I have always believed that the speaking in tongues thing during Pentecost was them merely speaking in other languages that they did not previously learn to speak. I mean languages spoke in other countries. I think MFM is referring to a kind of tongues that isn’t an actual known language.
I’m referring to people who pray in a gibberish language.
For clarification, this is exactly what I’m thinking of:
That person is speaking a non English language in prayer. In what way is that strictly gibberish?
Christians who think speaking in tongues is weird and gibberish are a really big problem in the Church community.
Also, regarding your statement about 1 Corinthians, I don’t think it is condemning the use of a gift from God. Paul says to strive and hope for greater gifts than that, because it’s span of use for reaching others is limited. Even then, sometimes God speaks directly to groups of believers through a gift of tongues.
Just this past week at camp it happened. Someone received a word from God in other tongues and shouted it out to everyone there. Then, as is necessary, another student was gifted with the ability to interpret meaning, and he relayed God’s words to the rest of us.