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Speaking In Tongues (Biblical)

Speaking in tongues is not a natural gift or talent for languages but a gift from God, a supernatural endowment. Tongues are not ecstatic utterance but an activity under the control of the speaker, offered in obedience to the prompting of the Spirit.

Introduction

The pneumatika,"spiritual gifts," are "supernatural" manifestations of the Holy Spirit. They are not "natural" talents. They are supernatural inasmuch as the operation of any and all of them is contingent upon the divine initiative....

 

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