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First, let me preface this post by saying that I’m not trying to sound wise, it’s a legitimate question I’m hoping to get some better insight into…… In some Christian paths, for a person to be ‘saved’, they must undergo a ‘spirit baptism’; this, in turn, is required to be ‘evidenced’ by a...

Continued from post 1.... How did they account for this “confounding” of languages? As with many things not clearly understood by ancient man, the reasons were usually attributed to a deity, some “act of God”, if you will. Such must have been the case here as well. The reasons for the...

The Babel Narrative and a Common Language The Tower of Babel narrative presents quite an interesting account from the perspective of historical linguistics; however, before any type of analysis can begin, a working definition of a few ambiguous terms must be defined. Perhaps the most...

Part 2 What do I mean by this? In T-speech, if one were to record a sample and play it to several people who ‘interpret tongues’, one would get several different interpretations; typically, totally different and unrelated to each other. Occasionally, some similarities may be noted between...

Why “Tongues” Are Not Language Part 1 - A question frequently asked by tongues-speakers is “How do you know (modern) “tongues” are not a language; heavenly, angelic, or otherwise?” That’s a great question, but one that definitely does not have a quick and easy answer. I have tried to...

Some afterthoughts on the above: Spoken vs. written – What is interesting to me, and admittedly a bit problematic, is that that when Paul describes the “gift of tongues” it does not seem to include the written language; just the spoken. The same with “interpretation”. This begs the question...

But wait!! Why were people astounded and bewildered?? Why did they react the way they did? Some even accused the apostles of being drunk! The above simply doesn’t make sense, nor does it stand to reason! How can you possibly account for that?? Clearly something happened with respect to...

Part 2 - Now that we’ve established the demographic make-up of the attendees, we need to take a look at that all-important question….. What the heck languages did all these people speak!?? By far, the most common answer is that most people will refer to the handy-dandy list of nations in...

Another Understanding of “Tongues” at Pentecost I am placing this here rather than as a post on the forums simply due to length. I thought it a more appropriate spot rather than several continuous posts to the forum. That said, looks like, due to length, it will need to be done here in four...

Not quite sure where to post this so thought this might be the better sub-forum. I am hoping to get some insight into a few questions I had regarding tongues. Specifically, I’m looking at situations where the speaker will ‘pray with’ or ‘pray over’ a person in tongues (this person I’ll...