Comments on: Thou Shall Not Speak in Tongues (at least at one seminary) http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/ Dude! A totally awesome blog about the Bible and other stuff!!! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matt Page http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/#comment-5326 Matt Page Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:08:22 +0000 http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/#comment-5326 Point 1 made me laugh out loud. Was that the guy himself? Matt Point 1 made me laugh out loud. Was that the guy himself?

Matt

]]> By: tomcottar http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/#comment-5197 tomcottar Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:23:51 +0000 http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/#comment-5197 [sigh] Once again, we've let our knee-jerks get the best of us... Glossolalia is scriptural, practiced within the specific bounds outlined in 1 Corinthians (and elsewhere). OF COURSE it can be faked. So can praying. So can worship. So can tithing. So can any number of spiritual activities or disciplines we pharisees turn into a 'show'. That's why Paul tells the church in Corinth to test prophesy. The danger is when my beloved alma mater tries to act as the Holy Spirit in my life. Especially my private prayer life. Geesh. How funny would it be if the Holy Spirit suddenly fell on the next Chapel service and all those good little conservative preacher boys started speaking in tongues...?? Can you imagine God doing it just to remind us that He's God and SWBTS is not? I can. [sigh]

Once again, we’ve let our knee-jerks get the best of us… Glossolalia is scriptural, practiced within the specific bounds outlined in 1 Corinthians (and elsewhere).

OF COURSE it can be faked.
So can praying.
So can worship.
So can tithing.
So can any number of spiritual activities or disciplines we pharisees turn into a ’show’. That’s why Paul tells the church in Corinth to test prophesy.

The danger is when my beloved alma mater tries to act as the Holy Spirit in my life. Especially my private prayer life. Geesh.

How funny would it be if the Holy Spirit suddenly fell on the next Chapel service and all those good little conservative preacher boys started speaking in tongues…?? Can you imagine God doing it just to remind us that He’s God and SWBTS is not?

I can.

]]> By: jason potter http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/#comment-5172 jason potter Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:45:18 +0000 http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/#comment-5172 its a gift from God use it! Be proud of it. Like a gift you get! you want to show the world! Great job brother keep on speaking... its a gift from God use it! Be proud of it. Like a gift you get! you want to show the world! Great job brother keep on speaking…

]]> By: dangerblond http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/#comment-5105 dangerblond Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:32:55 +0000 http://bibledudes.com/blog/2006/10/22/thou-shall-not-speak-in-tongues-at-least-at-one-seminary/#comment-5105 I have seen this phenomenon in action and I think they are right to be wary of it. Speaking in tongues is very easily faked, and the people who do it invariably become self-satisfied with this symbol of how much closer they are to Jesus than everyone else. It's like wearing a huge diamond necklace to church on Sunday morning. The obvious pride in showing off the gift to others makes it invidious, the bain of much of Christian existence. If they can only display this gift of tongues in privacy, watch how fast most of them will lose it. I have seen this phenomenon in action and I think they are right to be wary of it. Speaking in tongues is very easily faked, and the people who do it invariably become self-satisfied with this symbol of how much closer they are to Jesus than everyone else. It’s like wearing a huge diamond necklace to church on Sunday morning. The obvious pride in showing off the gift to others makes it invidious, the bain of much of Christian existence. If they can only display this gift of tongues in privacy, watch how fast most of them will lose it.

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