On the Cessation of the Charismata

The Protestant Polemic on Postbiblical Miracles... For centuries, Protestant theology has leaned toward cessationism—the belief that the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit ended with the apostolic age. Few voices have championed this view more forcefully than Princeton theologian Benjamin B. Warfield, whose classic Counterfeit Miracles set the tone for over a hundred years of cessationist thought. But what if the foundations of cessationism don’t rest on scripture at all?

In On the Cessation of the Charismata: The Protestant Polemic on Postbiblical Miracles, Jon Mark Ruthven delivers a bold and masterful challenge to one of the most deeply entrenched assumptions in modern theology. Widely recognized as the definitive work on the subject, this groundbreaking study dismantles the historical, philosophical, and theological scaffolding of cessationism.

Through sharp biblical exegesis and careful historical analysis, Ruthven makes a compelling case: the New Testament doesn't teach the end of the miraculous—it anticipates its continuation. The gifts of the Spirit weren’t meant for one generation only. They are for every generation, until Christ returns.

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"Jon Ruthven's book On the Cessation of the Charismata .... is the best book I have studied on the subject. It provides an exegesis of all the major passages related to the subject and a first rate analysis of the philosophical presuppositions of cessationism." ~ Randy Clark

ISBN - 9781950053742