Furthermore…

At our Couples for Christ prayer meeting yesterday the main topic for consideration was Pentecost Sunday and the Holy Spirit. Some discussion was had on the gift of speaking in tongues, but it turned to be an area understood differently within the group.
I like to think that the gift was that of understanding of tongues, bestowed on the many folks present with different native tongues. The apostles could have been speaking normally, but with the help of the Holy Spirit they were understood by the many.
Some of the people in our group were familiar with instances of “speaking in tongues” in various charismatic groups, unintelligible ululation, squeaking and the such. There seemed to be a bit of suspicion of, and discomfort with, such manifestations, although not, of course, any suggestion that there might be deception involved.