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I have tested my gift according to 1 Corinthians 14, and I clearly use it in conjunction to what Paul clearly taught about it. I tested it according to all of the chapter, and not selected verses and ignoring others. Because God is the only listener to me when I pray in tongues, He is my only...

The many testimonies of people speaking in tongues in Pentecostal churches and the language being understood by native speakers of the language disproves your theory.

The same principle applies when the implication: "temporary until the last Apostle dies", is added to Paul's teaching on the gifts.

As soon as someone speaks in tongues for the purpose of having a linguist analyse it, it immediately reverts to the flesh, because the Holy Spirit withdraws His inspiration, because the gift is being misused by not using it for the purpose in which it was given. So the linguist comment is just...

Forming a significant doctrine on half an obscure verse is bad hermaneutics.

I just wonder if you have ever been around Mandarin or Hindi speakers. They all sound like gibberish to those who don't understand the language. Also there is a race of Pygmies in Africa whose language is just a collection of clicks and grunts. And I had a close friend who is Latvian, and...

How would you explain the 17th Century Scottish Covenanters who prophesied and their prophecies came to pass? During the time when the plague was ravaging Britain, John Welsh prophesied that although the plague would be all around a certain city, it would never enter there, and it never did...

How does this explain 1 Corinthians 14:2 where Paul said that the person who speaks in tongues speaks to God because no man is able to understand him? And further on in the chapter, Paul advises that if a person wants to pray in tongues without it being interpreted he should pray privately to...

Hey! Here we are. I am Oscarr from C.F.!

Cobbling together some random verses out of context, and ignoring 1 Corinthians 14:2 among other significant verses in the chapter is a somewhat deceptive way of making a point about the way current believers pray in tongues.

She was our dearly loved cat called Daisy. She lived until she was 17 and a half and then sadly passed away. It was only just now after 12 months that I can put her picture up and fondly remember her. I have her serious face on one side of a coffee mug and "Keep your paws off my mug" on the...

That's one point of view I guess. But in view of you and I are just individual members with one vote each, it may be up to the silent majority to determine whether either of us are correct.

That's a pity, because in the three years I was involved with my local Anglican church, I enjoyed worshiping the Lord through the liturgy. I worshiped and said the words from my heart, because that is what the Lord looks at. In fact, when I ran worship services at my Presbyterian church, I...

Also, my wife was brought up and educated Catholic, and she would be insulted to be called a pagan, and because I am totally loyal to her through being married to her for the last 30 years, your credibility is turning to mud.

You won't convince anyone by kicking the players instead of the ball.

I think that Catholics should be able to express their faith and be prepared to be challenged without kicking the player instead of the ball.

My mind is difficult to read. Reading a vacuum is virtually impossible! :-)

It is interesting that in drama, tragedy is treated in a very light hearted way, and comedy is presented very seriously. This is because if you laugh at yourself, no one will laugh at you. I found this when I was teaching school and had developed alopecia and the back of my head became bald...

Elvis ate too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and he ended up expanding! :)

It is a very nasty individual who lives under a bridge and demands an exorbitant toll from anyone who crosses it. I got that from a story on the kid's radio request session in the 1950s when I used to listen to it. The story was "The Three Billy Goats Gruff".