Cessationist: A Critical Evaluation of This Documentary
Gavin Ortlund
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26 December 2023
25 November 2025
Gavin Ortlund offers a critical response to Cessationist, a documentary film arguing that miraculous spiritual gifts have ceased.
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00:00 Introduction
02:25 (1) The "Clusters" Argument
13:04 (2) The Confirmation Argument
25:11 (3) The Fading Away Argument
35:31 (4) The Foundation Argument
50:04 (5) The Church History Argument
57:42 Guilt By Association Tactics?
1:05:25 Summing Up
