The Bible is sufficient. - Excerpt from Tim Challies

Found here.
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I wonder if the author is cleverly phrasing his statements in order to sort of say something without saying it. He writes:

1. The Bible is the final and sufficient authority on matters of life and faith. 
2. We do not need any other revelations from God to complete the Christian faith. 
3. By saying it is the final authority, we acknowledge that other forms of Special Revelation have ceased. 
4. We no longer expect to receive God’s revelation by dreams, visions or by hearing His voice directly. 
5. The Bible is complete and perfect, meaning that no more books can be added to it or taken from it.

Our response:

1. Agreed.
2. Agreed in that we don't "need" them. Agreed that other revelations don't "complete" the Christian faith.
3. The author invents terminology not contained in the Bible. There is no such thing as "Special Revelation.
4. What we "expect" and what the Bible says are often two different things.
5. Agreed.

I suppose the author is referring to prophecy in item 3. We discuss prophecy here and here.