The position of this book is in broad sympathy with the school of thought that sees “faith seeking understanding.” It is the biblical gospel that saves, and biblical and theological truths need to be understood in order for the gospel to be saved from distortion. Apologetic arguments are secondary, and should be derived from the gospel itself. In other words, apologetic arguments must not be detached and isolated from the faith that is being defended. Defending the faith assumes there is a faith that is being defended. The objective faith is logically prior to its own defense.
The first four chapters of this book trace out the flow and logic of the gospel. The remaining chapters examine some of the arguments that are currently used by apologists in the defense of the faith. This book only ‘saves’ the gospel to the extent that it accurately articulates the saving gospel of Jesus Christ.

Steve West is the pastor of Madoc Baptist Church in Madoc, Ontario, Canada. He is the editor of Ministry of Grace: Essays in Honor of John G. Reisinger and the author of Philosophical Dialogues on the Christian Faith: Discussions on the Arguments, Evidence, and Truth of Christianity. He has lectured and taught in the USA, Canada, and Africa.

Both the author of this booklet, Pastor William Payne, and the writer of the foreword, Dr. James Montgomery Boice, went to be with the Lord shortly after the booklet was first published. Given the present controversy within the professing Reformed community over the doctrine of limited atonement and the preaching of the gospel, it is obvious that both Pastor Payne and Dr. Boice spoke with a prophetic voice.
Today the classic historical view of limited atonement is being challenged. One of the major objections concerns evangelism. We are told that unless we can tell all sinners without exception that “God loves you and Christ died for you,” we have no gospel to preach. Pastor Payne, in the tradition of men like John Owen (see his Death of Death in The Death of Christ), and J.I. Packer (see his Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God) answers this objection with clear and compelling biblical exegesis.
My entire background was in Arminianism. When I first started to understand Reformed theology, I struggled the longest with the doctrine of limited atonement. I wish this booklet had been available to me then. Once God taught me the truth that “Christ died for His sheep (John 10:11), I came to see that atonement has to be particular in order to be a true biblical atonement. A hypothetical atonement that makes salvation possible for all but not certain for any in particular is not a real atonement but only a possibility. This booklet will help anyone struggling with the question, “For whom did Christ make a vicarious sacrifice, everyone without exception, or His eternally chosen sheep?”
John G. Reisinger, Editor of Sound of Grace

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From the first Ecclesiastes article which appeared in Sound of Grace, I insisted that the series should be published in a book as John has so expertly connected the Teacher with the lost wanderers of twenty-first century America. An understanding of this book will be an elixir for America’s drifting churches.
Gen. Clyde F. Autio, USAF Ret.

Few modern Christians have tried to master the book of Ecclesiastes. Why? One reason is the amount of gloom and doom that is all around us. A volume that keeps reminding us that “All Is Vanity,” is un-welcome to modern eyes and ears. Against this backdrop we may be glad that John Reisinger has given us the present book.
According to John “all is vanity” has a serious limitation. It looks into the world without reference to God. But Solomon has an answer to man’s dilemma. That answer comes from our Maker who stands as Sovereign above this world. And John emphasizes that important fact.
More than that, John writes with his usual clarity and simplicity. Books that cover world-view, western culture, and the philosophies of this age seldom have that virtue. Here, then, is a rare opportunity to engage these ideas in language that we all can understand. No Christian can read this without finding practical help in this treatise on the world of ideas.
Tom Wells, Pastor, The King’s Chapel, West Chester, Ohio

John Reisinger has not only studied Ecclesiastes with great care but he has experientially entered into the truth it so powerfully proclaims. With seasoned wit and pastoral wisdom, he makes this ancient sec-tion of biblical wisdom literature live for a new generation of readers. Here is warm-hearted, mature, no-nonsense evangelical reflection and application at its best. I highly recommend it to everyone.
Kirk M. Wellum, Professor of Biblical Studies, Systematic Theology, Toronto Baptist Seminary

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.

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