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Baptism: Controversy Between the Opposite Points of View on the Issue of Speaking in Tongues

One of the most mystical and controversial concepts in the Bible is the baptism of the Holy Spirit as evidenced by speaking in tongues. Biblical scholars' ideas about the subject run the gamut from John F. Walvoord's belief that "There is actually no more connection between the baptism of the Spirit and speaking with tongues than there is between speaking in tongues and regeneration or justification"[1] to Kilian McDonnell and George T. Montague's assertion that "As for the Pentecostal 'baptism in the Spirit' in Acts 2, it goes without saying that the presence of the Spirit was manifested through the charisms of tongues and prophecy, for such is precisely the interpretation Peter gives the event (2:14-18)."[2] James D.G. Dunn acknowledges that "in apostolic times, the speaking in tongues was considered to be the initial physical evidence of a person's having received the baptism in the Holy Spirit" but identifies this belief with the Pentecostal tradition rather than as an enduring truth.[3] John Clark, on the other hand, sees speaking in tongues as the initial evidence of Holy Spirit baptism as being ordained by God.[4]

The baptism of the Holy Spirit is widely associated with Pentecostalism by virtue of the fact that Charles Parham's "pentecostal doctrine of necessary, or evidential tongues-that is, the assertion that speaking in tongues must be part of any experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit for it to be deemed genuine"-was the first modern theory of note involving the connection between the baptism in the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues.[5]

This paper will examine the baptism according to Acts and to Luke and the relevance of Acts for the Christian today. The analysis will address the controversy between the opposite points of view on the issue of speaking in tongues. It will conclude with a summary of the issues treated.

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