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 ...
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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 ...
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