The relevance of miracle to the modern world church mission /By William O. Farley, Jr.
- 1955.
- ix, 114 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript. Introduction I. Preliminary Considerations II. Possibility: The Philosophical Issue III. Probability: The Spirit of Biblical Teaching IV. Miracle and Experience V. Miracle and the Missionary Conclusion List of Appendices
Importance of miracle -- Definition Hypothesis -- Criteria in examination -- Necessity of study -- Author's position. Diffusion of miracles in the primitive Church -- The immediate cessation view -- Gradual cessation theory -- Continuance position -- View of Fathers. 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. 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. Validity of appeal to experience -- Tests for miracle -- Apprehension by faith -- Two testimonies. Missionary as instructor -- Missionary as arbiter -- Missionary as instrument -- Benefits of miracles -- Dangers involved -- The issue in perspective. Possibility -- Probability -- Apprehension by faith -- Chief benefit of the study -- emergence of attitude. 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.