Ask The Pastor: What Does The Bible Say About Speaking In Tongues?
As a pastor I get a lot of interesting questions as you might imagine. I thought I’d start answering some of those questions. I’ve gotten this question about tongues several times. So here’s what I’ve come to know about this topic by simply reading what’s written in the Bible. Many of us have come across videos online showing pastors and church leaders speaking in what they describe as tongues. These videos often show individuals speaking rapidly in sounds that bear no resemblance to any known human language, sometimes with large crowds responding emotionally, and with no interpreter present anywhere in the room. It is worth pausing and asking a straightforward question. Does what we are seeing in those videos match what Scripture actually describes? In a word. No. If we want to understand the gift of tongues, the right place to begin is where Scripture introduces it — the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2. When the H...
