What is speaking in tongues as described in Acts 2 of the Bible? Is it some kind of mysterious utterance, or something practical and miraculous?

What is speaking in tongues as described in Acts 2 of the Bible? Is it some kind of mysterious utterance, or something practical and miraculous?

Here are some questions we must face to get to the truth of what God tells us about the controversial topic of speaking in tongues: 1] What does the Bible mean when it says one of the spiritual gifts is tongues? 2] Does this gift have a time limit, in other words, has its use ceased to exist? 3] Do demons speak in tongues, too? If so, how can Christians tell what is from God and what is from the…

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Randy Bell | Meditating: Your Way to Success (Read)

Randy Bell | Meditating: Your Way to Success (Read)

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”  Joshua 1:8 If I was a multi-millionaire and guaranteed you would be successful in business if you learned my system of doing things at no cost to…

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Jeremiah 17:1-2 (NKJV) 1 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with the point of a diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars, 2 While their children remember their altars and their wooden images by the green trees on the high hills. The definition of character is based off the idea of engraving or beating and shaping an item like a workman…

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Randy Bell | The Five Purposes God Has Called You To

Randy Bell | The Five Purposes God Has Called You To

Today’s current Christian faith has withered down to “give me what I like and want spiritually“, “feed me“, “make me feel better about myself“, “make worship so good that it builds me up and makes me excited”, “make God accept me like I am”, and “do not beg for money, I want to spend my money how I want!” Selfishness and pleasure have become the driving force, the purpose, in most religious…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Now Stand Up And Walk in Faith Through Difficulties | Week 12 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Now Stand Up And Walk in Faith Through Difficulties | Week 12 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-Abraham-EstablishRealFaithThroughDifficulty.mp3   1/ does not mean He is late 2/ does not mean He is inactive 3/ does not mean He is not working THIS IS WHERE FAITH WORKS! Genesis 17:1-14 (NLT2) 1  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Resist The Deceptive Voice of Iniquity | Week 11 Part 2 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Resist The Deceptive Voice of Iniquity | Week 11 Part 2 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-Part2-Abraham-ResistTheDeceptiveVoiceOfIniquity.mp3   2 Thessalonians 2:7 (AMP) 7  For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way. Iniquity doing things in your way, or somebody…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Resist The Deceptive Voice of Iniquity | Week 11 Part 1 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Resist The Deceptive Voice of Iniquity | Week 11 Part 1 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/11-Abraham-Part1-ResistTheDeceptiveVoiceOfIniquity.mp3   “The Mystery of Iniquity is already at work…” 2 Thessalonians 2:7 The Mystery of Iniquity is Satan’s gigantic resistance to the building of the church through deception which will finally engulf the entire earth. Mystery = secret, a secret revealed for the first time Matthew 13:34-35…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Resist The Voice of Reason | Week 10 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Resist The Voice of Reason | Week 10 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10-2003-Abraham-ResistTheVoiceOfReason.mp3   10 years passed since God made His initial covenant and promise nothing happened still no son! But … God had been doing wonderful things to develop Abram his friend so that He could entrust him with the son. Loyalty and character takes time to develop and establish. While God worked in Abram,…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Focus and Learn To Walk by Faith

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Focus and Learn To Walk by Faith

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/09-LearnToWalkByFaith.mp3   God takes the initiative to be involved in the life of a man He plans to use and become friends with. Sometimes this means active intervention by mighty acts. We must see what God is doing and respond. We must learn to trust Him. Genesis 12:1-8 (NKJV) 1  Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country,…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Run To Your Battle… Discover Your New Name! | Week 7 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: Run To Your Battle… Discover Your New Name! | Week 7 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/07-LIVEbyFAITH-RunToTheBattle.mp3   “For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.” Luke 19:10 (NLT2) And it is not without brutal conflict! “We know… that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.” 1 John 5:19 (NLT2) That is why there is no possibility of avoiding real life conflicts, real battles, or…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: The Battle For Your Heart! | Week 5 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: The Battle For Your Heart! | Week 5 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/05-TheBattleForPeoplesHeart.mp3 No matter what mask is worn… politics, government, religious, culture, or education there is a war for people’s minds. Deception and confusion reigns in our day. But Jesus warned His followers while praying to God the Father, “I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: All Are Fallen And Broken And Need A New Heart | Week 4 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: All Are Fallen And Broken And Need A New Heart | Week 4 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04-AllCarryEvilHeart.mp3   All are broken, with a broken heart, living a life of lies, deception, and hurt and desperately need healing to become the whole person God created them to be. Luke 4:18-19 (NKJV) “The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: God Seeks A Man With A Loyal Heart | Week 2 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: God Seeks A Man With A Loyal Heart | Week 2 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/02-2003-05-04-God-Draws-Men-To-Himself.mp3 2 Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him…” The heart of men today has been driven and hidden inside, like a wounded animal hiding… Three Masculine Desires… 1/ a battle to fight 2/…

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Randy Bell | Live By Faith: God Seeks Friendship With Men | Week 1 (audio)

Randy Bell | Live By Faith: God Seeks Friendship With Men | Week 1 (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2003-04-27-God-Loves-Men-Wild-in-Heart.mp3   A Study of Abraham Becoming God’s Friend: How God Shapes Those He Loves Genesis 2:7-8 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the…

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Randy Bell | Choose Forgiveness (audio)

Randy Bell | Choose Forgiveness (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1995-ChooseForgiveness-Speedcorrected.mp3   2 Corinthians 2:9-11 (NKJV) 9  For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things. 10  Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 11…

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Randy Bell | Faith Works: Do You Really Want God's Kingdom To Grow (audio)

Randy Bell | Faith Works: Do You Really Want God’s Kingdom To Grow (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1996-03-17FaithWorks-DoyouWantToSeeGodsKingdomGrowVolunteer.mp3 “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?” If you do not volunteer to help God’s kingdom will not reach your family and community. Exodus 18:6-27 (NLT2) 6  Jethro had sent a…

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Randy Bell | Faith Works: How To Impact Your Community For Christ (audio)

Randy Bell | Faith Works: How To Impact Your Community For Christ (audio)

https://straighttalk.klptv.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1996-Acts2-GodAtWork.mp3 1 Corinthians 10:1-11 (NLT2) 1  I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters, about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground. 2  In the cloud and in the sea, all of them were baptized as…

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