On the Cessation of the Charismata

The Protestant Polemic on Postbiblical Miracles... For centuries, Protestant theology has leaned toward cessationism—the belief that the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit ended with the apostolic age. Few voices have championed this view more forcefully than Princeton theologian Benjamin B. Warfield, whose classic Counterfeit Miracles set the tone for over a hundred years of cessationist thought. But what if the foundations of cessationism don’t rest on scripture at all?In On the Cessation of the Charismata: The Protestant Polemic on Postbiblical Miracles, Jon Mark Ruthven delivers a bold and masterful challenge to one of the most deeply entrenched assumptions in modern theology. Widely recognized as the definitive work on the subject, this groundbreaking study dismantles the historical, philosophical, and theological scaffolding of cessationism.Through sharp biblical exegesis and careful historical analysis, Ruthven makes a compelling case: the New Testament doesn't teach the end of