Spiritual Gifts Volume I: What Are Spiritual Gifts? Are All Spiritual Gifts for Today?

Don Stewart    This book is the first of three volumes on the topic of the various gifts of the Holy Spirit, or spiritual gifts. In this book, we will cover two basic issues. First, we look at introductory questions regarding the subject of spiritual gifts. We will examine what they are, who gives them, as well as how are they to be used.

Part 1: Introduction to Spiritual Gifts
Question 1 Why Is It Important to Study the Subject of Spiritual Gifts?
Question 2 How Do Various Christian Groups View Spiritual Gifts? (Charismatics, Cessationists, Pentecostals, Dispensationalists, Covenant Theology)
Question 3 What Are Spiritual Gifts?
Question 4 What Are Some Common Misconceptions About Spiritual Gifts?
Question 5 What Are the Differences Between Spiritual Gifts and Human Talents?
Question 6 Were There Spiritual Gifts Given During the Old Testament Period?
Question 7 What Are the Various Spiritual Gifts That the Bible Lists?
Question 8 In What Ways Have Believers Classified the Gifts of the Spirit?
Question 9 What Does the Bible Have to Say About the Christian And Spiritual Gifts?
Question 10 Are Some Spiritual Gifts More Important Than Others?
Question 11 What Is the Purpose of Spiritual Gifts?
Question 12 When Do Believers Receive Their Spiritual Gifts?
Question 13 Do People Receive Either the Holy Spirit, or Spiritual Gifts by the Laying on Of Hands?
Question 14 Does the Bible Tell Believers to Desire the Best Gifts? (1 Corinthians 12:31)
Question 15 How Does a Person Discover Their Spiritual Gifts?
Question 16 What Are the Benefits of Knowing Your Spiritual Gift?
Question 17 How Can We Help Children Develop Their Spiritual Gifts?
Question 18 Is Possession of Spiritual Gifts Equated with Spiritual Maturity?

Part 2 Are All Spiritual Gifts Available Today?
Question 19 What Arguments Are Given for the Cessation of the Sign Gifts? (The Cessationist Position)
Question 20 What Are the Arguments That the Purpose of the Sign Gifts Indicate They Have Now Ceased?
Question 21 Why Do Some Argue That the Purpose of the Sign Gifts Shows That They Have Not Ceased?
Question 22 What Are the Arguments That Evidence from the Plan of God Indicates the Sign Gifts Have Now Ceased?
Question 23 What Are the Arguments That Evidence from the Plan of God Does Not Indicate That the Sign Gifts Have Ceased?
Question 24 What Are the Arguments from the New Testament That the Sign Gifts Have Ceased?
Question 25 What Are the Arguments from the New Testament That the Sign Gifts Have Not Ceased?
Question 26 What Are the Arguments from the Book of Acts That the Sign Gifts Have Ceased?
Question 27 What Are the Arguments from the Book of Acts That the Sign Gifts Have Not Ceased?
Question 28 What Are the Arguments from Church History That the Sign Gifts Have Ceased?
Question 29 What Are the Arguments from Church History That the Sign Gifts Have Not Ceased?
Question 30 What Is The Argument from Personal Experience That the Sign Gifts No Longer Operate?
Question 31 What Are the Arguments from Experience for the Permanence of The Sign Gifts?
Question 32 What Is the Case for Saying That All of The Original Spiritual Gifts Still Exist? (The Non-Cessationist Position)
Question 33 When Paul Said, “God’s Gifts Were Irrevocable” Was He Speaking About Spiritual Gifts? (Romans 11:29)
Question 34 Why Is There So Much Division Among Christians Over Spiritual Gifts?
Question 35 What Observations and Conclusions Should We Make Regarding the Subject of Spiritual Gifts

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