cessationism

The term cessationism in this article refers to the idea that all the miraculous gifts practiced by the early church have been suspended for the duration of the present age.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

The term cessationism in this article refers to the idea that all the miraculous gifts practiced by the early church have been suspended for the duration of the present age.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

It begins by defining several key terms and establishing a historical setting, and then offers some objective, exegetical/theological reasons why the doctrine of cessationism should be maintained.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

More narrowly, it is a brief case for the cessationism of tongues (though the basic principles in this article extend to other miraculous gifts).

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

In these words lies a third and final reason for pressing a defense of cessationism today, one that penetrates to the heart of my concern, namely, that the practice of tongues (and all revelatory gifts) is not so innocuous and peripheral to the

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

Works defending cessationism continue to emerge, but even these seem to feel pressure not only to affirm the evangelical credentials of continuationists, but also to recognize the contribution of continuationism to evangelicalism and even to concede certain aspects of continuationism.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

See below for my explanatory hypothesis for this decline of cessationism among progressive dispensationalists.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

The following, then, is a brief case for cessationism.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

One of the lesser arguments for cessationism is the virtual absence of tongues-speaking from the apostolic period until the middle of the nineteenth century.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

The case for the cessationism of revelatory gifts has been, I believe, objectively convincing for years.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010