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    Kavik replied to the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    No, it doesn't make sense. The passage so often quoted from Romans (Rom. 8:26) has absolutely nothing to do with “tongues”. As one...
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    Kavik replied to the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    Most of these stories are very anecdotal at best. Thousands, indeed if not tens of thousands, of examples of tongues-speech have been...
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    Kavik reacted Like to Nehemiah6's post in the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    Exactly. However you will not find "glossolalia" in the Greek text of the NT. It is either glossa, glossais, or dialektos. All must be...
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    Kavik replied to the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    No, you won't find the term - prior to 1879, the term ‘glossolalia’ did not exist – it is a word coined by English theologian, Frederick...
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    Kavik replied to the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    As a linguist, I’m very familiar with the study done by the Univ. of PA using SPECT imaging. The results are exactly what one would...
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    Kavik replied to the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    That's a completely incorrect reading of the text. No, he isn't speaking to other people - no one there understands his language - he's...
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    Kavik replied to the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    1Cor. 14:2 is perhaps *the* quintessential verse used by many to “evidence” modern tongues-speech in the Bible. The whole passage is...
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    Kavik replied to the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    The first half of your comment refers to all spiritual gifts; not just 'tongues'/languages. The first half of the second part is the...
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    Kavik replied to the thread SPEAKING TONGUES.
    ‘Tongues’ (read, *‘languages’* ) – the divine gift, is the God given ability to effortlessly learn to speak and be understood through...