Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?

Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?
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Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?

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Are the gifts of tongues, prophecy, and healing for today? NO, say secessionists. Yes, say Pentecostal and Third Wave Christians. Maybe, say a large sector of open-but-cautious evangelicals. What's the answer? Is there an answer? Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? takes you to the heart of the charismatic controversy. It provides an impartial format for comparing the four main lines of thinking: Cessastionist, Open But Cautious, Third Wave, and Pentecostal/Charismatic. The authors present their positions in an interactive setting that allows for critique, clarification, and defense. This thought-provoking book will help Christians on every side of the miraculous gifts debate to better understand their own position and the positions of others.

Description of Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?:

This thought-provoking book presents the four major views of miraculous gifts today and will help Christians on every side of the miraculous gifts debate to better understand their own position and the positions of others.

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Are the gifts of tongues, prophecy, and healing for today? NO, say secessionists. Yes, say Pentecostal and Third Wave Christians. Maybe, say a large sector of open-but-cautious evangelicals. What's the answer? Is there an answer? Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? takes you to the heart of the charismatic controversy. It provides an impartial format for comparing the four main lines of thinking: Cessastionist, Open But Cautious, Third Wave, and Pentecostal/Charismatic. The authors present their positions in an interactive setting that allows for critique, clarification, and defense. This thought-provoking book will help Christians on every side of the miraculous gifts debate to better understand their own position and the positions of others.

About Wayne A. Grudem:

Wayne A. Grudem (B.A., Harvard; M.Div. Westminster Seminary; Ph.D., Cambridge) is chairman of the dept. of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill. He is the author of The First Epistle of Peter (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) and The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today, and is the co-editor (with John Piper) of Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. He is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society.;Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., born Peking, China (7/7/36), B. A. (History, 1958) Calvin College; B. D. (1961), Th. M. (1962), Th. D. (1969), Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA; Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, WTS (on full-time faculty since 1965); ordained teaching elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Philadelphia; married (Lillian Jean Young ), 3 children, 7 grandchildren (2 on the way!).;"Sam Storms is Visiting Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is the author of eight books and has contributed to others. Sam is a graduate of Oklahoma University (B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.) and the University of Texas at Dallas (Ph.D.). He and his family reside in Winfield, Illinois.";

Description of Wayne A. Grudem, author of Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?:

Are the gifts of tongues, prophecy, and healing for today? No, say cessationists. Yes, say Pentecostal and Third Wave Christians. Maybe, say a large sector of open-but-cautious evangelicals. What's the answer? Is there an answer? This book compares the four main lines of thinking. The authors present their positions in an interactive setting that allows for critique, clarification, and defense. This thought provoking book will help Christians on every side of the miraculous gifts debate to better understand their own position and the positions of others.