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Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2024

The Bible a Gospel Story

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 Bible “tells a story, a story that begins at the beginning,” proceeding “confidently to tell us the whole story of history.” Overall, it is “a gospel story. It’s a story of […]

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 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 […]

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, 2014

Review of Robinson Christ in the Sabbath

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. Rich Robinson’s “Christ in the Sabbath,” by a “Jewish believer in Jesus,” offers a “helpful survey… of Sabbath laws and Sabbath observance through the Old Testament, the time of Jesus and the […]
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 […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | July 25, 2013

C.H. Spurgeon on Typology

This article first appeared on credomag.com As a follow up on our brief series on typology (part 1, part 2, part 3), I wanted to share a favorite passage from Charles Spurgeon, who addresses here the seemingly impossible complexity of “anticipations” that are perfectly and wonderfully realized in the person and work of Christ. His […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | July 18, 2013

Typology as Prophecy

This article first appeared on credomag.com In the previous post we saw that typology entails a genuinely prospective element. That is, there is something about the “type,” even within the Old Testament itself, that anticipates a fuller realization elsewhere. In this post I would like to follow up on that just a bit and see […]