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The Gospel is Gold - Episode 024 - Speaking in Tongues ↗

A Bible lesson from Gospel Broadcasting Network. Compare its teaching with Scripture.

Gospel Broadcasting Network

A Common Ground - Episode 8 - Speaking in Tongues ↗

A Bible lesson from Gospel Broadcasting Network. Compare its teaching with Scripture.

What Is the Kingdom of God?

Discover how Scripture connects Christ’s kingdom with His church. Examine its promised establishment, heavenly King, spiritual nature, redeemed people, entrance, and everlasting hope.

John’s Baptism and Christ’s Baptism: What Changed?

Mark 1:4 and Luke 3:3 explicitly connect John’s baptism with remission of sins. Why, then, were the men in Acts 19 baptized in Jesus’ name? This KJV study examines the covenant change,…

Can someone today claim the same apostolic office as Christ’s original witnesses?

Acts 1 gives the qualifications used when replacing Judas: a witness of the Lord’s ministry and resurrection. Paul’s apostleship involved Christ’s appearance to him and was not merely a self-selected title.

Does any unintelligible religious speech establish the biblical gift of tongues?

Acts 2 describes hearers recognizing their own languages in the apostles’ speech. First Corinthians 14 requires intelligibility and edification in the assembly, with interpretation for a tongue the hearers do not understand.

Does a claimed miracle prove that a teacher’s doctrine is true?

Deuteronomy 13 warns Israel not to follow a sign-worker who calls people away from God. Matthew 24 warns about deceptive signs, and First John 4 commands testing the spirits. A claim of power is not permission to disregard revealed teaching.

Tongues at Pentecost and Peter's explanation

Baptism and conversion

The original reply about tongues as languages and the cessation of gifts

God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit

The complete reply on Pentecost, tongues, and John’s baptism

Baptism and conversion

The complete response on church offices, gifts, tongues, and healing

Other scriptural questions

The stated cessation of tongues and the referenced study

God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit

Whether tongues would cease and when

Other scriptural questions

Forbidding tongues and the purpose of miraculous confirmation

Baptism and conversion

Cornelius’s tongues, divine witness, and the command of water baptism

Baptism and conversion

The question about speaking in tongues when receiving Spirit baptism

Baptism and conversion

Are biblical tongues understandable human languages?

Baptism and conversion

The reply to forbid not to speak with tongues

Faith, grace, and obedience

Is speaking in tongues for communicating with God? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Is speaking in tongues for communicating with God?

Why was there a need for the interpretation of tongues? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Why was there a need for the interpretation of tongues?

What is speaking in tongues? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: What is speaking in tongues?

Am I denying the Holy Spirit by questioning whether my pastor speaks in tongues? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Am I denying the Holy Spirit by questioning whether my pastor speaks in tongues?

Is Romans 8:26 proof that people still speak in tongues today? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Is Romans 8:26 proof that people still speak in tongues today?

Why do those who claim to prophesy or speak in tongues scare me? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Why do those who claim to prophesy or speak in tongues scare me?

I wish you could experience speaking in tongues first-hand ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: I wish you could experience speaking in tongues first-hand

Are speaking in tongues and prophesying similar gifts? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Are speaking in tongues and prophesying similar gifts?

Was Balaam’s donkey speaking in tongues? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Was Balaam’s donkey speaking in tongues?

Could you help me explain to my girlfriend that speaking in tongues has ended? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Could you help me explain to my girlfriend that speaking in tongues has ended?

Are tongues still in existence today? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Are tongues still in existence today?

What is it that I’m doing if it is not speaking in tongues? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: What is it that I’m doing if it is not speaking in tongues?

Must you speak in tongues to have the Holy Spirit? ↗

A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Must you speak in tongues to have the Holy Spirit?

Denominational Doctrines

Denominational Doctrines

DENOMINATIONALISM CONTRARY TO THE SCRIPTURES

DENOMINATIONALISM CONTRARY TO THE SCRIPTURES: Jn 17:20-23; 1 Cor 1:10-13; Eph 4:4-6; Rom 16:16

HOLY SPIRIT/DISTINCT

HOLY SPIRIT/DISTINCT: Jn 14:16; Matt 3:16; Heb 9:14

Holy Spirit baptism

Holy Spirit baptism - Occurred twice (Matt 3:11; Jn 14:15-26; Jn 16:7-14; Lk 24:49)

Miracle

Miracle A mighty work, beyond the normal functioning of nature and beyond the ability of man. Miracles evoke awe and amazement. Their purpose is twofold: to evoke faith in those who acknowledge…

Speaking in Tongues

Speaking in Tongues (also called "glossolalia") A gift from God so that one is miraculously able to talk in human languages that were unknown to the speaker. The gift is given so…

Tongues (The Gift)