … ....

“What are Christians to obey? The Bible is the simple answer of course, but upon further investigation, things are not quite that sim-ple. For example, I am sure we have all heard a Christian condemning and calling homosexuality an abomination based upon Leviti-cus 18:22 or 20:13. However, if one looks on the next page at Leviticus 19:27, should we not also conclude that we should not get haircuts or shave? Why is one normative, but not the other?”
“Christianity, after all, is not simply a code of ethics. It is not just a moral system. Being a Christian is not simply trying to ‘do what Jesus did.’ No, the foundation of the Christian life is the gospel of Jesus Christ. All else flows from the good news of Christ crucified for sinners. As Michael Horton writes, ‘It is the Good News that yields good works. Salvation is not the prize for our obedience but the source.’”
“The law of Christ cannot be reduced to a list of do’s and don’ts. It certainly involves specific things that can be ‘listed’ as right or wrong, but it is far more than a list like the ten words written on stone. The law of Christ is love, but it is also the example of Christ. Everything Christ taught is part of his law, but so is everything his apostles taught a vital part of his law. Christ himself is his law per-sonified. The whole of Scripture, as interpreted through the lens of Christ as the new covenant prophet, priest, and king, is a part of the law of Christ.”
May the Sovereign Lord be pleased to bless you, as you read and contemplate the glory of the new covenant in Christ, to see Christ more fully and more gloriously, as the full and final authoritative Word by whom God has spoken in these last days.

Blake White is a seminary student enrolled in the Master of Divinity program at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louis-ville, KY, and a member of Third Avenue Baptist Church. He lives in Louisville with his wife Alicia and son Josiah. Blake is also the author of The Newness of the New Covenant.

Studies in Galatians is not, nor does it claim to be, a verse-by-verse exegetical commentary even though it does comment on nearly every verse in Galatians. It is not aimed at professional theologians but at ”the man in the pew.” This in no way means that technical books written by theologians are not just as vital as books like Studies in Galatians. It does mean that books such as this are also vital. This book attempts to bring the message of Galatians into the twenty-first century and show how Paul’s message to the Galatians is a great help in dealing with some of the identical questions and problems that Paul faced in the first century.
John Reisinger is an evangelist, theologian, and conference speaker. He is well-known for a unique ability to make profound and deep truths simple and understandable. He likes to say, “God has called us to feed sheep, not giraffes.” One has remarked, “John puts the cookies on the lower shelf where all can reach them.” Unfortunately, this has a down side. No one will read Studies in Galatians and say, “I do not know what he meant.” The reader will clearly understand what the author means and will either love it or strongly disagree.
The one concept that readers will truly grasp is that “walking in the Spirit” and “not being under the law, but under grace” is the same thing. One will learn that biblical, victorious living begins with the biblical theology of “free from the law.”
Studies in Galatians is unashamedly rooted in a commitment to the Doctrines of Grace and New Covenant Theology.