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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]
Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | September 28, 2015

CHRIST AND THE BIBLE, by John Wenham

Wipf & Stock, 2015 | 240 pages wtsbooks( Paperback ) Wenham, Warfield, and Inspiration by Fred G. Zaspel I recently re-read John Wenham’s Christ and the Bible and was reminded what a helpful work it is. His purpose, as the title indicates, is to demonstrate Jesus’ view of Scripture. The survey of the evidence is […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | July 1, 2015

God as Father

The verbal images of God in the Bible, just as the various names given him, constitute a significant part of his self-revelation. When Scripture likens God to a lion or rock or shepherd or judge or King it tells us much about who God is and about our relationship to him. One of the most […]

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 […]

Misc Fred Zaspel | September 1, 2013

D-Day and VE-Day

Students of World War 2 have often remarked that although VE-Day was not until May 8, 1945, in a very real sense the war in Europe was over on June 6, 1944 — D-Day. In “Operation Overlord” some 1,000 ships — the largest armada ever to set sail — carried some 200,000 soldiers across the […]
Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2013

Four Aspects of Divine Righteousness, Part 1

Psalm 97:2 declares that God dwells in “righteousness and justice” (tsedek and mishpat). That is to say, He is Himself right and true. He is morally and ethically right, and He acts according to what is proper. This, the psalmist affirms, is God’s very “habitation.” Righteousness is no accident to Him, no incidental quality. It […]
Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2013

Four Aspects of Divine Righteousness, Part 2

Rectoral Righteousness God’s “rectoral” righteousness is that aspect of His nature which demands or requires righteousness of all His creatures. This is perhaps what we normally think of when we speak of God’s righteousness. It has to do with the imposition of laws and standards. It is “the rectitude which God manifests as the Ruler […]
Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2013

Four Aspects of Divine Righteousness, Part 3

Redemptive Righteousness But all this presents a very real problem. God reveals Himself as a righteous God Who demands the same of us all and condemns all who do not conform. He will “by no means clear the guilty” (Ex. 34:7). The problem is obvious: how can any of us ever escape God’s wrath? How […]