{"product_id":"on-the-cessation-of-the-charismata-the-protestant-polemic-on-postbiblical-miraclesrevised-expanded-edition-9780981952628","title":"On the Cessation of the Charismata: The Protestant Polemic on Post-Biblical Miracles--Revised \u0026 Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Definitive Study--Now Updated \u0026amp; Expanded! Protestant theology has usually tended toward cessationism  the belief that the miraculous  including various spiritual gifts  ceased early in Christian history. The Princeton theologian Benjamin B. Warfield strongly advocated this view  especially in his influential work Counterfeit Miracles. The present study  On the Cessation of the Charismata  thoroughly critiques cessationism generally and Warfield specifically. It shows that cessationism arises from sources other than-some even contrary to-Scripture itself: namely  cessationists experience of history and their embrace of philosophies that distort their interpretation of Scripture. Instead  as On the Cessation shows  Scripture expects the miraculous  including all gifts of the Holy Spirit  to continue until the Second Coming; and that far from being signs merely accrediting the gospel only during its earliest proclamation  such manifestations of the Spirit are part and parcel of the good news of Gods saving reign. Recognized already by many scholars as the definitive study  this updated and expanded edition of On the Cessation of the Charismata offers these valuable  new features: - Summary of the cessationist debate since its first publication - Updated documentation of key sources - Outlining of all contents  visualizing the argument more clearly - Groundbreaking discussion of the Holy Spirits centrality in the New Covenant. His coming in Acts 2 is shown to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 59:19-21; his functioning as the prophetic Spirit  to fulfill Gods desire to commune intimately and missionally with all of his Covenant people. This updated and expanded edition keeps On the Cessation of the Charismata the definitive study of the biblical underpinnings of Spirit-empowered Christianity globally. More now than before  it is a work every student and scholar of biblical hermeneutics and of biblical  historical  and constructive pneumatology must engage. Endorsements: Thomas Burke  Dean of Humanities  Hillsdale College: The most forcefully and cogently argued work for the continued supernatural operation of the Holy Spirit throughout the Christian era  including the present. Gene Green  Professor of New Testament  Wheaton College: The rise of global Pentecostalism calls for a renewed and wide hearing of these biblical and theological arguments in favor of the contemporary charismata within the church. L. Philip Barnes  The Evangelical Quarterly: Eirenic . . . and pastoral . . . yet . . . unambiguous in its conclusion: Spiritual gifts are granted for the advance of Gods kingdom and the maturity of the church until the end of this present age . . . a strong and convincing case. Larry W. Hurtado  Professor of New Testament  Edinburgh University: A remarkably well informed and penetrating analysis I find persuasive. The definitive study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665882931253,"sku":"ByrdShop_0981952623","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780981952628.jpg?v=1782412426","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/on-the-cessation-of-the-charismata-the-protestant-polemic-on-postbiblical-miraclesrevised-expanded-edition-9780981952628","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}