A biblical evaluation of the twentieth century tongues movement : seven crucial questions / by Jody Dillow. [print]

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What is the gift of tongues, and what is its purpose? -- Definition -- Purpose. -- Does the possession of the gift of tongues have any connection with greater fruitfulness, power, or witness for Christ? -- What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the filling of the Spirit, and what are their differences? -- The baptism of the Spirit -- The filling of the Spirit -- The difference. -- Is the gift of the Holy Spirit received subsequent to salvation? -- The New Testament teaches that we are baptized by the Spirit when we believe -- Acts 2 -- Acts 8-- Acts 10-- Acts 19 -- The "pattern" of the Book of Acts. -- Is the gift of tongues for everyone, and should all Christians seek it? -- Mark 16:17 -- 1 Cor. 12:31 -- 1 Cor. 14:5. -- Does the Bible indicate that the gift of tongues would pass from the Church in the first century? -- The pattern of sign manifestations in the Old Testament suggests that God's working in this way was only temporary -- The need for the gift passes, and therefore the gift of tongues passes also -- The sign significance to Israel ceased in 70 A.D., and therefore the gift of tongues probably passed at that time also-- The gift of tongues was for the period of the infancy of the Church and is no longer present because the Church is no longer in its infancy -- Tongues did cease historically -- The contemporary ignorance of the nature of the sign-gifts argues against their permanence -- The gift of tongues is mentioned only in the earliest books of the New Testament -- The gift of tongues was given only through the agency of an apostle, and since there are no more apostles, the gift of tongues must have passed -- The inferiority of tongues to prophecy argues against the permanence of the gift of tongues. -- Tongues are not mentioned as a qualification for leadership in the Church -- 1 Cor. 13:8-10 -- If tongues are still in the Church, then the canon is not closed -- Tongues were to pass at the time of prophesy -- Hebrews 2:3-4 -- The other sign-gifts passed in the first century -- There is no parallel to the New Testament gift of tongues going on today-- Ten Scriptural criteria of valid tongues-speaking -- Do linguistic studies verify that twentieth century tongues-speech is foreign language?. -- What then is the tongues phenomenon today? -- The psychological nature of most twentieth century manifestations of tongues -- If tongues-speaking today is psychological then how do we account for the spiritual benefits people claim to have received from it? -- Why do people seek the gift of tongues? -- What are the results?