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 ...