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The Holy Spirit gave the gift of tongues in Acts 2 so that the disciples could speak in the hearers' languages. He gave tongues in Acts 10 to confirm that the Gentiles had received the Holy Spirit. He continues to give tongues for several reasons, including edification of the Church and the...

If an "artificial, never-before-seen Greek text" is a problem, then your Scrivener Textus Receptus is a problem too.

It's unfortunate that you characterize your position as "faith" and "believe what the Bible says" as though people who hold a different position don't employ faith or "believe what the Bible says". It indicates an underlying arrogance on your part, a belief in the moral superiority of your...

I'll grant that... for the nineteenth century. Because the language of the KJV is sufficiently unfamiliar to modern English speakers, it is unreasonable to believe the KJV should be the standard today. The gospel is challenging enough without throwing a language barrier in the way.

Regarding Revelation 12 specifically...

As Christians, we are the Church. More specifically, Hebrews 10:25 tells us not to give up meeting together, and the implication is that regular meeting with other Christian believers for teaching, worship, prayer and fellowship is strongly encouraged. As a Christian, why would you avoid this?

Nor should you tithe even if you do attend a church. Tithing is not taught to Christians anywhere in Scripture. :) You may, of course, be using "tithe" to represent "give of your finances"; many Christians make this mistake. Just use the words "offering" or "giving" to avoid the confusion.

While common familiarity with Scripture is a good thing, it also leads to problems when someone has memorized a different version. It will lead to division between believers. Uniformity is false unity.

A standard? In what sense?

No, that's not in Scripture anywhere. God does say that He gave over the nations to other beings, but never taught anyone to consider them "gods"; that was their doing, and by that they rebelled against Him. His judgment upon them is declared in Psalm 82.

It can mean that one's vision shows them in a different place (like a dream), or it can mean that the person is in a trance- or dream-like state where they are unresponsive to stimuli around them. I've experienced the latter and heard a firsthand testimony of the former.

You're assuming that the majority of new Christians over the last 400 years read and spoke English. I suggest you do some more homework on that subject.

What "many bible scholars agree on," while interesting, is irrelevant when the text does not clearly address the topic. Again, irrelevant, because Paul did not say anything about pagan tongues. Once again, that's not what the text says. The corruption Paul addressed was people speaking in...

That is speculation and “adding to Scripture”. You aren’t helping when you’re misrepresenting what the Bible says.

GWH used the abbreviation, “my Meth church”. It just sounds odd, even given the context.

You might want to avoid this particular choice of abbreviation. ;)

Jesus was using literal trees as an illustration. “These things” refers to the things he stated in response to the disciples’ question in verse 7. Just as you may know summer is coming when you see literal trees budding, so when you (the disciples) see “these things” happening (which they did...

I believe Popeye's in the States is now using tallow to fry their chicken... much healthier.

Curiosity is normal, but do your homework and stay away from a "Catholic" church; their practices are idolatrous and blasphemous. They talk about Jesus but deny the atonement He secured on the cross.

The Christian life should be characterized by both a decreasing amount and decreasing severity (impact) of sin. While "sin is sin" and no sin is inherently "more sinful" than any other sin, the impacts of sin vary greatly. A genuine Christian who has repented of known sin will not lightly commit...