Recent Cessationist Arguments: Has the Storm Center Moved?
Conclusion
It is not my intent to suggest that cessationism is about to die out. The setbacks for cessationism that I have celebrated might well be temporary, but that will depend, to some degree, on how much a truly Berean posture is adopted among the traditionally cessationist churches. When Christians continue to ask whether what they are being taught is truly scriptural, they open the door to an improved understanding of the Holy Spirit’s activity in the Church today. I do not think we have yet grasped what a boon that will be.
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