The Language of Heaven: Crucial Questions About Speaking in Tongues

by Sam Storms

Publisher:

Charisma House

, 2019

Overview

What does the gift giver say about the gift He gave?
This book will help you overcome the arguments, fears, and anxieties related to this gift.
 
FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• Shares the author’s personal testimony and spiritual journey with speaking in tongues
• Examines the history of this gift in the church for the past two thousand years
• Interacts with those who have denied that this gift is valid for today’s church
• Speaks to the relationship between Spirit baptism, Spirit filling, and the gift of tongues

Few other issues have separated the church more than the issue of tongues.  Sam Storms focuses on this controversial subject with his signature insights to theology and the gifts of the spirit. What does the gift giver say about the gift He gave?
 
Storms seeks to bring balance to this subject in The Language of Heaven as he wrestles with this sensitive issue experientially as well as theologically. He ultimately provides a platform to allow God to speak for Himself as he addresses every text of Scripture on the subject and engages with every theological issue that speaking in tongues provokes. As a pastor, Storms knows the questions that the typical churchgoer is asking and provides clear and accessible answers to them all, including:

• Is the gift of tongues for every Christian or only some?
• How does the gift of tongues operate in the life of the believer individually in private practice?
• How does the gift of tongues operate in the corporate assembly of God’s church?
• How is the Christian edified and strengthened by praying in tongues?
• How do I pray for the gift and prepare my heart to receive it?

You can overcome the arguments, fears, and anxieties related to this spiritual gift. Remember, God gives only good gifts, and it is His intention that His church utilize all that He has provided so that we might experience all that He is.

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Contents

Top Highlights

“So there is the argument: all New Testament tongues-speech was human languages, contemporary tongues-speech is not; therefore, and contemporary tongues-speech is not biblical but some form of psychological emotivism or nonsense gibberish. This, then, leads us to the fourth of our thirty crucial questions about speaking in tongues.” (source)

“Paul says the person who speaks in tongues is truly praying to God (v. 14), praising or worshipping God (v. 15), and thanking God (v. 16).” (source)

“Paul is clearly telling us that tongues is a form of prayer. That is what speaking to God is!” (source)

“You need to do all you can to devote considerable time, perhaps even a few hours, to be alone with the Lord in uninterrupted meditation on His Word and heartfelt singing to Him. I’ve personally found it especially helpful to combine this with a period of fasting. Devote yourself in single-minded and whole-hearted adoration of the beauty of Christ and the joy of being enjoyed by Him (Zeph. 3:17). Open your heart, open your mouth, and sing forth the love songs He has put within. What happens next is between you and God.” (source)

“This is massively important because under the old covenant, before the coming of Jesus, the Spirit ministered corporately and only came on selected individuals personally (kings, priests, prophets, and military commanders, for instance). In the new covenant the Spirit now comes upon and resides within each believer individually. This is the ‘democratization’ of the Spirit!” (source)

Product Details

• Title : The Language of Heaven: Crucial Questions About Speaking in Tongues
• Author: Storms, Sam
• Publisher: Charisma House
• Publication Date: 2019
• ISBN: 9781629996080

About Sam Storms

Sam Storms, earned a ThM in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and a PhD in intellectual history from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the founder of Enjoying God Ministries, senior pastor of Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a former visiting professor of theology at Wheaton College. He has authored over two dozen books and served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society.