Speaking Tongues Are Actively Braced.

The Gift of Tongues in the Old Testament

The Old Testament does not deal directly with the gift of tongues as the New Testament does. Should one search the Old Testament for some information on the gift of tongues, he is unavoidably forced to deal with the difficult subject of ecstacy. Some writers seem to suggest that there is at best a slight and unimportant relationship between Old Testament ecstacy and New Testament tongue speakin...

Toward a Theology of "speaking in Tongues"

THE INCREASING frequency of the phenomenon of "speaking in tongues," in the Roman Catholic and other Christian denominations, challenges one to outline a "theology" of this spiritual gift. Morton Kelsey has made an important contribution in the field of psychology. However, while psychological investigations are valid and interesting, they can hardly throw adequate light on supernatural phenome...

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[AJPS 2/2 (1999), pp. 177-193] SIGN LANGUAGE IN THE ASSEMBLY: HOW ARE TONGUES A SIGN TO THE UNBELIEVER

In this paper I consider a passage of scripture notorious for being difficult to interpret and apply. In 1 Cor 14:22 Paul makes the curious claim that “tongues” constitute a “sign” to unbelievers, while prophecy is a sign to believers. But the meaning of his statement is not clear in its context. Paul illustrates his assertions in vv. 23-25 by saying that unbelievers visiting the Christian asse...

The measurement of regional cerebral blood flow during glossolalia: a preliminary SPECT study.

Glossolalia (or "speaking in tongues") is an unusual mental state that has great personal and religious meaning. Glossolalia is experienced as a normal and expected behavior in religious prayer groups in which the individual appears to be speaking in an incomprehensible language. This is the first functional neuroimaging study to demonstrate changes in cerebral activity during glossolalia. The ...