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The Christian Life Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2007

Why Do We Sin Reisinger festschrift

Editors Note: The article argues from James 1:13–18 that while God is sovereign over trials, He never tempts anyone to sin; rather, sin arises from our own desires, making human beings fully responsible for their wrongdoing. Trials are intended by God for spiritual growth, but when we respond without faith, those same trials expose the […]

Systematic Theology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2002

The Trinity

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. Benjamin B. Warfield’s view of the Trinity addresses “the twin issues of God’s unity and diversity.” He asserts the “Divine Being” is “shared with absolute equality by all three Persons,” who share […]

Christian Ministry & Preaching Fred Zaspel | January 1, 1997

The Altar Call Helpful or Harmful

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 article argues the “altar call,” though “all but universal” and an “essential part of evangelism” today, is a “very new phenomenon.” “For nearly nineteen centuries no one had ever heard of […]

Soteriology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 1995

The Five Points of Calvinism

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 Christian gospel is “a work of God from beginning to end.” Man is “so ruined by sin that he is unable to choose God,” as “man is unwilling” to seek Him. […]

Biblical Law & New Covenant Theology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 1995

Review of Schreiner The Law and Its Fulfillment A Pauline Theology of Law

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. Thomas R. Schreiner’s “The Law and Its Fulfillment” “provides a valuable service to anyone trying to get a ‘handle’ on the complex theme of the Mosaic law and its fulfillment,” being “well […]