Mark Driscoll criticizes cessationism, but his position is still cessationism. Mark says that we can pray but it is determined by a case by case sovereign choice from God, even if we have faith.
There are degrees of cessationism, but all forms deny the biblical doctrine of Expansionism (See Vincent Cheung for more); thus, all forms of cessationism is an excommunicable sin.
Cessationism denies the baptism of the Spirit for spiritual power, which includes the gifts as portrayed in 1 Corinthians 12-14 (etc.). They deny Scripture’s command to seek all of these gifts. Thus cessationism is a contradiction to the text.
It denies Abraham’s blessing. Abraham’s blessing makes it necessary for its heirs to be healed (Luke 13:12-15). Abraham’s blessing makes miracles a regular activity in the church by faith, made possible by Jesus’ substitutionary death (Gal.3). God’s promise to Abraham makes it necessary for miracles to happen on the demand of faith. Cessationism denies this and so it denies God’s faithfulness to His Promise to Abraham and tramples the blood of Christ.
Jesus’ substitutionary atonement included things like healing (Isaiah 53:4-5 James 5:15), and so, healing always happens by the will of man through faith. By denying this cessationism denies the substitutionary atonement of Jesus, and/or its effectiveness, and thus by logical implication it denies the forgiveness of sins.
It denies Jesus’ faith doctrine that says, whatever you ask in faith, will be given to you. Jesus says this many times in many ways. This is Jesus’ direct teaching and command but it also deals with our identity in Him that we have such authority to command demons, sickness and mountains out of our way. No one is as extreme as Jesus when it comes to faith. Your theology must include Jesus’ extreme faith doctrine. Jesus also uses His faith doctrine as a test for orthodoxy (John 15:7-8); thus, any Creed that does not include Jesus’ test, cannot claim to be orthodox. By denying this, cessationism denies Jesus’ command and faith doctrine itself, our identity in Christ and Jesus’ personal test of orthodoxy.
Your theology must include “man’s will being done on earth by faith,” is as God-centered as Jesus Christ is God-centered, because He is the one who taught the doctrine. The issue people have man’s will being done on earth by faith in God’s promise, is that Jesus is too God-centered for them. There is just too much God involved. They hate that God gets to do whatever He wants, and what He wants is man’s will to be done on earth, by faith.
Cessationism is an anti-Christ, anti-scriptural, anti-gospel and and anti-God doctrine.