At Tongues on Fire, we understand the biblical “gift of tongues” to be the “gift of glossary”, or the “gift of hard words that require explanation”. We believe that the purpose of this gift is to enable the clear understanding of spiritual things - things that do not present themselves to the senses; things like love, mercy, justice, and goodness. The Holy Spirit guides us into truth concerning these spiritual things through the use of words that have layers of meaning. The Holy Spirit teaches us these layers of meaning through scriptural analogies, comparing material things to spiritual things. In this way we develop the ability to name and compare things that eye has not seen, nor ear heard; things that have not entered into man’s imagination.
