When I Spoke in Tongues

When I Spoke in Tongues
Author: Jessica Wilbanks
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2018-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 080709224X

A memoir of the profound destabilization that comes from losing one's faith--and a young woman's journey to reconcile her lack of belief with her love for her deeply religious family. Growing up in poverty in the rural backwoods of southern Maryland, the Pentecostal church was at the core of Jessica Wilbanks' family life. At sixteen, driven by a desire to discover the world, Jessica walked away from the church--trading her faith for freedom, and driving a wedge between her and her deeply religious family. But fundamentalist faiths haunt their adherents long after belief fades--former believers frequently live in limbo, straddling two world views and trying to reconcile their past and present. Ten years later, struggling with guilt and shame, Jessica began a quest to recover her faith. It led her to West Africa, where she explored the Yorùbá roots of the Pentecostal faith, and was once again swept up by the promises and power of the church. After a terrifying car crash, she finally began the difficult work of forgiving herself for leaving the church and her family and finding her own path. When I Spoke in Tongues is a story of the painful and complicated process of losing one's faith and moving across class divides. And in the end, it's a story of how a family splintered by dogmatic faith can eventually be knit together again through love.

Understanding Tongues

Understanding Tongues
Author: Doug Batchelor
Publisher: Amazing Facts
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2009-04-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781580192149

What should we expect from an outpouring of the Holy Spirit? Is it always associated with a manifestation of the gift of tongues? Find out the answers to these questions and many others in this dynamic little book.

They Speak with Other Tongues

They Speak with Other Tongues
Author: John L. Sherrill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1985
Genre: Glossolalia
ISBN: 9780800791308

How a skeptical journalist was introduced to the charismatic renewal and to the phenomenon of speaking in tongues.

Speaking In Tongues

Speaking In Tongues
Author: Tom Tilley
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2022-05-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1460712781

When you no longer believe in eternity, every moment counts -- A memoir of breaking free and reinvention From the outside, Tom Tilley's childhood seemed ordinary. The first son of a pastor, he grew up in a beautiful country town where life revolved around football, his loving family and their Pentecostal faith. But behind church doors, a strictly enforced set of rules included a looming ultimatum: if Tom didn't speak in tongues, he'd go to hell and be outcast from his close-knit, devout community. The older Tom became, the more he questioned the teachings of the church, especially around speaking in tongues. And the more he heard about his parents' adventurous lives before they found God, the more he wanted the freedom to make those 'mistakes' that the church forbade. Eventually, after years of suppressing his doubts in silence, Tom spoke up. Having the courage to do so came at a huge personal cost, leading to a decision that would take his family to breaking point. What happened next is surprising, and Tom's journey to independence will inspire readers to ask what's true in their own lives and who they really are. Told with empathy and searing honesty, Speaking in Tongues is a powerful coming-of-age story about questioning the life created for you and building your true self, one recycled brick at a time.

Spirit Life Training

Spirit Life Training
Author: Timothy Jorgensen
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011-06-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0768489733

Spirit Life Training is a workout program jammed full of proven, successful strategies to align your spirit, soul, and body to release the life and power that God put inside you. With exciting mind and body exercises designed to biblically align and strengthen your body, emotions, memory, intellect, imagination, and will, your recreated spirit self will rise up and express the rejuvenated and refreshed life of abundance God intended for you. Everything you need to overcome in this life you have received in seed form at the point of salvation. Spirit Life Training is the process of discovering, strengthening, and releasing this treasure God has given you.

Tongues of Men and Angels

Tongues of Men and Angels
Author: William J. Samarin
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Company ; London : Collier-Macmillan
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1972
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The Disciple Making Minister

The Disciple Making Minister
Author: David Servant
Publisher: Shepherd Serve
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2014-04-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0962962589

David Servant has been ministering to Christian leaders in conferences around the world for over three decades. From his experience of speaking to tens of thousands of pastors in over forty countries, he has complied biblical teaching in this book that addresses the most important issues that Christian leaders are facing today. Servant covers topics such as church growth, spiritual warfare, divorce and remarriage, biblical interpretation, house churches, women in ministry, church government, spiritual gifts, evangelism and many more. He often questions the prevailing opinion, always considering what Scripture says. His conclusions may sometimes surprise you. Servant's foundational condition is that every Christian leader should be making disciples who obey all of Christ's commandments. Translated into many languages, The Disciple-Making Minister is helping Christian leader around the world be more effective in fulfilling the Great Commission.

Seventy Reasons for Speaking in Tongues

Seventy Reasons for Speaking in Tongues
Author: Bill Hamon
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2012-11-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0768487749

Speak in Tongues? About 95 percent of Spirit-baptized Christians don’t understand the purposes and benefits of speaking in tongues. More than 600 million Christians have received the gift of the Holy Spirit, yet most do not utilize this precious gift to its full potential. And many who do speak in tongues on a regular basis do not fully understand all the benefits this gift brings. You can learn how to use your spirit language to see prayers answered, activate more faith, receive healing and victory, and increase God’s love and power within your life and ministry. You can utilize the gifts of the Holy Spirit through speaking in tongues by learning: 70 Reasons for Speaking in Tongues 15 Biblical Proof Reasons 30 Personal Benefit and Blessing Reasons 25 Powerful Spiritual Ministry Reasons 70 Reasons for Speaking in Tongues was written for Spirit-filled believers and those who want to know more about this God-given, Holy Spirit-infused gift that has changed hearts and minds for generations.

Thinking in Tongues

Thinking in Tongues
Author: James K. A. Smith
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802861849

The past several decades have seen a renaissance in Christian philosophy, led by the work of Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, William Alston, Eleonore Stump, and others. In the spirit of Plantinga s famous manifesto, Advice to Christian Philosophers, James K. A. Smith here offers not only advice to Pentecostal philosophers but also some Pentecostal advice to Christian philosophers. In this inaugural Pentecostal Manifestos volume Smith begins from the conviction that implicit in Pentecostal and charismatic spirituality is a tacit worldview or social imaginary. Thinking in Tongues unpacks and articulates the key elements of this Pentecostal worldview and then explores their implications for philosophical reflection on ontology, epistemology, aesthetics, language, science, and philosophy of religion. In each case, Smith demonstrates how the implicit wisdom of Pentecostal spirituality makes unique contributions to current conversations in Christian philosophy.