Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

PART ONE. RESPONSES TO JOHN F. MACARTHUR JR'S STRANGE FIRE -- 1. John MacArthur, cessation theology and trainspotting for cave dwellers / Mark Rutland -- 2. The historical falsehoods behind strange fire / Eddie L. Hyatt -- 3. A brief biblical response to strange fire / Jon Ruthven -- 4. Strange fire as a parody of Jonathan Edwards's theology / William De Arteaga -- 5. A review of MacArthur's strange fire / Craig S. Keener -- 6. Strange fire: analysis of introduction, appendix, and general method / Randy Clark -- 7. Ephesians 2:20: the cessationist's "go-to" text / Sam Storms -- PART TWO. CLASSIC REPLIES TO CESSATIONISM AND THE MISUSES OF THE CHARISMATA -- 8. The anti-Pentecostal argument / Horace S. Ward -- 9. The focus of the charismatic experience: tongues, the Holy Spirit, or Christ? / Robert W. Graves -- 10. What is the nature of glossolalia? / Robert W. Graves -- 11. Were miracles meant to be temporary? / Jack Deere -- 12. Are spiritual gifts for today? / Craig S. Keener -- 13. On the cessation of miraculous gifts / Douglas A. Oss -- 14. Did miraculous gifts cease with the apostles? / Jack Deere -- 15. Were there only three periods of miracles? / Jack Deere -- 16. Should Christians expect miracles today? Objections and answers from the Bible / Wayne Grudem -- 17. Continuationism: a redemptive-historical perspective / James D. Hernando -- 18. Restoration of the kingdom's miraculous power / J.P. Moreland -- 19. Signs and wonders / Robert P. Menzies -- 20. The purpose of signs and wonders in the New Testament / Gary S. Greig -- 21. The proclamation of the gospel with accompanying charismata in post-biblical early church history / Stanley M. Burgess -- 22. The charismata in post-apostolic church / Andrew T. Floris -- 23. Chrysostom and the charismata / Andrew T. Floris -- 24. Did charismata cease with the apostles' deaths? / Omer Jaye Sharp -- 25. Divine healing in the post-apostolic church / David A. Womack -- 26. The gift of tongues in the post-apostolic church: a rejoinder to Cleon Rogers / Gary S. Shogren -- 27. Christian prophecy and canon in the second century: a response to B. B. Warfield / Gary S. Shogren -- 28. A place for prophecy? / Jon Ruthven -- 29. Perspectives on prophecy / William K. Kay -- 30. The gift of prophecy and the all-sufficiency of scripture / Cecil M. Robeck Jr. -- 31. The authority of prophetic gifts / Melvin L. hodges -- 32. The sufficiency of scripture and distortion of what scripture teaches about itself / Gary S. Greig -- 33. The "foundational gifts" of Ephesians 2:20 / Jon Mark Ruthven -- 34. Tongues shall cease / Ron Cottle -- 35. Face to face: then or now? An exegesis of First Corinthians 13:8-13.