tongues
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“Unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.”—1 Corinthians 14:9 NASB95 Few passages in the New Testament have generated more debate than Paul’s discussion of tongues in 1 Corinthians 12–14. For many modern readers, 1 Corinthians 14:2…
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There are moments in Scripture where small details carry large implications. Acts 2 is one of them. For generations, preachers have pictured the apostles still huddled in the same upper room where they prayed after the Ascension. It’s a familiar scene—intimate, dramatic, cinematic—but inaccurate. Where the Scene Actually Unfolds Acts 1:13 explicitly mentions the upper room; Acts…