A passage of Paul's letter to the Romans is commonly held up as "exhibit A" in support of the practice of "praying in tongues". However, when you really look at it closely, you see that these verses have nothing to do at all with tongues.
Tag: The Church
How to Get God’s Attention
Human beings the world over and throughout history have tried in a multitude of ways to get the attention of God. They've built statues and enormous temples; they've danced wildly under the moonlight; they've burned people alive; they've chanted and shouted on mountain-tops; they've starved themselves, cut themselves, and gone to war... all in an effort to make God look their way. It's a grown-up version of the tizzy-fits children sometimes engage in, in a determined effort to get their parents to respond.
RAPTURE: The Church is Not Missing from Revelation 4 to 22
Pre-Tribulation people tell us that the word "church" isn't used in Revelation after John is transported to heaven, and that therefore the Church will obviously be taken to heaven before any Tribulation events take place. In this article I will show that according to John's own commonly used words and phrases, they are wrong.
HAS THE BIBLE BEEN CORRUPTED?
It's common to hear people complain that the Bible has been changed many times over the years, so that it's unreliable. This is the way many people attempt to dismiss all that Scripture tells us, and sometimes to shut us up. The temptation for the undetermined believer is to then be silenced, or to abandon the testimony of Scripture and go it alone.
When Little Green Men Stand on the Whitehouse Lawn
If you're a Christian believer, how would the apparent confirmation of life from another world affect your faith? Feelings are mixed in this regard, with some being convinced that as the universe is so vast, God has surely created other life-supporting worlds out there. Others see the existence of alien beings as a threat to their faith and to the truth of Scripture, which says nothing about God creating other worlds.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 