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Tim Keller on Continuation of spiritual gifts

1950 – 2023 · PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Open in principle, cautious in practice

THE POSITION

Open in principle, cautious in practice.

WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONOne quotation, on spiritual-warfare, taken from a machine transcript of a freely published 1992 sermon, and copyright is not what is stopping the rest. Nine of the other ten loci have had no primary-source pass at all. The tenth, scripture-authority, had one that read three freely published pieces in full and kept no excerpt from them — so what is missing there is a retained sentence, not permission. The books are in copyright, but he preached and published free for decades, and this map quotes MacArthur, Heiser and Sproul at length, all modern authors in copyright.

5 OTHERS HOLD THIS

AugustineBilly GrahamM. HeiserLutherGavin Ortlund
Yes, the gifts continueATHANASIUS · BASIL THE GREAT · THE CHURCH OF ELEVEN22 STATEMENT OF FAITH · JOSH HOWERTON · IRENAEUS · JOHN PIPER
No, they ceased with the apostolic ageVODDIE BAUCHAM · CALVIN · CHRYSOSTOM · JONATHAN EDWARDS · JOHN MACARTHUR · JOHN OWEN · JUSTIN PETERS · R.C. SPROUL · GEORGE WHITEFIELD
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian, New York. Known for apologetics addressed to urban skeptics and for a notably winsome register.

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"Tim Keller on Continuation of spiritual gifts", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/keller/spiritual-gifts (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/keller/spiritual-gifts).

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