Is the pendulum swinging in a different direction?

I believe that God is free to share all spiritual gifts with his children, therefore God may give the gift of tongues today.
I also believe that the gifts are given to the benefit of the entire body of Christ, therefore there are no "private" gifts or prayer language tongues. Paul did not say he had a prayer language tongue in 1 Corinthians. He gave a "what-if" scenario where he actually spoke in an angelic language. Tongues is meant as a tool from God to preach the gospel to people who have never heard about Jesus. This is how we always see it used in the book of Acts. In Corinth the congregation was a mess and Paul brought up tongues because the congregants were bringing their pagan babel into the body and he needed to correct their errors. I would caution against emulating the Corinthian church when considering tongues.

 

I have a prayer language. I do not necessarily make it private. I am friends with some pastors who admit to me a prayer language but will not admit it in public. For purposes of job security, they keep their belief hidden.

 

My prayer language is English...no one speaks in tongues today....nobody.
The do not speak in tongues, they do not pray in tongues...mumbling out loud is not tongues....there is nothing to change about it as the bible is quite clear.

 

There are reports on the mission field, in addressing new people groups who do not know the gospel, where God gave the missionary the ability to speak in the language of the tribe even though the language was not known. I believe that in those incidences the Holy Spirit has given the gift of tongues. They are rare, but I will not say God never grants the gift of tongues.

 

The Bible is not at all clear unless you have some verses I do not have in my Bible.

 

You have to leave verse 12 out for your interpretation of verse 13 to be correct.

In this case you are stating your opinion as fact. You are in no uncertain terms saying that anyone who disagrees with you is calling The Spirit a liar. I Cor 13 is a debatable passage in the Bible. Very sound Baptist commentary agrees that the perfect is the Millenial age, not the Canon. Your name is red and you can do as you wish, but your assertion that holding a differing view than you calls The Spirit a liar is very much over the top.

 

Paul still spoke in tongues when he wrote to the Corinthians. The time that tongues would cease is when the perfect comes. The perfect is not, in my opinion, the canon of scripture, but instead it is the return of Yeshua as the Sovereign King. Thus tongues has not yet ceased.

 

As I pointed out, there are still circumstances today where God uses signs to draw his children to himself.
I read Nabeel Qureshi's book "Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus" and he records how God used dreams to confirm Jesus being God and Redeemer. I have no doubts that that tongues may be used by God as a sign to reaching His elect children.
That being said, I have not yet seen tongues used that way in the church, but instead I witness many for whom tongues is a badge of pride.

 

TC, you are forcing the canon upon Paul with nothing in the context of 1 Corinthians 13 to support your opinion. I have heard your opinion shared ad naseum my entire life, yet never seen a well crafted argument that fits the context of Paul's writing to Corinth. If you wish to hold an unsubstantiated theory that is your right.

Faith, hope and love do abide. They will always abide. Tongues and prophecy will cease when Jesus, the perfect one, returns.

 

I fully agree. This is the correct interpretation.

 

Has nothing to do with my experience. I came to a Biblical belief in a prayer language long before I experienced one.