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Biblical Law & New Covenant Theology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2024

The continuing relevance of divine 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. This paper aims to determine “the present relevance of the law of God,” arguing it “is presently (and in every age) binding upon the believer.” While God’s law “formed the basis of […]

Biblical Law & New Covenant Theology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2024

Divine Law A New Covenant Perspective

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. In “Divine Law: A New Covenant Perspective,” Fred G. Zaspel argues that “divine law continues, but not in its Mosaic formulation. Christ supersedes Moses.” While “Moses is ‘fulfilled’” in Jesus, the “new […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2024

The Theology of Fulfillment

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, “The Theology of Fulfillment,” examines the Old and New Testaments, asserting “the Old is in the New revealed; the New is in the Old concealed.” Jesus declared, “I am not […]

Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2023

Ten Things You Should Know about the Psalms

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 “10 Things You Should Know about the Psalms” clarifies that “the Hebrew Bible provides no title to the book of Psalms,” though “the title of the book in Rabbinic and […]

Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2023

The Psalms are By and About the King

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 that “Fundamentally, the Psalms are both by and about the king.” The Psalter is presented as “a royal hymnbook,” with “the house of David as its subject matter and […]

Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2023

How and How Not to Read the Psalms

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, “How (and How Not) to Read the Psalms,” critiques the common “hunt and find” approach, which provides “little consideration to historical context” and “likely misses the psalmist’s own purpose.” Instead, […]

Church History – Misc Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2022

Reflections Evangelicalism in the 1960s and 1970s

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. “Evangelicalism in the 1960s and 70s encompassed diverse, impactful events,” including Billy Graham crusades, the Jesus movement, “the hey-day of dispensational eschatology,” and the rise of “historic Reformed theology” alongside the International […]
Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2022

Review of Marlowe and Savelle Psalms volume 1 The Wisdom Psalms A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and Teaching

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 Marlowe and Savelle’s “Psalms, volume 1: The Wisdom Psalms,” deeming it “a useful addition to my Psalms library” for preachers. He commends its grouping “according to genre or […]