Michael Patton, who is neither a Charismatic nor a traditional Cessationist, has written an interesting piece at Reclaiming the Mind – “If there are Modern Day Prophets, then the Canon is Still Open,” which is part of his “stupid statements” series. Patton more or less points out that a statement like that misunderstands both the nature of prophecy and the nature of the canon. I found it pretty interesting.

I enjoyed Grudem’s response to this statement in an appendix to his The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today, which is still, in my mind, the best book written on the subject of NT prophecy.