Thanks Pilgrim
I will contact Mr. Cooke and speak with him about it. I agree with you about the cessationist argument and MLJ appears to have changed his view from the early 50's when he gave his "Great Doctrines of the Bibles" talks and preached about the topic in the 60's. He did believe some gifts were temporarily at the earlier time and later allowed that they were always possible. But I don't believe he ever taught they were necessary for revival or necessarily a sign of revival or the "baptism with the Holy Spirit" as he understood it. I've read or listened to all his series on the theme and think it is not a trivial point as we should differentiate between the baptism with the Spirit (witness or sealing) as he and many other Godly men taught and gifts, temporary or not. I do believe there is still this personal pentecost, or witness available to us, as did those others I mentioned, and to speak of it in the same breath as sign gifts tends to make people think of the Charismatic/Pentecostal movements and puts them off without considering it. Thanks again for the information about Mr. Cooke! Dan