Critiquing Spiritual Language (Tongues) – A response

I have written over the years on social media my exegetical, theological, and apologetic on the subject of tongues. I have a rather extensive commentary on I Corinthians 14, posted on my blog site, DrKevinbaird.com . Just use the search engine on the site and type in “tongues” and you will find 6 articles walking through carefully the chapter which Paul writes to address the phenomena at Corinth. There is also another article referencing as to what language Peter used when preaching in Acts 2. I understand that Facebook posts resolve nothing, especially a topic such as this; however, there are moments egregious posts are offered and it bears a response. I have learned as I have aged, that there should be a certain exegetical humility from the Bible student. Especially on subjects which Bible-believing Christians may differ. Tongues, or what I often times refer to as Spiritual Language, is one of those topics. Swift dismissals and pithy memes condemning its validity (or reality) does not constitute a biblical critique. 

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