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The Christian Life Fred Zaspel | May 29, 2026

My Story

I was born in the southern suburbs of Chicago where my father was planting a church. I could never begin to remember when I first heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. My mother tells me that she explained the story of Christ to me before I was home from the hospital. Of course I have […]

The Christian Life Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2015

The Gospel and Porn

Download PDF In these past weeks the emphasis in our seminary chapel has been on sexual purity. In particular, the focus has been on overcoming pornography. We all know now that the internet has moved porn to the number one counseling issue in churches today, and we would be very naive to think that seminary […]

Suffering Fred Zaspel | October 1, 2014

Reflections: One Year Later

It’s been a year tomorrow (Oct.31) since we lost our daughter, Gina. What a treasure she was to us, and throughout the year since her passing she has been at the same time both the most painful and the most delightful topic of our conversation. We can scarcely talk about her without tears, and yet […]

The Christian Life Fred Zaspel | February 1, 2014

Gazing on His Beauty

In Psalm 27:4 the Psalmist-Prophet-King David unveils the deepest longings of his heart. “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his […]

Suffering Fred Zaspel | December 1, 2013

Lessons Learned in Suffering

Many times during the years of our daughter’s suffering we were asked what lessons we have learned from it all. It was usually somewhat an awkward moment for me because I have to say that in the heat of it all we didn’t generally think in those terms. We turned to the Lord for strength […]

Suffering Fred Zaspel | November 1, 2013

Reflections on the Loss of Our Daughter

(Note: We have been touched by the generous outpouring of love from God’s people, many of whom are Credo readers. We wish we could thank each of you individually, but please know of our heart-felt gratitude for your many recent expressions of love and encouragement. – FGZ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ […]

The Christian Life Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2013

The Christian Distinctive

What distinguishes Christianity from all other religions is that it is a revealed religion. Christianity is not about our search for God or our means of finding him. Christianity is not a religion that works its way upward. It is all about God coming to us — God in grace making himself known to us […]

The Christian Life Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2013

You and Your Conscience

The decline of morals in our society is deplorable, but what is most alarming is that this decline is increasingly evident in the church. Professing Christians and even genuine believers are falling into terrible sins. It is becoming increasingly the problem godly pastors and elders are forced to deal with today. There are no doubt […]

The Christian Life Fred Zaspel | November 1, 2012

Legalism or Obedience?

Try to imagine it. You are playing a game of Monopoly, and your opponent throws a ten with the dice. Then he picks up his player marker and begins counting his steps. Immediately you realize he will land on the corner — “Go to Jail!” Well, he doesn’t want to land there, so he stops […]

The Christian Life Fred Zaspel | May 1, 2012

Unanswered Prayer

“Unanswered prayer” is a frustrating question virtually every Christian has faced. We know that God has promised to act in response to our prayers, but then he so often does not seem to at all. He has said he will give us the desires of our heart (Psalm 20:4-5), but so often he doesn’t. Why? […]