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John Piper on Continuation of spiritual gifts

B. 1946 · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Yes, the gifts continue

THE POSITION

Continuationist while Reformed — a combination that puts him alongside Howerton against MacArthur on this locus.

WHY THERE IS NO QUOTATIONOne quotation, on spiritual-warfare, from a freely published Ask Pastor John episode, and copyright is not the reason the rest have none. This map quotes MacArthur, Heiser and Sproul at length, all modern authors in copyright, and the Sproul pass was built on freely published video rather than his books. Piper is in the same position: what is missing for the other ten positions is a primary-source pass, which nobody has run. They are established — well-attested accounts of his views, not checked against his own words — and they stay there until someone does the work.

SCRIPTURE
1 CORINTHIANS 14:1 · BSB

1 Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

5 OTHERS HOLD THIS

AthanasiusBasil the GreatThe Church of Eleven22 Statement of FaithJosh HowertonIrenaeus
No, they ceased with the apostolic ageVODDIE BAUCHAM · CALVIN · CHRYSOSTOM · JONATHAN EDWARDS · JOHN MACARTHUR · JOHN OWEN · JUSTIN PETERS · R.C. SPROUL · GEORGE WHITEFIELD
Open in principle, cautious in practiceAUGUSTINE · BILLY GRAHAM · M. HEISER · TIM KELLER · LUTHER · GAVIN ORTLUND
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Longtime pastor of Bethlehem Baptist, Minneapolis, and founder of Desiring God. Reformed soteriology combined with continuationism and historic premillennialism.

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

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