The Analogous Gifts: A New Framework for Cessationists and Continuationists | Dr. Vern Poythress

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🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Most Christians think the debate over spiritual gifts comes down to one question: do they still happen or don't they? Dr. Vern Poythress, 50-year New Testament professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, says both cessationists and continuationists are asking the wrong question. ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dr. Poythress proposes the term "analogous gifts" — the idea that the gifts of the Spirit are genuine, Spirit-empowered works modeled after Christ's own prophetic, priestly, and kingly mi...

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0:15.6	Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the wonderful world of Remnant Radio. My name is Joshua Lewis,
0:18.8	and today I am joined with Dr.
0:20.9	Vern Poitris, and we're going to be talking about the analogous gifts. It's going to be an exciting
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0:55.0	But without further ado, I want to introduce to you our guest. He has come back once again.
0:59.0	Dr. Verne Poiturus, before we get started with the conversation today, could you tell us a little about yourself and your ministry?
1:05.0	I teach New Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.
1:13.6	I've been, this is my 50th year.
1:16.6	So, yeah, and I've, you know, one of my interests has been this area of spiritual gifts.
1:25.6	Excellent. Okay.
1:28.6	What was your interest in that?
1:30.0	How did you get started?
1:32.8	I had encounters firsthand with charismatic groups.
1:39.0	Even before I knew much theology as an undergraduate,
1:43.0	I had grown up in a Baptist church that didn't say anything
1:47.6	about tongues and prophecy. And then I encountered it. So I had to figure it out and it took
1:55.1	me a while. I asked the Lord for his help because I read things on both sides and I thought, this is tough.
2:05.6	It's not gotten any easier, I don't think. Yeah. And then one of my friends that I met when he was still an undergraduate was Wayne Grutum. And so we together have
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