[Dem Gal]

>The subject of discusion is speaking in tongues and I just
>said that it is has lost its meaning in the church. people are
>saying things they only know in very strange utterences that
>even God himslef cannot begin to fathom as praise to him but
>something else. Surel even you martin have seen these things
>am talking about. Please refer to Acts 2 and see what speaking
>in tongues is all about.Only then will you stop saying
>"maybe"

According to the bible, the gift of "tongues" is a gift of the Holy Spirit. This is one of the reasons I am careful when commenting about matters of tongues since the only sin that is unforgivable is the sin of "grieving the Holy Spirit".

I remember a preacher saying something which somehow clarified this issue. He said that the gift of tongues is manifested in two different forms, which are;

1. Talking in Tongues
2. Praying in Tongues

Of the two, Praying in tongues is one of the signs of a christian who has been filled by the Holy Spirit. The gift of Talking in tongues goes hand in hand with the gift of Interpreting Tongues. Therefore its only prudent for one to talk in tongues when someone else can interpret this strange tongues to the congregant such that the word of the Lord is passed along.