Signs & Wonders: In the Last Days

by Jay E. Adams

Book by Adams, Jay Edward

110 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2000

About the author

Jay Edward Adams is a Reformed Christian author. He has written over 100 books and these have been published in sixteen languages.
He received a Bachelor of Divinity from Reformed Episcopal Seminary, a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from Johns Hopkins University,a Masters in Sacred Theology from Temple University, and a PhD in Speech from the University of Missouri.
Adams' book Competent to Counsel launched the nouthetic counseling movement, a movement whose aim was to use strictly biblical counseling methods. He is the founder of the Intitute for Nothetic Studies.

Reviews

[Josh Staggs]

Jay E. Adam’s presents a compelling case for cessation of the extraordinary gifts (i.e. prophecy, tongues, and healing). His main focus is the problem passage for many cessationists: Joel 2. He argues from a preterist view and bases the whole of his case on this important fact. If you do not hold to this view then it will not be as convincing but is still worth a read to understand his view point.

[Joshua Chipchase]

I was a little disappointed in this book as I am a big fan of Adams. It feels kind of scattered and disorganized and it misinterprets a few parts of scripture. Not the best book on cessationism. The best part was Adams' material on how New Testament passages about spiritual gifts that have ceased still have application to us today. Easy to read, helpful at points, but a little weak.

[Seth]

You may not agree to all his conclusions, but the book is worth the read. For it short size it is a good introduction to cessationism.