What Is the Last Days Significance of the Gift of ...
November 6th, 2008 | Christian Eschatology | No Comment
I can remember the first time ever I was exposed
to a Pentecostal church where people claimed to
speak in tongues.
After the charismatic preacher worked everyone
into a frenzy, several men and women in the
congregation began chanting ecstatically with
an unrecognizable language.
I felt weird, not knowing what to do. I was about
20 years old at the time and saw young and old
engaging in this practice.
They explained they were speaking in tongues and
had the “Holy Ghost” and said that if a person did
not speak in tongues they were not saved. Further,
they claimed to have other gifts of the Spirit which
enabled them to exorcise demons and ...
Speaking in Tongues: Embrace or Avoid?
November 6th, 2008 | Eschatology | 2 Comments
I would first begin by defining "tongues" as used
in the Bible. The meaning of speaking in tongues in
the Bible is "language," implying a foreign language.
It is nothing mysterious, just a simple, communicable
language. You may recall up to the time of the tower
of Babel, all men spoke one language.
God created multiple languages so that men would be
scattered, unable to communicate as one, like they
did originally and therefore render them incapable
of continuing to build the tower due to this language
barrier. Hence, they were scattered throughout the
earth according to the commonalities of language.
This created a practical problem. How do we
communicate with people who ...
