Cessationism Resources

(1) Cessationism Debate Video

(a  2-hour debate between Rev. Angus Stewart and Rev. David Antwi on Revelation TV)

• “The Charismatic Gifts and Cessationism” on YouTube (13 videos of 10 minutes)  (Portuguese)

(2) Audio Resources

SERMON SERIES

The Apostolic Office

(1) The Gospel of the Apostles  (I Corinthians 15:1-4)
(2) The Occupants of the Apostolic Office  (I Corinthians 15:5-11)
(3) Matthias, the Replacement Apostle  (Acts 1:12-26)
(4) Apostolic Authority  (II Corinthians 10:8)
(5) The Signs of an Apostle  (II Corinthians 12:12)
(6) False Apostles (I)  (II Corinthians 11:13)
(7) False Apostles (II)  (II Corinthians 11:13)

The Holy Spirit in Ephesians

(1) The Sealing of the Spirit  (Ephesians 1:13)
(2) The Earnest of the Spirit  (Ephesians 1:14)
(3) The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation  (Ephesians 1:17)
(4) Access to God by the Spirit  (Ephesians 2:18)
(5) God’s Habitation by the Spirit  (Ephesians 2:22)
(6) The Mystery Revealed by the Spirit (I)  (Ephesians 3:5-6)
(7) The Mystery Revealed by the Spirit (II)  (Ephesians 3:5-6)
(8) The Spirit and Christ’s Four-Dimensional Love (I)  (Ephesians 3:16-19)
(9) The Spirit and Christ’s Four-Dimensional Love (II)  (Ephesians 3:16-19)
(10) Keeping the Unity of the Spirit  (Ephesians 4:1-3)
(11) One Body Animated by One Spirit  (Ephesians 4:4-6)
(12) Grieving the Holy Spirit  (Ephesians 4:30)
(13) The Fruit of the Spirit  (Ephesians 5:9)
(14) Be Filled With the Spirit! (I)  (Ephesians 5:18)
(15) Be Filled With the Spirit! (II)  (Ephesians 5:18-21)
(16) The Sword of the Spirit  (Ephesians 6:17b)
(17) Praying in the Spirit  (Ephesians 6:18)

SPECIAL LECTURE

• Charismaticism

INDIVIDUAL SERMONS

Scripture’s Sufficiency

• The More Sure Word  (II Peter 1:16-19)
• The Apostolicity of the Church  (Ephesians 2:20)
• The Sufficiency of the Gospel  (Luke 16:27-31) – Prof. Herman Hanko

Holy Spirit

• I Believe in the Holy Spirit  (LD 20; John 14)
• The Blessed Comforter  (LD 20; John 14:16-18)
• The Spirit Convicting the World  (LD 20; John 16:8-11)
• Why Is He Called the Holy Spirit?  (LD 20; I Corinthians 2)
• The Baptism with the Holy Spirit  (Acts 2)
• The Believer’s Anointing  (I John 2)
• The Witness of the Spirit of Truth  (John 15)
• The Intercession of the Spirit  (Romans 8:26-27)
• Sealed With the Holy Spirit  (Ephesians 1:13-14) – Prof. David Engelsma
• Grieve Not the Spirit: Sins Against the Holy Spirit  (Ephesians 4:17-32) – Rev. Doug Kuiper
• Charismaticism  (Acts 2)

Miraculous Gifts

• The Healing at the Beautiful Gate  (Acts 3:1-10)
• Miracles and the End of the World  (II Thessalonians 2:9-12)
• The Unchangeable Christ  (Hebrews 13:8)
• Faith, the Certainty of Things Not Seen  (Hebrews 11:1)

Others

• God’s Final Word  (Heb. 1:1-2)
• Full Chorus of Graces  (II Peter 1:5-11)
• Will Worship  (Colossians 2:18-23)
• The Coming of Elijah  (Malachi 4:4-6)

(3) Written Resources

The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit: His Presence, Power and Fruits
• The Work of the Holy Spirit (1)  (Hungarian)
• The Work of the Holy Spirit (2)  (Hungarian)
• The Sealing of the Spirit (1)  (Afrikaans) (Italian)
• The Sealing of the Spirit (2)  (Afrikaans) (Italian)
• The Earnest of the Spirit (1)  (Afrikaans) (Italian)
• The Earnest of the Spirit (2)  (Afrikaans) (Italian)
• Grieving the Holy Spirit (1)  (Italian)
• Grieving the Holy Spirit (2)  (Italian)
• Christ’s Breathing Forth the Spirit  (Italian)

