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The Power and Pitfalls of Prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:1-5)

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The Power and Pitfalls of Prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:1-5)

By: Sam Storms

There was a time in the history of the so-called charismatic movement when the most controversial and divisive topic was that of speaking in tongues. Not anymore. That’s not to say everyone agrees on the subject of tongues. Far from it. But the most volatile issue today, and probably for the past 30 or so years, is the spiritual gift of prophecy. So what is the spiritual gift of prophecy? When I use the word prophecy I’m not referring primarily to the predic...Read More ➔

Prophecy in Real Life (Acts 21:1-16, 27-36)

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Prophecy in Real Life (Acts 21:1-16, 27-36)

By: Sam Storms

Up to this point in our study of the gift of prophecy in 1 Corinthians 12-14 we’ve looked at a number of principles that govern our understanding of what it is and how it operates. But the time has come for us to look more closely at prophecy in actual, real-life practice. And there’s no better place to do that than in Acts 21. Here we come face to face with the way prophecy functioned in the concrete affairs of life and ministry. Beginning with Acts 21, Luk...Read More ➔

Tongues: Praying and Praising in the Spirit (1) (Acts 2:1-8,11b; 1 Corinthians 14:1-19)

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Tongues: Praying and Praising in the Spirit (1) (Acts 2:1-8,11b; 1 Corinthians 14:1-19)

By: Sam Storms

My first encounter with the gifts of the Spirit came when I was nineteen years old. In the summer of 1970, after my freshman year at the University of Oklahoma I was living in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, serving with Campus Crusade for Christ on an evangelistic project. We spent the summer witnessing to those who visited the beaches and casinos. I pumped gas in a Shell station. There wasn’t much excitement in that, except for Fridays, when the motorcycle gangs from Sacram...Read More ➔

Tongues: Praying and Praising in the Spirit (2) (1 Corinthians 14:20-25)

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Tongues: Praying and Praising in the Spirit (2) (1 Corinthians 14:20-25)

By: Sam Storms

Questions we asked and answered last week: (1) Are the tongues in Acts 2 genuine human languages previously unknown to the speakers? (2) Are tongues evangelistic? (3) Are all tongues legitimate human languages? (4) What is the purpose of the gift of tongues? (5) Is the gift of tongues to be used in one’s private devotional life? (6) Are tongues a “sign”? According to 1 Corinthians 14:22, the answer would appear to be “Yes.” This follow...Read More ➔

Interpretation of Tongues, Judging Prophetic Words, and Women! (1 Corinthians 14:26-40)

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Interpretation of Tongues, Judging Prophetic Words, and Women! (1 Corinthians 14:26-40)

By: Sam Storms

We have finally come to the end of our brief series that I entitled, “Life in the Spirit.” Our aim was to examine what Paul said about spiritual gifts in the life of the church and in the lives of individual Christians as found in 1 Corinthians 12-14. In bringing this study to a close, we’ve arrived at the final paragraph of 1 Corinthians 14, one in which Paul addresses several important and very controversial subjects. So our approach in this final me...Read More ➔