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- noun The concept, especially amongst
charismatic Christians , that the works of theHoly Spirit (speaking in tongues ,prophecy ,healing , andmiracles ) continue in the modern world.
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The term continuationism in this article refers to any noncessationist position-the view that at least some of the early gifts practiced in the early church are still to be practiced today.
SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010
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The term continuationism in this article refers to any noncessationist position-the view that at least some of the early gifts practiced in the early church are still to be practiced today.
SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010
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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
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This encroachment of continuationism, coupled with an increasing suppression of differences on "non-essential" doctrines in the interest of standing "together for the gospel," has created a milieu ripe for the allowance, accommodation, and even embrace of tongues in conservative evangelicalism and even fundamentalism today.
SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010
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More and more regularly, defenses of continuationism appeal not backward to the apostolic period, but forward to the eschaton, which is making rearward inroads into the present.
SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010
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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
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This encroachment of continuationism, coupled with an increasing suppression of differences on "non-essential" doctrines in the interest of standing "together for the gospel," has created a milieu ripe for the allowance, accommodation, and even embrace of tongues in conservative evangelicalism and even fundamentalism today.
SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010
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