SPEAKING IN TONGUES - GLOSSOLALIA

Speaking in Tongues - Glossolalia

Introducing a new book unlike any previous, regarding the Speaking in Tongues phenomenon.

You've never heard this From Oral Roberts, Benny Hinn, Paul and Jan Crouch, or many other Pentecostals.

Written by a Pentecostal who believes in Tongues, but sounding at times more like a Cessationist! It's ok to examine things about Speaking in Tongues. The Holy Spirit is not threatened by the truth!

"I am a Spirit-Filled Christian who ‘Learned’ to speak in Tongues years ago, however I discern a less fantastic, more mundane explanation for the vast majority of manifestations of the phenomenon."	"It is apparent to me Speaking in Tongues in general is best understood as ‘stimulus’ such as a kitten kneading (massaging) its mother’s breast to encourage milk production. That is to say expressions of Speaking in Tongues are submissive postures before God, stimulating the grace of God to actively fall, rather than specific words in any language"	"I believe the act of Speaking in Tongues, privately in particular, reflects a pliable mental state similar to deep meditation. The repetitive sounds certainly resemble the practice of chanting, but seem more deliberate"	"Nowhere in the Bible is the physical manifestation of Tongues referred to as evidence or proof of the Holy Spirit. I belief the word ‘sign‘ would fit better, especially since the Bible uses the term “Signs and Wonders”, and not ‘Evidence’"

"I have witnessed the mentally ill Speak in Tongues, as a frightening manifestation of demonic activity, while the same person, and same audible sounds, while under the Anointing of the Holy Spirit, spoke praises to God"	"The atheist Michael Persinger has produced some fascinating research with his so-called “God Helmet”. The results of several brain scan studies concluded Speaking in Tongues did not involve the speech areas of the brain"	"Though considered irrelevant by many, sacrilegious by others, the audio qualities of Speaking in Tongues have been evaluated in modern times from a scientific perspective by William J. Samarin, a linguist from the University of Toronto"	"I believe the word “Interpretation” is best understood as a response from God. I have never heard a case of Tongues being translated from any real human language, though that be their primary purpose as the Bible states "
"The Bible says nothing about interpretations during the Pentecostal event itself though. I believe those who do interpret Tongues, are not translating what audible sounds were spoken, but rather interpreting the meaning or effect of what we hear as gibberish, but is transmuted through the active presence of the Holy Spirit"	"But there are documented instances of people speaking real languages unknown to them while Speaking in Tongues called Xenoglossy, and I have witnessed them. You’ll have a tough time finding anything besides anecdotal evidence of actual Xenoglossy amongst Pentecostals though. It’s always, “Some missionary somewhere, witnessed to natives without knowledge of their language”	"I am suggesting that those Speaking in Tongues at Pentecost may have been muttering literal babble as is common today with Tongues, but those hearing and understanding them perceived it in their mind’s (Or In the Spirit) as their language through the power of the Holy Spirit"	"In 2003 a statistical study in the religious journal Pastoral Psychology concluded that, among the 991 male evangelical pastors/priests sampled, glossolalia was associated with mentally stable extroversion, and completely unrelated to mental illness"

"Tongues spoken in private can and often occasionally do translate from Hebrew or ancient Greek as “My Beloved”, “Faithful One”, “My Healer”, etc. I take notice when someone speaks in what I believe is a human language, and look the words up if possible"	"Regardless of its veracity, Speaking in Tongues is perceived by many outside Pentecostal circles as an object receiving excessive attention, possibly qualifying as an icon of idolatry as others outside Orthodoxy consider images of Mary and saints as such"	"I have observed that often, personal devotion times of Tongues translate in modern languages as pet names, or terms of endearment to God. I have heard with my own ears, Biblical Greek and Hebrew spoken in short phrases. Call them love sonnets or lovers baby talk. I believe Tongues can be intimate communication between you and God"	"Infamous Pentecostal Evangelist Marjoe Gortner could Speak in Tongues fluently, but without doubt did so mocking the gift. Marjoe would cause others to be ‘Slain in the Spirit’, as he laid hands on them in the name of Jesus". Those Tongues were evidence of fraud, not the Spirit! So when someone says, "Tongues are proof of the Holy Spirit, I say, "What about Marjoe Gortner?"

