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Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2015

Review of Naselli and Snoeberger Perspectives on the Extent of the Atonement

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. The book, “Perspectives on the Extent of the Atonement: Three Views,” presents an “in-house debate” where “all sides hold to the penal, substitutional character of Christ’s death.” The contributors “provide a conversation […]

Christian Ministry & Preaching Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2015

The Spirit and the Word

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. This article, “The Spirit and the Word,” underscores “the biblical emphasis on the necessity of both the gospel and the sovereign work of the Spirit in preaching.” It states, “It is not […]
Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2015

Review of Yarhouse Understanding Gender Dysphoria

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. Fred G. Zaspel reviews Mark A. Yarhouse’s “Understanding Gender Dysphoria,” a timely book navigating “dreadfully complex” gender issues. The review defines gender dysphoria as “the experience of having a psychological and emotional […]
Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | December 17, 2014

Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration

Review of Prone to Wander: Prayers of Confession and Celebration by Ian & Barbara Duguid and Wayne Houk PRONE TO WANDER: PRAYERS OF CONFESSION AND CELEBRATION, Ian and Barbara Duguid and Wayne Houk Published on December 17, 2014 by Fred Zaspel P&R, 2014 | 220 pages Amazon ( Paperback ) Amazon ( Kindle ) Reviewed […]
Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | October 7, 2014

Ehrman v. the Facts: Review by Zaspel

This article first appeared on credomag.com There is no zeal like the zeal of a convert. It doesn’t matter much which way the “conversion” goes, whether from Protestantism to Catholicism or from Catholicism to Protestantism, from socialism to capitalism or from capitalism to socialism, from agnosticism to Christianity or from Christianity to agnosticism. We’ve all […]
Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | October 3, 2014

Jesus on Every Page

Review of Jesus on Every Page by David Murray JESUS ON EVERY PAGE: Ten Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament, by David Murray Published on October 3, 2014 by Fred Zaspel Thomas Nelson, 2013 | 256 pages Amazon ( Paperback ) Amazon ( Kindle ) Amazon ( Audiobook ) Jesus […]

Suffering Fred Zaspel | October 1, 2014

Reflections: One Year Later

It’s been a year tomorrow (Oct.31) since we lost our daughter, Gina. What a treasure she was to us, and throughout the year since her passing she has been at the same time both the most painful and the most delightful topic of our conversation. We can scarcely talk about her without tears, and yet […]

Misc Devotional Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2014

Blood Speaks

Did you know that blood speaks? It is an unusual metaphor but a wonderfully expressive one that we find in Hebrews 12:24. Here we read that we who believe have come “to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.” The […]