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The Truth About Speaking in Tongues
(Copyright) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India)  “Every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation (change)” (James. 1:17). God never makes a mistake, He never changes and He gives only perfect gifts. Therefore when He gave the gift of “speaking in unknown languages” (“tongues”) to the church on the day of Pentecost, He knew exactly what He was doing. The gift of “tongues” was a perfect gift. God has not changed His mind about the gift, for He never changes. God knew the controversies that would surround this gift in the 20th […]
Tongues Question
(Copyright) by Rich Traver (Clifton, Colorado)  This college student writes me from time to time. Tho’ not of our organizational genre, he is unusually astute and very much on track!!_____________________  College Student writes:What would you say regarding the gift of tongues? 1 Corinthians 14 states that “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.” Rich Traver writes:This I would say strongly suggests that the ‘tongues’ being referred to is a known language. A ‘tongue’ that needs no ‘interpretation’ to those who speak that particular language. What confuses the issue is the idea you refer to […]