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[30 Mar 2011 | No Comment | 21 views]

I deny a Trinity of separate persons in the godhead…. Does thou in good earnest think they [Catholicism] were one in judgment with Sabellius, who only rejected the imaginary personality of those times; who at the same instant owned and confessed to the Eternity and godhead of Christ Jesus our Lord. It is manifest, then that though I may deny the Trinity of separate persons in one godhead, yet I do not consequentially deny the Deity of Jesus Christ.
William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) was an early …

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[1 Dec 2008 | 2 Comments | 837 views]

The Bible explains that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of someone receiving the Holy Ghost.
Since the Bible also says that we must be filled with the Holy Ghost in order to be saved, we know that a person will speak in tongues, at the least, at the instant they are filled with the Spirit.

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[21 Nov 2008 | No Comment | 384 views]

By Charles T. Crabtree
The assemblies of God believes and teaches that the baptism in the Holy Spirit is accompanied by the initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues (unlearned languages) as the Spirit of God gives audible expression (Acts 2:1-4; 10:44-48; 19:1-6).  What a wonderful provision and heavenly gift all believers may receive.
From time to time, I am asked if people have to speak with tongues in order to say with certainty they have received the gift of the Holy Spirit.  It appears these people are viewing speaking with …

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[21 Nov 2008 | No Comment | 579 views]

Dr. Carl Peterson of O.R.U. in Tulsa, OK, is a brain specialist and was doing research on the relationship between the brain and praying or speaking in tongues.  Some amazing things were discovered!
Through research and testing, Dr. Peterson found that as we pray in the Spirit or worship in the Spirit (our heavenly language) there is activity that begins to happen in our brain.  As we engage in our heavenly language, the brain releases two chemical secretions that are directed into our immune systems giving a 35 to 40% boost …