http://blog.rbseminary.org The official blog of Reformed Baptist Seminary Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:52:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.rbseminary.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/feed-icon.png http://blog.rbseminary.org 12 12 The official blog of Reformed Baptist Seminary http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/04/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-concluding-commendation-caution-and-exhortation/ http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/04/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-concluding-commendation-caution-and-exhortation/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:12:42 +0000 deangonzales http://blog.rbseminary.org/?p=951 I have tried to demonstrate that the Biblical evidence weighs in the favor of the cessationist position. I have argued that pre-parousia special revelation ceased with the completion of the New Testament. I also have argued that NT prophecy and tongues are modes of pre-parousia special revelation. If these two premises are true, then, I believe, we have compelling reason…

]]> http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/04/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-concluding-commendation-caution-and-exhortation/feed/ 15 http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-8/ http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-8/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:13:42 +0000 deangonzales http://blog.rbseminary.org/?p=884 In Part 6, we noted that continuationist theologian Wayne Grudem argues for a distinction between OT canonical prophecy and NT congregational prophecy. In contrast with OT prophecy, which is divine, infallible, and fully authoritative special revelation, the NT gift of prophecy is, according to Grudem, semi-revelational, potentially fallible, and only relatively authoritative. Grudem’s arguments can be summarized as follows:…

]]> http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-8/feed/ 9 http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-7/ http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-7/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:22:54 +0000 deangonzales http://blog.rbseminary.org/?p=871 In our previous post, we noted that continuationist theologian Wayne Grudem argues for a distinction between OT canonical prophecy and NT congregational prophecy. In contrast with OT prophecy, which is divine, infallible, and fully authoritative special revelation, the NT gift of prophecy is, according to Grudem, semi-revelational, potentially fallible, and only relatively authoritative. Grudem’s arguments can be summarized as…

]]> http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-7/feed/ 11 http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-6/ http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-6/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:29:04 +0000 deangonzales http://blog.rbseminary.org/?p=852 In the first several installments of this series, we sought to establish our major premise, namely, that all pre-parousia divinely authoritative special revelation has been completed and has, therefore, ceased (see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5). If it can be demonstrated that the revelation of tongues and prophecy belongs to…

]]> http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/the-cessation-of-special-revelation-a-humble-argument-for-the-cessation-of-nt-prophecy-and-tongues-part-6/feed/ 7 http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/818/ http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/03/818/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:32:10 +0000 deangonzales http://blog.rbseminary.org/?p=818 We began our study (Part 1) by noting the three common positions taken among evangelicals on the question of whether God is continuing to confer on the NT church the gifts of prophecy and tongues, namely, those who answer that question affirmatively (continuationists), those who answer negatively (cessationists), and those who cautiously say, “Maybe” (open but cautious). We side…

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