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Book Description<\/h2>\n

A call for freshness, spontaneity and life in worship has been resounding through the churches of the English-speaking world, together with a desire to hear God speaking here and now to his people. Many have called for a return to the pattern of worship found in 1 Corinthians 14, merging the biblical emphasis of the Reformation with the vitality of the modern Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.<\/p>\n

Dr O. Palmer Robertson, pastor and Seminary teacher, currently Director of African Bible College, Uganda, argues from Scripture that preoccupation with tongues and prophecy shows a failure to grasp the fullness of New Testament privileges. The Christ of the Scriptures is the Final Word<\/em>. All the church will ever need is to be found in him.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nChapter One: Prophecy Today?<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n1<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nThe Origin of Prophecy According to the Old Testament<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nFoundational Passages on Prophecy in the Old Testament<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nProphecy About Prophecy in the Old Testament<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nThe Testimony of Peter and Paul Concerning Prophecy<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nConclusion<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChapter Two: Tongues Today?<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n23<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nNew Testament Tongues Were Revelational<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nTongues Were Foreign Languages<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nNew Testament Tongues Were For Public Consumption, Not Private Use<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nNew Testament Tongues Were a Sign<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nConclusion<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChapter Three: Revelation Today?<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n52<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nWhat it Means that Revelation has Ceased<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\na. God\u2019s Revelation in Nature and Providence has not Ended<\/i><\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nb. God has not Ceased Communicating Through the Scriptures<\/i><\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nc. There are no Further Inspired, Authoritative Communications Apart From Those in the Bible<\/i><\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nThe History of the Cessation of Revelation<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\na. The ‘Do not add’ Declarations<\/i><\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nb. The ‘End’ in Relation to the ‘Means’ of Special Revelation<\/i><\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nc. Evidence of the Decline of the Revelational Gifts in the New Testament Era<\/i><\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nObjections to the Concept of the Cessation of Revelation<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\na. Scriptural Objections<\/i><\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nb. Theological Objections<\/i><\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nc. Practical Objections<\/i><\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChapter Four: Current Advocacy of the Continuation of Revelation<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n85<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nThis Viewpoint Asserts that Revelation Continues Today<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nThis Viewpoint Hangs on an Exegetical String<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\na. Arguments for an Inferior Kind of Prophecy Based on the Teaching about Prophecy in 1 Corinthians<\/i><\/td>\n98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nb. The Evidence of the Rest of the New Testament<\/i><\/td>\n106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nThis Viewpoint Brings a Venerable Institution with an Impeccable History into a State of Disrepute<\/td>\n119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nThis Viewpoint Introduces A Factor of Uncertainty into Worship<\/td>\n123<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nThis Viewpoint Has the Potential of Bringing into Question Other Prophetic Revelations From God<\/td>\n123<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChapter Five: Conclusion<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n127<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNotes<\/td>\n136<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIndex of Names and Subjects<\/td>\n138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIndex of Scriptural References<\/td>\n146<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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