Talk:Cessationism

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1 Bibliography
2 Clean-up tag
3 Neutrality
4 Miracles is not the same issue
5 The Puritans meant something different by the word Prophesying
6 This Article needs an oppsing view section

[edit] Bibliography

Removed Power Religion from the bibliography. It is a critique of the modern charismatic movement rather than an argument for cessationism, per se. DA Carson is certainly a continuationist (see Showing the Spirit) and I think Packer and Boice have similar views. David L Rattigan 19:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clean-up tag

This article has some very good content, but its arrangement is rather haphazard, wordy, and lacking in citations. David L Rattigan 13:49, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality

The article is informative but clearly shows that the author (of this article) believes in charismata in some form. The Critiques section mentions each critique but imediately dispells them, i.e. "Numerous other passages clearly teach that all spiritual gifts will continue to the Second Coming of Christ" This is the authors belief, not a cited rebuttle of the Charismatic movement. In general, the whole section suffers from the same problem and needs to be written in accordance with the NPOV policy. --Gregoryg72 11:35, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I'll be happy to work on this article. Gregoryg72, if you haven't already, please consider joining the Charismatic project (see link at top). David L Rattigan 16:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Charismatic penticostalism has 1 billion plus adherents? What nonsense is this? Thanatosimii 05:34, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Miracles is not the same issue

The main page includes:

According to a Gallup poll, 89% of Americans affirm that "Even today God performs miracles by his power."

This is not the same issue as the cessation of the extraordinary gifts listed in the NT. Even many cessationists do not deny that God can today work miracles, though others would classify such events as examples of extraordinary divine providence. The issue in cessationism is whether men and women of today have gifts that enable them to work miracles, such as healing, etc. DFH 09:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

This claim doesn't even LOOK credible. 89 percent? Really? I vote for this line to be deleted unless the citation can be provided.

[edit] The Puritans meant something different by the word Prophesying

The Puritans wrote extensively on all manner of subjects relating to the Christian faith, including some topics that touch on the modern debate about cessationism. It is important however to note that they often used the word Prophesying where today we would normally use the word Preaching. DFH 09:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Could you cite some sources for the above claim? Thanks--66.215.152.125 00:49, 13 August 2006 (UTC)