Unction and Utterance: A Practical Book About Speaking In Tongues

by Tim Brown

A Christian’s ultimate goal is to be changed, to be transformed into the image of Jesus. But what does that look like? How is that accomplished? Jesus promised that the Father would send the Holy Spirit, Who when He had come, would indwell the believer and empower them to do His works. The ministry of the Spirit in the life of the saints is just as real and valid today as it was two thousand years ago!
Part of the Spirit's ministry is to enable the believer to speak in unknown tongues supernaturally. However, there is a great deal of confusion and controversy about this issue. There are varying opinions from one extreme to the other. One extreme says that tongues are of the devil, and though it once was in the Church, it has since passed away. Then there's a more moderate view that says some may speak in tongues, but it's not for everyone. Then there's the other extreme that says unless you speak in tongues you aren't really saved.
On the other hand, many of those who do speak in tongues have made it seem spooky and have treated it like some kind of badge of honor, when, in fact, speaking in tongues is very practical and has tremendous value! What are we to do, then, with these extreme views? Does the Bible have anything to say about it? Should we give speaking in tongues prominence today, or should we throw it out like last week’s old banana peels?
In “Unction and Utterance” Tim Brown takes a biblical and constructive approach to answer these questions about this controversial topic. In its pages you’ll
•19 biblical reasons for speaking in tongues
•Did the Early Church give prominence to speaking in tongues?
•How can tongues benefit us today
•Why God chose tongues as a means to accomplish His plan
•And much more!

81 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 2, 2019

About the author

Tim W. Brown was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. In 1983 he graduated summa cum laude from Northern Illinois University with a degree in American studies. He is the author of four published novels, Deconstruction Acres (1997), Left of the Loop (2001), Walking Man (2008), and Second Acts (2010). His fiction, poetry and nonfiction have appeared in over two hundred publications, including Another Chicago Magazine, The Bloomsbury Review, The Brooklyn Rail, Chelsea, Chiron Review, Colorado Review, The Fiction Review, The Ledge, Main Street Rag, New Observations, Oyez Review, Pleiades, Poetry Project Newsletter, Rain Taxi, Rockford Review, Slipstream, Small Press Review, and Storyhead. A long-time resident of Chicago, where he was a fixture in that citys literary scene as a writer, performer, and publisher of Tomorrow Magazine (1982-1999), Brown moved to New York in 2003. He currently earns his living as a writer at Bloomberg."