Articles & Essays – Page 6

Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | July 24, 2019

I AM and the Burning Bush

This article first appeared on credomag.com You are familiar with the setting, of course. Having left Egypt forty years before, while tending the sheep of his father-in-law, Moses comes to Mount Horeb and sees “this strange sight” — a bush ablaze with fire though not consumed by that fire. A fire burning on its own, […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | July 18, 2019

The Future: How Does God Know It?

This article first appeared on credomag.com One aspect of God’s omniscience is his knowledge of the future. Open Theists have denied this, of course, but the question is not really a difficult one. Over and again in Scripture God is presented as knowing what will happen. Not just selectively but exhaustively God knows all that […]

Revelation, Inspiration, & Canon Fred Zaspel | June 21, 2019

A First Primer on the Doctrine of Divine Revelation

This article first appeared on credomag.com Most fundamentally, what distinguishes Christianity from all other religions is that Christianity is a revealed religion. That is, it is not in any sense the result of our making our way to God. It is in its entirety the result of God making himself known to us. Christianity therefore […]

Revelation, Inspiration, & Canon Fred Zaspel | June 14, 2019

A First Primer on Inerrancy

This article first appeared on credomag.com Definitions The doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture asserts that the Bible is truthful and accurate, and therefore without error, in all that it affirms. Theological Reasoning The theological ground of inerrancy is established in the following steps: 1) Error arises from deceit and/or ignorance. 2) God is a […]

Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | May 13, 2019

Jesus with Sinners at the Table

This article first appeared on credomag.com The “dinner” scenes found in the Gospels, especially those in which Jesus eats with “sinners,” provide a warm, fascinating, and important portrait of our Lord in his earthly life and mission. Survey Two passages stand out perhaps more prominently. First Mark 2:13-17 = Luke 5:27-32 record for us Jesus’ […]

Eschatology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2019

The Judgment of the Wicked Lexham Survey of Theology

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 judgment of the wicked is God’s final and everlasting punishment of unrepentant sinners.” God’s righteousness dictates “it would not be righteous to let unrighteousness go unpunished.” “Scripture insists that it is […]

Divine Decrees Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2019

Gods Foreknowledge Lexham Survey of Theology

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 explores the differing understandings of “foreknowledge.” It begins, “Foreknowledge is understood variously as God’s eternal loving regard and saving purpose, or merely as his passive awareness of the future choices […]

Divine Decrees Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2019

Predestination Lexham Survey of Theology

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. “Reprobation is that aspect of predestination by which God determines to condemn the nonelect,” serving as the “necessary corollary to the doctrine of election.” The article distinguishes “preterition”—God’s “sovereign choice to leave […]

Christology Fred Zaspel | June 18, 2018

The Wrath of God and the Gospel

Preachers today often complain that the concept of sin is so foreign to today’s postmodern mind that it seems nearly impossible to get across. Indeed. But if this is so (perhaps we should say, because this is so), the concept of divine wrath is still more difficult. How could God be angry—much less very angry—with us? But of course the notions of […]