Tongues and Interpretation of Tongues Working Together Part 1
These two gifts together are the beginning of the new creation experience of the New Covenant (Excluding prophecy from our discussion). It forms the basis on which the rest of the new creation...
View ArticleTongues and Interpretation of Tongues. Part 2: Purpose
Because the purpose of a gift in some sense gives us an idea of the usage and regulation, we will focus on establishing that as our foundation. Because of the nature of the giver of the gifts and His...
View ArticleTongues and Interpretation of Tongues. Part 3: In Practice
The following practices of tongues are mentioned in Scripture: Speaking in Tongues (1 Corinthians 14:6, 18) Praying in the Spirit (1 Corinthians 14:14, 15; Jude 20) Not all practice speaking in tongues...
View ArticleTongues and Interpretation of Tongues. Part 4: Regulation of Tongues in a...
Regulation focuses on the usage and the control which scriptures give those that are running a meeting. Scripture clearly forbids us to forbid people to speak in tongues (1 Corinthians 14:39). But it...
View ArticleTongues and Interpretation of Tongues. Part 5: Misconceptions
Different Gifts? There is no evidence that tongues spoken in private and the tongues spoken and interpreted differ in nature or are two different workings of the Spirit according to this author. It is...
View ArticleWhat are the Gifts of the Holy Spirit?
The gifts of the Holy Spirit, when used skilfully and accurately is prone to administer and promote the love of God (1 Corinthians 13), the unity of the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12) and the...
View ArticleWhat is a Spiritual Office?
Have you ever heard of people speaking about an office of a prophet or carelessly throwing the word around? What is an office? “Position,” “post,” and “function” can all be used to describe different...
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