Thinking about speaking in tongues (1 Corinthians 14) What is speaking in tongues? How should this gift be used? Gather to give Organic, yet ordered Questions: How does Paul describe the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues? What is its primary use? Who does it build up? Should speaking in tongues be practiced in a gathering of believers? What instructions does Paul give on how to use it? Paul assumes that Christians are carrying on a relationship with God in their personal lives, and then gathering with a readiness to build one another up. What happens if Christians neglect a personal relationship with God and rely on gatherings to "fill them up?" Christian gatherings like church services and small groups must keep a wise tension between organic ministry and pre-planned, ordered ministry. What's the difference? Why do we need both?