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Debunking Cessationism, Pt. 4
Reason #6: The gifts do not replace, diminish, or compete with Scripture. I hold the authority and completeness of Scripture very highly. Scripture is the standard by which everything in our lives should be measured and evaluated. Scripture also then is the source of authority against which any tongue, prophecy, or other spiritual gift should…
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Debunking Cessationalism, Pt. 3
Reason #4: The outpouring of the Spirit was for the purpose of evangelism. In Acts 1:8 Jesus says, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Jesus couldn’t…
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Debunking Cessationism, Part 2
Reason #2: The Bible never says the gifts have ceased. I can find overwhelming Scriptural support for the these gifts being given to the early church, but I can’t find one place where Scripture says that these gifts have ceased. Not one. Even cessationists will agree with this assessment If God has given powerful gifts…
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Debunking Cessationism, part 1
I see so many debates raging on social media over the idea of cessationism, which is in short the doctrine that the manifestations of the Holy Spirit through particular spiritual gifts ceased sometime between the original apostles and the formalization of Scripture. There is some nuance to this thinking, with some believing all such manifestations…
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Seeing the Best
I was working on a blog about cessasionism vs continualism, the debate on the operation and gifts of the Holy Spirit in the church today. I read some perspectives from several people that I passionately disagree with. Here’s what I have come to recognize: Cessationists believe the gifts of the Spirit are not for today…
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What about Sabbath?
I have some dear friends that have become convinced in their hearts that the Sabbath is Saturday, and they believe Saturday observances are a critical and neglected aspect of modern religious practice. Any student of Scripture has likely wondered this very thing. Is Sabbath Saturday or Sunday? Should Christians observe the Sabbath? Is this an…