Unbelievable? Unbelievable? 10 May 2008 The gift of tongues - faith or fake?
Jun 5, 2014
Mark Johnston, a London minister and cessationist who insists New Testament gifts ended with Scripture. Stephen Pilcher, an agnostic skeptic who sees tongues as learned or psychological. Gerald Coates, charismatic leader who regularly speaks in tongues. They debate whether tongues are divine language or psychology, how Acts and Corinthians should be read, and the pastoral risks and practices around spiritual gifts.
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Stephen's Skeptic Witness Of Charismatic Meetings
- Stephen Pilcher attended Pentecostal and charismatic meetings after his wife's conversion and observed many people speaking in tongues without interpretation.
- He characterises the phenomena as emotionally induced gibberish and notes peer pressure and taught techniques in Pentecostal settings.
Mark's Learned Tongues Realization
- Mark Johnston described being pressured into charismatic practices and then later noticing his glossolalia mixed bits of languages he was studying.
- He concluded his own speaking in tongues was self-induced, influenced by instruction and linguistic background.
Gerald's Sudden Tongues Experience
- Gerald Coates unexpectedly began speaking in another language while cycling and later wrote down the sound Kiaranda Saravustu to investigate it.
- His wife and others subsequently spoke in tongues, and this personal conversion led him into charismatic leadership and the house church movement.
