Spiritual Gifts Are for Today

Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the award-winning author of nearly 40 books, with some 1.4 million copies in circulation.Daniel Kolenda, a renowned missionary, evangelist, and teacher, is the president and CEO of Christ for All Nations and lead pastor of Nations Church, a thriving congregation in Orlando, Florida. He has written eight books, including LIVE Before You Die and Slaying Dragons.

• IntroductionPart 1: Cessationism1. Cessationism as Heresy2. Some Real Problems with CessationismPart 2: Continuationism3. The Gospels and God's Kingdom4. Acts: Prophesying in the Last Days5. Until We See Face-to-Face (1 Cor. 13:8-12)6. Gift Lists, Gift Commands7. Ephesians: A Weak Foundation for Cessationism8. Comparing Apostles and Oranges: What Kind of ApostlesCeased?Part 3: Miracles9. Don't Expect a Wonder-Worker10. Purposes for Miracles11. Little Miracles Don't Count? Uneven CriteriaPart 4: Prophecy and Tongues12. Postbiblical Prophesying13. Prophecy Versus the Canon?14. Stoning Fallible Prophets15. Analogous Experiences?16. Tongues in the New Testament and History17. Tongues Recognized as Languages?Part 5: Arguments from Experience and History18. Arguments from Experience19. The Argument from Wacky Charismatics20. "Manifestations," History, and Scandals21. History of Cessationism22. Miracles in History23. God of Miracles24. ConclusionAppendix 1: The Value of Narrative for TheologyAppendix 2: Tongues as Diglossia or a Hearing Miracle?Indexes