Cessationism 4 (Have Tongues Ceased?) | Daniel Kolenda: Off The Record

In this episode of Off The Record, Daniel Kolenda continues his series on "The Heresy of Cessationism" asking the question in part 4: "Has the gift of speaking in tongues ceased?"

By dissecting key passages from 1 Corinthians 14, Daniel challenges the Cessationist belief that glossolalia in the New Testament is referring exclusively to unlearned, human languages. Instead, he presents a compelling case that tongues, as described in Corinth, are primarily a spiritual language that “no one knows.”

Daniel also offers a rebuttal to the common cessationist idea that there is no justification for enjoying tongues in a private, devotional, personal edification capacity.

Finally, Daniel shows how the 1 Cor. 14:22 does not teach that tongues intended to convince Jewish unbelievers of the truthfulness of the Gospel as many cessationists claim.

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To view the other parts of this series about "The Heresy of Cessationism" visit:

Cessationism 1 (The Scriptures)

Cessationism 2 (A Cascade of Lies)

Cessationism 3 (Has Prophecy Ceased?)

Cessationism 4 (Have Tongues Ceased?)

Cessationism 5 (Gifts of Healings)

Cessationism 6 (Evidence of Modern Miracles)

The Heresy of Cessationism 7 (Miracle Workers)

Cessationism 8 (More Calvinist Than Calvin)

Cessationism 9 (The Pagan Origins)

Cessationism 10 (The Godfather of Cessationism)

Cessationism 11 (Miracles in the Middle Ages)

Cessationism 12 (Awakening & Revival)

For this interpretation of verse 1 Corinthians 14:22, see Robert J. Gladstone, “Sign Language in the Assembly: How are Tongues a Sign to the Unbeliever in 1 Cor 14:20-25?” Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 2.2 (1999): 177-193. See also Gordon Fee, The First Epistle to the Corinthians (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987) 677-678 and John Paul Heil, The Rhetorical Role of Scripture in 1 Corinthians (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005) 200-202.

Scriptures referenced in the text are as follows:

Acts 2 - The account of Pentecost.

Acts 10 - The account of Cornelius' House.

1 Corinthians 14:4 - "Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves..."

1 Corinthians 14:18 - Mention of Paul speaking in tongues more than the Corinthians.

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Paul's preference for intelligible words in the church.

1 Corinthians 14:26 - Instructions for orderly conduct in the church.

1 Corinthians 14:27-28 - Guidelines for speaking in tongues with interpretation.

1 Corinthians 14:39-40 - The desire for prophecy and not preventing speaking in tongues.

Isaiah 28:7-13 - The Old Testament passage referenced in 1 Corinthians 14.

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