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They Speak With Other Tongues #4:
What Is The Bible &
How Do We Interpret What It’s Saying?
Introduction I’m about to answer two questions I believe to be crucial to our understanding of Christianity: What is the Bible? How do we correctly grasp what we read in it? The answers I’m about to provide here are the principles I use whenever I examine the Scriptures and am seeking God on any given matter, especially those… Read More »
They Speak With Other Tongues #3:
What Does The Word Say?
So let’s take a look at the history of the early Church and see what the New Testament has to say about speaking in tongues and whether or not it is the initial evidence of someone being baptized in the Holy Spirit. There are 6 biblical accounts of people receiving Holy Spirit baptism — aka “being filled with… Read More »
They Speak With Other Tongues #2:
What’s It All About?
The spiritual gift of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues is an amazing blessing for those who have received it. Unfortunately, it is also the source of an equally amazing amount of dissension within the Body of Christ between those who do and those who don’t. Frankly, it is appalling how hostile both sides… Read More »
They Speak With Other Tongues #1:
My Own Personal Testimony
Before digging into the Scriptures, I would like to establish my credentials on this topic. I was first exposed to the concept of being baptized in the Holy Spirit almost immediately after I became a Christ-follower. I submitted my life to Christ in November of 1973 while a soldier assigned to the US Army’s 3rd Armored Division in… Read More »