Sermons on Tongues

Sermons on Tongues

1 Corinthians 14:20-40

The Gift of Tongues: Restricted in Public SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 14:20-40   Introduction:  Last Lord’s Day we opened a dialogue on the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues and the companion gift of interpretation of tongues.  We did this because we are in the process of preaching through the book of 1 Corinthians, and chapter 14 is the principal passage on this gift in the Bible.  In fact, it is the only chapter that gives us instructions concerning the use and misuse of this…

Acts 2:1-21

The Birthday of the Church Introduction:  When my second son, Andrew, was born two and a half years ago I had the incredible privilege of watching the event.  I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything, but the fact is that it was a time of many varied emotions.  In addition to sheer awe at the miracle of birth, I experienced a mixture of fear, doubt, humor, exhaustion, pride, humility, and many other feelings.  Birth is such an awesome event that I suppose most people…