What Does The Bible Say About Tongues?
My brother is not a Christian. He went with a friend to church a few times, but he no longer attends. The friend that he went with was Pentecostal, and the issue that scared my brother away from the church was the issue of speaking in tongues. When my brother later asked me about speaking in tongues, I told him that it is not something that is necessary to be a Christian. Having attended a Christian high school that was charismatic and actively encouraged speaking in tongues, I understood his concern. If you have spent any significant time around other Christians, you have probably run into a Pentecostal Christian, since Pentecostals comprise approximately 26 percent of all Christians worldwide. Those in Pentecostal circles typically view tongues as an unintelligible language. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are those who believe that the gift of tongues, whatever it was, has ceased after the death of the apostles (or shortly thereafter). Which view, if either, is corre...