Reflections in Christ by Savannah

Many believers misunderstand the concept of speaking in tongues. Today, many Christians assume that speaking in “strange tongues” simply means rapidly moving the tongue in an unusual way. However, according to the Bible, speaking in tongues is a supernatural ability to speak in a language that the speaker has never learned. When the believers of Lord Jesus received the Holy Spirit in Pentecost, the Holy Spirit empowered them to speak in strange tongues. In Acts 2:4–12, it is written: And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, ...

There is no historical and biblical proof that December 25 is Yeshua’s birthday. The first three centuries Christians never celebrated Yeshua’s birthday. They are more focus on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They do celebrate Easter, but not the death or birthday of Yeshua.  I often see contemporary Christians cite Tertullian of Carthage, Hippolytus of Rome, and Liber Pontificalis as references on why Jesus birthday was December 25. However, it seems like they intentionally ignore Clement of Alexandria who never mention the date December 25 as Jesus birth in his writings, and Origen of Alexandria who solemnly rejects the idea of "birthdays" as they viewed it tied to "pagan worship" in their time. Because some writings were disregarded, vulnerable Christians just blindly accept December 25, failing to recognize that all 1st-3rd century Christians did was "speculate", "calculate", and "debate" Jesus' birthday. They actually never ...