You do realize that the only passage in Scripture that mentions praying in tongues forbids the practice.
A Bapticostal pastor told me that when they try to get people to start speaking in tongues, they will sometimes "coach" them with the following phrases:
Who tie-dyed my dye-tied tie?
Who tied my tie?
Who untied my tie?
Who stole my Honda?
That's terrible Vince.
Hi everyone. I am just curious as to what Baptists believe about speaking in tongues. I was raised Southern Baptist but I don't remember this issue ever coming up in church. I am slowly beginning to do research about various denominations because I am considering possibly going back to church again. Anyway, if you could, please identify which specific Baptist denomination you are in. I'll appreciate your answers.
God Bless,
Holly
I'm personally a Southern Baptist, but I differ with my denomination on speaking in tongues. I don't know if it's specifically written down as doctrine, but Southern Baptists mostly believe that the gifts of the spirit, including speaking in tongues, are no longer relevant today.
Hi everyone. I am just curious as to what Baptists believe about speaking in tongues. I was raised Southern Baptist but I don't remember this issue ever coming up in church. I am slowly beginning to do research about various denominations because I am considering possibly going back to church again. Anyway, if you could, please identify which specific Baptist denomination you are in. I'll appreciate your answers.
God Bless,
Holly
Well said Stever. Back in the 90s when I was single we had a member who had left a Charismatic church and he admitted to us that they "taught" him how to speak in tongues. They told him to roll his tongue around in his mouth and to just let the Spirit start speaking through him. I guess he lost the ability when he came to our Baptist church. Like you said if it has to be taught then it is of man.
Another Pentecostal Associate Pastor I met got upset when I told a co-worker that I didn't believe tongues were Biblical for today. He got so fired up he told me that we could go down to the break room and in 30 minutes he'd have me speaking in tongues.
I should have lovingly said to him something such as "Nick, if you can have me speaking in tongues wouldn't that be the power of your flesh and not the power of the Holy Spirit?"
So many churches that equate tongues and other gifts such as Healing and Prophecy as being more spiritual. I guess they feel that if they are "feeling like it's a spiritual event" then it must be from God?
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