An Essential Guide to Speaking in Tongues: Foundations on the Holy Spirit

by Ron Phillips

Publisher:

Charisma House

, 2011

Overview

This book is part of the Foundation Series by Pastor Ron Phillips. The series will contain books describing the basic foundational truths for the Spirit-filled believer. An Essential Guide to Speaking in Tongues will describe the author’s own experience with speaking in tongues. The author brings great balance to this topic and helps readers to understand that speaking in tongues is a blessing of God that gives us the ability to boldly approach God’s throne with the Holy Spirit’s power and language.

 

Contents

Table of Contents

1. The Holy Spirit and His Work

The History of Pentecost

The Curse of Babel

The Work of the Spirit Is Indispensable

The Work of the Spirit Is Individual

The Work of the Holy Spirit Is Inscrutable

2. The Gift and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

They Are Divine Gifts

They Are Different Gifts

They Are Dependent Gifts

There Are Dangers Associated With the Gifts

The Neglect of Spiritual Gifts

The Fear of Spiritual Gifts

The Clustering of Like Gifts

The Lack of Balance in the Body of Christ

3. Speaking in Tongues and Scripture

Speaking in Tongues Defined

4. Speaking in Tongues and Jesus Christ

Nicodemus and Tongues

Jesus’s Prayer Life

Understanding the Great Commission

5. Speaking in Tongues and Church History

The Last Apostle

Only Three Periods of Miracles

Biblical Support for the Continuation of Tongues

1 Corinthians 1:4–8

History Speaks

6. Speaking in Tongues and the Church

My First Experience With Tongues and Interpretation

The Use of Prophetic Tongues Today

7. Speaking in Tongues and the Individual

The Benefits of a Private Prayer Language

Releases a Joyful New Connection to God

Releases Spiritual Understanding

Releases Power and Strength

Releases a New Dimension of Worship

Releasing the Gifts of Tongues

8. Speaking in Tongues as Evidence of Spirit Baptism

Three Main Groups of Pentecostals

Support for Evidential Tongues

An Evidence or the Evidence?

Abba Father and Spirit Baptism

9. Speaking in Tongues and Science

New York Times and Tongues

Mozart and Tongues

Worship Strengthened

10. Speaking in Tongues and Order

On the Whole

It Is Reported That There Is Fornication Among You

Such Fornication as Is Not Even Named Among the Nations

Some Cautions About Speaking in Tongues

11. Speaking in Tongues as Hope for Spiritual Awakening

Times of Refreshing

A Final Requirement

12. Speaking in Tongues and the Heavenly Promise

You Can Be Endued With Power

The Promise Is to the Church

The Promise Is to the Family

The Promise Is to All Who Will Answer the Call

The Promise Included the Blessing of Abraham

Divine Power

Supernatural Gifting

Partakers of the Divine Nature

The Promise Includes the Anointing and Sealing

Will God Keep His Promise

How Do You Release the Promise in Your Life?

Know This Promise Came to You in Jesus

Desire “More” in Your Christian Life

Come to Jesus for This Release

Come in Worship and Expectation!

Endnotes

For Further Reading

 

Product Details

• Title : An Essential Guide to Speaking in Tongues
• Author: Phillips, Ron
• Publisher: Charisma House
• Publication Date: 2011
• ISBN: 9781616384227

About Ron Phillips

In 1979 Ron Phillips was called as pastor of Central Baptist Church located in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area, where he serves today. Under his ministry, this Southern Baptist church has experienced the birth and growth of many ministries and completed several building projects, but more importantly, the church has exploded into new realms of renewal and spiritual awakening. Having earned a bachelor’s degree from Samford University, as well as a master of divinity and a doctorate of ministry from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, his successes were many. But in 1989, he felt in his spirit that the joy in serving had left him. He was burned out in ministry and ready to resign when he had an encounter with the Holy Spirit that changed his life forever. With Pastor Phillips' new anointing came a deeper passion to reach across America and eventually around the world with the powerful message of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.