Every single cessationist false argument in one handy guide

We have assembled the false teaching of cessationists into one place, and we have provided links to our detailed explanations. We also refer the reader to our post, 12 Scriptures cessationists misinterpret, which deals with the most popular cessationist proof texts, and also to our Cessationism Series.

Lastly, our complete body of commentary regarding cessationism is found here.

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1) Using Invented, Pejorative, Contradictory Terminology That Assumes the Premise

• "Sign gifts" (Healing, prophecy, speaking in tongues, for validating the apostles. Discussed here.) 
• "Authenticating signs" (For validating the apostles.)
• "Apostolic sign gifts" (For validating the apostles.)
• "Special authenticating signs" (Healings and wonders.)
• "Revelatory gifts" (Visions, words of knowledge, words of wisdom, and prophecy.) 
• "Sign and wonder gifts" (the "supernatural gifts" which have passed away.)
• "Service gifts" (Non-miraculous gifts for the average Christian today.)
• "New special revelation" (Prophecy. Discussed here.)
• "Additional revelation" (Prophecy.)
• "Private revelation" (Prophecy.)
• "Extra-biblical revelation" (Prophecy.)
• "Direct revelation" (Prophecy.)
• "Continuous revelation" (Prophecy.)
• "Unidentified promptings" (Prophecy.)
• "Supplementary revelation" (Prophecy.)
• "Charismaniac" (Someone who believes in all the spiritual gifts.)
• "Mindless utterance" (Tongues.)
• "irrational babble." (Tongues.)
• "irrational tongues" (Tongues.)
• "Sola Scriptura" (discussed here.)
  

2) Appeals to History, Not the Bible (discussed here.)

• Charismaticism arrived only about 100 years ago (Azuza Street)
• Church history is absent the miraculous
• There were only brief, rare instances of the supernatural in the Bible 
• This is what the church has taught for 2000 years

3) The Overly Unique Apostles (discussed here.)

• Only the Twelve wrote Scripture
• Only the Twelve could confer miraculous powers (discussed here.)
• Only the Twelve could ever be apostles 
• Only the Twelve were taught "all truth" (discussed here.) 
• We can't rebuild the foundation, so there can't be any more apostles
• No one can qualify for apostleship today
• Everyone got healed (but the power to heal was fading, see #5)

4) The Sufficiency of Scripture (discussed here.)

• The Bible is the only way God speaks today (discussed here.)
• All extra-biblical revelation is authoritative and must be added to the Bible (discussed here.)
• Prophecy violates the canon (discussed here.)
• Prophecy is subjective and can't be objectively evaluated (discussed here.)
• Prophecy ceased with the arrival of the Perfect (discussed here.)

5) The Power was Fading

• No mention of prophecy or tongues in the later epistles (see #9 below)
• Paul's lost the ability to heal (discussed here.)

6) Tongues were solely real human languages (discussed here.)

7) Appeals to contemporary practices (discussed here.)

• Charismatic expressions don't measure up.
• Charismatics think they are super Christians.
• Charismatics act kooky.
• Charismatics value experience over Scripture.
• Why don't they go to hospitals and heal everyone?
• Bethel Church is heretical, therefore charismatic doctrine is false.

8) We Don't Do That, So You are Wrong

• Argument from tradition.
• Argument from creeds.
• Argument from authorities.
• Argument from what my church teaches.
• Argument from what I've learned.
• Argument from bad experiences.

9) the Bible Doesn't Say Anything About That, So Silence is Proof

• Argument from Silence.
• Argument from inference.
• Argument from non-biblical sources.
• Argument from descriptive rather than prescriptive.