EDITOR'S NOTE: This Paper Pulpit religion commentary was originally published on April 5, 2008. The Apostle Paul wrote and spoke much about the subject of speaking in “other tongues.” And he ...

I grew up with two languages, with my mind shifting back and forth. We spoke English at home because my parents wanted my sister and me to be proficient in the dominant idiom of this new country.

Many years ago, the son of a pastor I knew visited a tongues-speaking church out of curiosity. Members of the congregation would stand, supposedly speak in tongues, and immediately afterwards another ...