I'm not the least bit concerned about my "spiritual health" either. That's a cheap shot to take when someone disagrees with you. While others may have ITCHING EARS. I don't have itching ears I prefer to believe what God states in the Bible.
I don't like seeing Paul's words being twisted to validate speaking in tongues as being discussed here. Charismatics and Pentecostals wish to believe that if you don't speak in tongues than you're not a real "Christian". That doesn't bother me at all either.
I don't blame the Baptists clergy for condemning it... there's enough heresy out there without adding this to it. The context on tongues as Paul is describing it is NOT what Pentecostals and Charismatics push. Look up the Greek for the passage.
When you have time attend a Pentecostal or Charismatic "revival" or just a meeting where they are "slain in the spirit". It will bring home my point that talk is VERY cheap.
The WRITTEN word is certainly sufficient for you too. It certainly makes sense for God, Who is unchanging to have His teachings in WRITING. I suspect this is WHY His teachings are in WRITING. If you're still not convinced, try a game of whisper down the lane and see how talk is twisted. As I mentioned to MineralMan, 1/3 of countless angels fell ... they're having a field day out there.
Charismatics and Pentecostals wish to believe that if you don't speak in tongues than you're not a real "Christian". That doesn't bother me at all either.
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As written, that's at best a gross wholesale distortion of fact.
Some . . . a small minority, actually . . . tend to IMPLY that in their tones and attitudes.
One would think that gross distortions of fact would bother a Christian poster.