EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth story in a five-part series titled "The Power of Prayer" that will break down the theology and practice of prayer in different religions. Today's installment examines ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This Paper Pulpit religion commentary was originally published on April 5, 2008. The Apostle Paul wrote and spoke much about the subject of speaking in “other tongues.” And he ...

WHILE teaching on prayer last year, we dealt at length with praying in the spirit or simply praying in tongues. Last week we touched the surface of the subject yet again as an introduction. Isn’t it ...

Man is a spirit but he has a soul and lives in a body (1 Thess 5:23)- “May the very God of peace sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless to the coming ...

“So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our ...

This type of speaking in tongues, glossolalia, is seen by modern Christians to be related to the practice of the earliest Christian churches as described by Paul in 1 Corinthians 12-14. Especially in ...

Not too long ago, many people were predicting the demise of Christianity. Their predictions may have been borne out in Western countries, where church attendance appears to be dropping. But the ...