Pulpit Magazine

(By Nathan Busenitz) 
1 Corinthians 13:8-13: (8) Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. (9) For we know in part and we prophesy in part; (10) but when the perfect comes, the [...]

(By Nathan Busenitz) 
There seem to be only two things that commentators agree on when it comes to 1 Corinthians 13:8–13: (1) The point of the passage is the superiority of love over spiritual gifts, and (2) This passage is one of the most hotly debated in the church today.
It is ironic, in fact, that a [...]

(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 [...]