Does the gift of tongues make prayer more effective? Does it make you more powerful in the Spirit? A commonly held view in much of the Church is that God is more inclined or more able to assist you if you pray in tongues. Is this true?
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Six Things Tongues Cannot Do, Part 2: Tongues Can’t Make You More Spiritual.
Does the gift of tongues make you more spiritual? Does it make you into a better Christian? I will show here from Scripture that it does not, and that the belief that it does is a deception. Our guide for this study is the Bible, not experience. YOU CAN SKIP A BIT I will first … Continue reading Six Things Tongues Cannot Do, Part 2: Tongues Can’t Make You More Spiritual.
CHOOSING TO BELIEVE
I recently wrote about free will in relation to faith using reason only, promising to consider Scripture very soon. So now I offer what I consider a Biblical viewpoint on the matter.
Disappearing the Church in Revelation After Chapter 3.
Normally I greatly respect John MacArthur's teachings and his love for the Word of God. He's one of those few men I can look up to in our time. However, I disagree with him on the subjects of election, and as I discuss below, the rapture of the Church.
GOD’S OWN END-GAME
The existence of God, despite the complaints of people like Sir David Attenborough who gave suffering as the reason for his own atheism, doesn't go away by invoking this problem. After all, God may be pernicious and unloving. He may be uncaring. He may be somewhere else and not able to help us yet. He may be using suffering for his own purposes.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 