Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Part 1 The Nature, Purpose, and Prayerful Pursuit of Spiritual Gifts
1 Supernatural Power for Life and Ministry 3
2 Spiritual Gifts: What Are They, and Why Does God Give Them? 18
3 How Many Spiritual Gifts Are There, and How Many Might a Christian Receive? 33
4 Our Responsibility to Desire and Pray for Spiritual Gifts 48
Part 2 The Debate ever the Cessation or Continuation of Miraculous Gifts of the Spirit
5 Biblical and Theological Arguments in Support of Cessationism 69
Excursus: A Response to Jonathan Edwards on the Cessation of the Charismata 87
6 Biblical and Theological Arguments in Support of Continuationism 98
7 The Evidence from Church History 123
Part 3 Revelatory Gifts of the Spirit
8 Word of Wisdom and Word of Knowledge 149
9 The Nature and Purpose of the Spiritual Gift of Prophecy 158
10 Is the New Testament Spiritual Gift of Prophecy Different from Old Testament Prophecy? 172
11 Judging Prophetic Utterances, and the Spiritual Gift of Discerning of Spirits 188
Part 4 Sneaking in Tongues
12 Deciphering the Gift of Speaking in Tongues 205
13 Does God Want All Christians to Speak in Tongues? And What about the Gift of Interpretation? 225
Part 5 Faith, Healing, and Miracles
14 The Spiritual Gift of Faith and Its Relationship to Healing 241
15 Miracles and the Spiritual Gift of Miracles 260
Part 6 Other Gilts and Apostleship
16 What about the Spiritual Gifts in Romans 12:6-8 and Ephesians 4:11? 281
17 Is Apostleship a Spiritual Gift, an Office, or Both? 290
18 The Qualifications for Apostleship, or Are There Apostles in the Church Today? 299
Conclusion 316
Appendix A Does God Give Spiritual Gifts to Non-Christians? 319
Appendix B What is the Future of Charismatic Renewal? Assessing its Strengths and Weaknesses 330
Subject index 341
Scripture Index 355