What Does Repent Mean?

Posted July 4, 2017

What does repent mean? Does repent simply mean to change our mind or is some action required?   In both the Old and New Testaments, the word repent can mean - a) To be sorry about or regret something or b) To turn away from sin. In the OT, the KJV translates two Hebrew words as "repent" - ...

Speaking In Tongues – General Comments

Posted May 23, 2017

Speaking In Tongues – General Comments Comments on various points about speaking in tongues.   1) If tongues have ceased, why did Paul say not to forbid speaking in tongues (1 Cor. 14:39)? The simple reason is that when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians, about 55AD, tongues was still a gift and ...

Free Will

Posted April 7, 2017

Free Will "You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil". (Gen. 2:17)   Man has always had the free will to choose right from wrong. When God told Adam not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:17), Adam had the freedom to choose whether or not to...

Speaking In Tongues And Private Prayer

Posted January 16, 2017

Speaking In Tongues And Private Prayer Like all gifts, speaking in tongues was not for private use but for the common good.   Many believe that speaking in tongues is for private prayer, however, there is not one verse that supports the private use of tongues. The Bible tells us that - All...

Speaking In Tongues - A Sign

Posted December 18, 2016

Speaking In Tongues – A Sign “Tongues then are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers” (1 Cor. 14:22).   It’s commonly believed that speaking in tongues is a private prayer language but that idea is read into the text. Not a single verse states that tongues is f...