supplemented by revelatory “communication,” we have in principle surrendered one of the most vital doctrines of evangelical Protestantism, viz., sola scriptura. And this doctrine is one that we dare not abandon. The following, then, is a brief case for cessationism. More narrowly, it is a brief case for the cessationism of tongues (though the basic principles in this article extend to other miraculous gifts). It begins by defining several key terms and establishing a historical setting, and then