The relevance of miracle to the modern world church mission /By William O. Farley, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 1955.Description: ix, 114 leaves ; 29 cmContent type:
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  • BV4070 .R454 1955
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Contents:
Definition Hypothesis -- Criteria in examination -- Necessity of study -- Author's position.
The immediate cessation view -- Gradual cessation theory -- Continuance position -- View of Fathers.
Miracle in Biblical history -- Scriptures on cessation -- Gradual cessation view refuted -- Warfield's "credentials" view -- The "credentials" view refuted -- Warfield's analysis of testimony -- The Marcon "appendix" -- A "given" for the study.
Divine beneficence -- Purpose of miracle -- Miracles of communication -- Miracles of attestation --- Miracles of judgment -- Miracles of beneficence -- Purpose not static -- Pertinence to missions today.
Tests for miracle -- Apprehension by faith -- Two testimonies.
Missionary as arbiter -- Missionary as instrument -- Benefits of miracles -- Dangers involved -- The issue in perspective.
Probability -- Apprehension by faith -- Chief benefit of the study -- emergence of attitude.
The Present Status of the Problem -- The Divine Healing Issue -- Tongues as a Contemporary Phenomenon -- The Problem of Mark 16:9-20 -- Middleton's Work.
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Introduction

Importance of miracle -- Definition Hypothesis -- Criteria in examination -- Necessity of study -- Author's position.

I. Preliminary Considerations

Diffusion of miracles in the primitive Church -- The immediate cessation view -- Gradual cessation theory -- Continuance position -- View of Fathers.

II. Possibility: The Philosophical Issue

Interpretation of experience -- Miracle in Biblical history -- Scriptures on cessation -- Gradual cessation view refuted -- Warfield's "credentials" view -- The "credentials" view refuted -- Warfield's analysis of testimony -- The Marcon "appendix" -- A "given" for the study.

III. Probability: The Spirit of Biblical Teaching

The self-revealing nature of God -- Divine beneficence -- Purpose of miracle -- Miracles of communication -- Miracles of attestation --- Miracles of judgment -- Miracles of beneficence -- Purpose not static -- Pertinence to missions today.

IV. Miracle and Experience

Validity of appeal to experience -- Tests for miracle -- Apprehension by faith -- Two testimonies.

V. Miracle and the Missionary

Missionary as instructor -- Missionary as arbiter -- Missionary as instrument -- Benefits of miracles -- Dangers involved -- The issue in perspective.

Conclusion

Possibility -- Probability -- Apprehension by faith -- Chief benefit of the study -- emergence of attitude.

List of Appendices

Definition of Some Basic Terms: Miracle; Charismata -- The Present Status of the Problem -- The Divine Healing Issue -- Tongues as a Contemporary Phenomenon -- The Problem of Mark 16:9-20 -- Middleton's Work.

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