Pentecostalism

• The Three Waves of Charismatic Christianity  (Afrikaans) (German) (Hungarian) (Polish) (Spanish)
• The Precursors of Modern Charismatic Christianity  (Afrikaans) (German) (Hungarian) (Polish) (Spanish)
• The Baptism With the Holy Spirit  (Afrikaans) (German) (Hungarian) (Polish) (Spanish)
• Speaking in Tongues  (Afrikaans) (German) (Polish) (Spanish)
• Ongoing Prophecy  (Afrikaans) (German) (Italian) (Polish) (Spanish)
• Miracles  (Afrikaans) (German) (Spanish) (Polish)
• Pentecostalism: Spirit-Filled Blessing … or Dangerous Heresy?  (Italian) (Portuguese) (Tagalog)
• Try the Spirits, a Reformed Look at Pentecostalism  (German) (Hindi) (Italian) (Portuguese) (Russian) (Tagalog)
• Church Fathers on Speaking in Tongues
• George Smeaton on the Extraordinary Gifts
• Gifts and Offices in the Body of Christ  (Swahili) – Thomas Miersma
• Opening Churches to Charismaticism: A Review of Joy Unspeakable by Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Charismatic Groups

• Was the Church Right to Condemn Montanism?  (Portuguese)
• Promises, Promises, Promises: A Reformed Look at Promise Keepers
• What About the Alpha Course?  (Hungarian) (Italian) (Spanish) (Ukrainian)
• The Word-Faith Movement: Worldly Wealthy but Spiritually Poor  (German) (Hungarian) (Russian)
• Kenneth Copeland and the Gospel of his Own Making  (German) (Hungarian) (Spanish)
• The Murky Waters of Living Rivers Church  (German)

Scripture’s Sufficiency

• Apostles, Prophets and Evangelists  (Afrikaans) (Italian) (Portuguese)
• The Apostolicity of the Church  (Italian) (Portuguese)
• The More Sure Word (1)
• The More Sure Word (2)
• No New Revelation (John Calvin)  (Portuguese)

Prophecy

• Unfulfilled Prophecies (1)
• Unfulfilled Prophecies (2)

Miraculous Gifts

• Apostolic Gifts  (Chichewa) (Danish) (Hungarian) (Italian) (Kirundi) (Portuguese) (Ukrainian) 
• Eight Facts Regarding Biblical Healings  (German) (Hungarian) (Korean) (Polish) (Spanish) (Swahili)
• The Nature of Apostolic Miracles    (Afrikaans) (Cebuano) (Hungarian) (Italian) (Russian) (Swahili)
• The Workers of Miracles   (Afrikaans) (Hungarian) (Russian) (Swahili)

Romans 8

• Liberated by the Spirit (Romans 8:2)  (Russian)
• The Life-Giving Spirit (Romans 8:11)  (Russian)
• Living After the Spirit (Romans 8:12-13)  (Russian)
• Led by the Spirit (Romans 8:14)  (Russian) (Spanish)
• The Spirit of Adoption (Romans 8:15)  (Russian) (Spanish)
• The Firstfruits of the Spirit  (Romans 8:23)  (Russian)

(4) Book

• The Work of the Holy Spirit

(5) Texts (Wrongly) Cited in Support of Charismaticism

Acts 2

• The Baptism with the Holy Spirit  (Acts 2)

James 5:14-15

• Audio:  The Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick (James 5:13-15) – Rev. Rodney Kleyn 
• Exegesis of James 5:13-20 – Prof. Hanko

(6) Related Resource Pages

• Resources on Calvinism
• Resources on Church Office and Feminism
• Resources on Israel
• Resources on Revivalism
• Resources on Scripture

(7) 7 Lectures on “The Work of the Holy Spirit” (British Reformed Fellowship Conference, 2008)

(8) Off-Site Resources

• The Gift of Assurance – David Engelsma
• The Error of Pentecostalism (1) – Chris Coleburn
• The Error of Pentecostalism (2) – Chris Coleburn
• Counterfeit Miracles
• The Ultimate Cessationism Resource
• The Charismatic Movement – The Highway
• The Holy Spirit – Brian Schwertley
• I Corinthians 12 – John MacArthur (scroll down to “1CO 12:1-31”)