Reply To: Primitive Christianity: Speaking in Tongues
Michael – I may have to write this in two entries due to the tiny box on my phone that never wants to expand. I read your question here and the rapture one as well. My straightforward response is that...
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Brother John! Excellent question! I am sensitive to the debate out in Christendom about speaking in tongues. It’s quite a controversy! Some say that you can’t be saved unless you speak in tongues,...
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Hey Michael :-) Neat to read your thoughts, as always. After reading your second post, I was wondering if you were asking / suggesting: Is speaking in tongues really a necessary component of knowing...
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Hi Michael, Mrs. Eddy did value her private time each day for communion with God. She liked to have this time to herself, and uninterrupted by members of her staff or others. Thus, we don’t have much...
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Hi All, I appreciate your comments – especially the link to the holy rollers discussion. So happy to catch up on that! I’m not really referring to these gifts of the Spirit in the worship context...
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Hi Michael, Love your post and probing question. I’m remembering that passage in Acts concerning the Pentecostal. Here is how the passage speaks to me: the whole experience was a manifestation of a...
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Hi Michael, Here is a reference you might find of interest: http://www.gotquestions.org/glossolalia.html Also, here is the link to a thread that appeared in this forum a while back which discusses...
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One of the stated reasons for establishing the Church of Christ, Scientist is to “reinstate primitive Christianity” (Church Manual, 17). In the book of Acts, a key element of the primitive church is...
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