An Evaluation of the Arguments Supporting the KJV-Only Position
Advocates of the “King James only” and the “Majority Text only” positions on the issue of textual variation have argued forcibly for their stance and have also sought to refute the Westcott Hort theory. The following summaries accurately portray frequently used arguments championing the King James Authorized Version […]
We’ve noticed that the King James Only discussion has appeared in some of the recent comment threads. So we thought we would take a brief detour to address that issue, before continuing our study of the charismatic gifts. The following is a study our elders at Grace Community Church put together regarding the King James Version. This […]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Though often overlooked in this debate, 1 Corinthians 1:4–9 is a passage that some have suggested “implies that the gifts of the Spirit are operative until ‘our Lord Jesus Christ is revealed’ (C. Samuel Storms, Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? Four Views, p. 205).
The text itself reads as follows:
(4) I thank my God […]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Acts 2, which records the Day of Pentecost, is one of the central passages that must be considered in the continuationist/cessationist debate. In fact, the modern Pentecostal movement was born, in large part, through the study of this passage. In 1901, Charles Parham (the recognized founder of the modern Pentecostal movement),
directed [his students] […]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Last week, I suggested that the continuationist/cessationist debate revolves around two primary questions: the when question (regarding the duration of the miraculous gifts) and the what question (regarding the nature of the miraculous gifts). For the next few days, I’d like to focus on the key texts involved in the when question.
Does the […]