Speaking in Tongues
Rev. Angus Stewart examines the biblical doctrine of speaking in tongues, arguing that the tongues described in Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians are actual human languages rather than ecstatic utterances. Through careful exegetical analysis of the Greek terminology (glossa and dialektos) and the historical context of Pentecost, Stewart defends the Reformed understanding of biblical tongues against modern Charismatic and Pentecostal claims.
Rev. Angus Stewart Having considered “The Three Waves of Charismatic Christianity,” “The Precursors of Modern Charismatic Christianity” and “The Baptism With the Holy Spirit,” we come to tongue speaking. Let us be clear, first of all, that tongues in the Bible are not gibberish—my deliberately pejorative term for the gobbledygook of Pentecostalism, Charismaticism and Neo-Charistmaticism, also known collectively as renewalism. The tongues in Acts and I Corinthians are real human languages....