What did the Early Church Believe about Speaking in Tongues?

About this episode

The episode explores the early church's beliefs about speaking in tongues and critiques modern claims of miraculous abilities.

- I have made a number of presentations on the subject of "Tongues" and authored a book where I work through every passage in the Bible on this subject and ask all the hard questions. The book is available on Amazon. This presententation like all my other presentations on this subject is not about the Cessation versus Continuation argument. I am not convinced that this argument is well framed. There are those who claim that the modern sign & wonders movement predominantly in the Pentecostal community is a replica of the miracles in Christ's and his apostles ministries, they claim they have the same power to work miracles, heal the sick, prophecy the future and many other signs. An honest onlooker from the outside very quickly realises that these claims are false, people like Benny Hinn who claims to heal the sick, does not, the prophets who claim to foretell the future either make claims that are so vague they cannot be verified, or they make downright false claims and then bork at ministries like this one who challenges their claims. Then there are those who claim God stopped working miracles altogher once the canon of the Bible was completed. Humbly said both of these views are…

Topics covered

• speaking in tongues
• early church beliefs
• miracles
• Pentecostal movement
• Christian doctrine

Keywords

• tongues
• miracles
• Pentecostal
• Christianity
• early church
• doctrine
• Benny Hinn

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