"I am a Spirit-Filled Christian who ‘Learned’ to speak in Tongues years ago, however I discern a less fantastic, more mundane explanation for the vast majority of manifestations of the phenomenon."

"It is apparent to me Speaking in Tongues in general is best understood as ‘stimulus’ such as a kitten kneading (massaging) its mother’s breast to encourage milk production. That is to say expressions of Speaking in Tongues are submissive postures before God, stimulating the grace of God to actively fall, rather than specific words in any language"

"I believe the act of Speaking in Tongues, privately in particular, reflects a pliable mental state similar to deep meditation. The repetitive sounds certainly resemble the practice of chanting, but seem more deliberate"

"Nowhere in the Bible is the physical manifestation of Tongues referred to as evidence or proof of the Holy Spirit. I belief the word ‘sign‘ would fit better, especially since the Bible uses the term “Signs and Wonders”, and not ‘Evidence’"

"I have witnessed the mentally ill Speak in Tongues, as a frightening manifestation of demonic activity, while the same person, and same audible sounds, while under the Anointing of the Holy Spirit, spoke praises to God"

"The atheist Michael Persinger has produced some fascinating research with his so-called “God Helmet”. The results of several brain scan studies concluded Speaking in Tongues did not involve the speech areas of the brain"

"Though considered irrelevant by many, sacrilegious by others, the audio qualities of Speaking in Tongues have been evaluated in modern times from a scientific perspective by William J. Samarin, a linguist from the University of Toronto"

"I believe the word “Interpretation” is best understood as a response from God. I have never heard a case of Tongues being translated from any real human language, though that be their primary purpose as the Bible states "

"The Bible says nothing about interpretations during the Pentecostal event itself though. I believe those who do interpret Tongues, are not translating what audible sounds were spoken, but rather interpreting the meaning or effect of what we hear as gibberish, but is transmuted through the active presence of the Holy Spirit"

"But there are documented instances of people speaking real languages unknown to them while Speaking in Tongues called Xenoglossy, and I have witnessed them. You’ll have a tough time finding anything besides anecdotal evidence of actual Xenoglossy amongst Pentecostals though. It’s always, “Some missionary somewhere, witnessed to natives without knowledge of their language”

"I am suggesting that those Speaking in Tongues at Pentecost may have been muttering literal babble as is common today with Tongues, but those hearing and understanding them perceived it in their mind’s (Or In the Spirit) as their language through the power of the Holy Spirit"

"In 2003 a statistical study in the religious journal Pastoral Psychology concluded that, among the 991 male evangelical pastors/priests sampled, glossolalia was associated with mentally stable extroversion, and completely unrelated to mental illness"

"Tongues spoken in private can and often occasionally do translate from Hebrew or ancient Greek as “My Beloved”, “Faithful One”, “My Healer”, etc. I take notice when someone speaks in what I believe is a human language, and look the words up if possible"

"Regardless of its veracity, Speaking in Tongues is perceived by many outside Pentecostal circles as an object receiving excessive attention, possibly qualifying as an icon of idolatry as others outside Orthodoxy consider images of Mary and saints as such"

"I have observed that often, personal devotion times of Tongues translate in modern languages as pet names, or terms of endearment to God. I have heard with my own ears, Biblical Greek and Hebrew spoken in short phrases. Call them love sonnets or lovers baby talk. I believe Tongues can be intimate communication between you and God"

"Infamous Pentecostal Evangelist Marjoe Gortner could Speak in Tongues fluently, but without doubt did so mocking the gift. Marjoe would cause others to be ‘Slain in the Spirit’, as he laid hands on them in the name of Jesus". Those Tongues were evidence of fraud, not the Spirit! So when someone says, "Tongues are proof of the Holy Spirit, I say, "What about Marjoe Gortner?"