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Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2014

On Zealots Critics and Christianity A Review of Truth Matters

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 highlights that “no zeal like the zeal of a convert.” Critics, often “former (professing) Christians who now lead the charge against the faith,” like Bart Ehrman, have “the zeal of […]

Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2014

WHAT IS BIBLICAL THEOLOGY? A Guide to the Bible Story, Symbolism, and Patterns by James M. Hamilton, Jr.

Published on January 1, 2014 by Igor Mateski Crossway, 2013 | 128 pages Amazon( Paperback ) Amazon( Kindle ) Reviewed by Fred G. Zaspel The blossoming of the discipline of a Geerhardus Vos flavored Biblical Theology in our generation has been to the benefit and blessing of Christians everywhere. The renewed awareness of the Bible […]

Misc Topics Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2014

A Tribute to Dr. S. Lewis Johnson

On January 28, 2004, ten years ago today, Dr. S. Lewis Johnson passed away at age eighty-eight. He was a Biblical scholar and theologian of rare abilities, and he was a beloved friend. His influence on my own ministry would be difficult to measure. The hundreds of tapes of his preaching and teaching have gone […]

Suffering Fred Zaspel | December 1, 2013

Lessons Learned in Suffering

Many times during the years of our daughter’s suffering we were asked what lessons we have learned from it all. It was usually somewhat an awkward moment for me because I have to say that in the heat of it all we didn’t generally think in those terms. We turned to the Lord for strength […]

Suffering Fred Zaspel | November 1, 2013

Reflections on the Loss of Our Daughter

(Note: We have been touched by the generous outpouring of love from God’s people, many of whom are Credo readers. We wish we could thank each of you individually, but please know of our heart-felt gratitude for your many recent expressions of love and encouragement. – FGZ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ […]

Misc Fred Zaspel | October 4, 2013

Repentance and Original Sin

This article first appeared on credomag.com In an 1899 article for Union Seminary Magazine, Warfield takes up the question, must we repent of original sin? He notes that the question is often asked triumphantly by those who oppose the doctrine, assuming that the question itself demonstrates the absurdity of the doctrine—the only sin we are […]

Songs & Poems Fred Zaspel | October 1, 2013

Jesus Christ My Savior

Ask you what inflames my soul, What consumes my passion whole? What inspires my longing heart? Who alone can zeal impart? Jesus Christ, my savior! Who can take my load of sin? Who can make me pure within? Who can bear the dreadful curse, Pay the price for sins perverse? Jesus Christ, my savior! Who […]

Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | October 1, 2013

A Psalm of Confidence: Psalm 121

In Psalm 121 we read: I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. […]

Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | September 1, 2013

The Heavenly Temple

Among the many fruits of “Biblical Theology” in recent decades is the now common understanding of Eden as God’s earthly temple — a theme that traces through to the end of Revelation where this temple, so long removed and ruined by human sin, will in the end finally be restored in a redeemed cosmos. The […]