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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 […]

Soteriology Fred Zaspel | August 13, 2012

Fred Zaspel’s Preface to Whomever He Wills

Download PDF A century ago in his Plan of Salvation B.B. Warfield argued powerfully that if a Theist allows the necessary implications of the Theism he has already embraced, he must be a Calvinist. That is to say, soteriological Calvinism is but the implicate, the necessary consequence of Theism. It is simply God being God. […]

Hyper-Calvinism Fred Zaspel | June 1, 2012

Hyper-Calvinism and the Free Offer (Part 1/3)

Introductory Considerations In a day in which Pelagianism reigns it may seem a strange discussion indeed to debate whether the gospel should be offered freely. But hyper-Calvinism remains with us, and the resurgence of Reformed theology in recent decades has witnessed with it a resurgence of hyper-Calvinism also. And one of its characteristic marks is […]

Hyper-Calvinism Fred Zaspel | June 1, 2012

Hyper-Calvinism and the Free Offer (Part 2/3)

Regeneration: Mediate or Immediate? Theological Clarification Regeneration is the life-giving work of God in which he brings the sinner out of spiritual death, thus radically transforming his inner being. Scripture variously represents regeneration as a new birth (e.g., Jn. 1:12; Jn.3:1ff), resurrection (e.g., Rom. 6:3-11; Eph. 2:5), creation (2 Cor. 4:6; 5:17; Gal. 6:15; Eph. […]

Hyper-Calvinism Fred Zaspel | June 1, 2012

Hyper-Calvinism and the Free Offer (Part 3/3)

The Doctrine of Eternal Justification: A Critique Definition Justification is a pronouncement of righteousness. It is God’s “legal” or official declaration that a person stands “righteous” before him as judged by his law. This righteous standing is grounded in the person and work of Christ, the sinner’s substitute who took the sinner’s guilt to himself […]

Misc Fred Zaspel | June 1, 2012

No Condemnation!

Text by Fred G. Zaspel, Copyright, 1995* Sing to the tune of “Morning Has Broken,” traditional Gaelic melody No condemnation Now in Christ Jesus! Great consolation — Jesus has died! Our sin laid on Him, Full pardon gives us. Looking by faith dim, We’re justified! With judgment sure, must God recompense us? He perfectly just, […]

Soteriology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 1995

The Five Points of Calvinism

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 Christian gospel is “a work of God from beginning to end.” Man is “so ruined by sin that he is unable to choose God,” as “man is unwilling” to seek Him. […]