Sherrill - They Speak with Other Tongues

1964, 1985, 2004 by John Sherrill

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Many of us cut our eyeteeth on John and Elizabeth Sherrills classic They Speak with Other Tongues. As the Holy Spirit fell on the old-line churches in the late 1960s, there were no books, and very few teachers, who could inform and guide us as we tried out our fledgling wings. Its a joy to see that you are republishing the book so that this and future generations may not lose the impact it had upon us all. God bless the fortieth anniversary edition, and may it prosper todays generation as it did ours.

John and Paula Sandford, authors and co-founders, Elijah House International

They Speak With Other Tongues ignited a revival that birthed thousands of churches around the world.

Dr. George Otis, founder, Kingsworld Ministries, and founder, High Adventure Ministries

Two things are unquestionable: the timeliness of the impact They Speak with Other Tongues made in the 1960s in the awakening to spiritual renewal that took place in the Body of Christ. And the timelessness of its message, which will speak to you today as it spoke to me then and now.

Dr. Jack Hayford, founding pastor, The Church On The Way, and chancellor, The Kings College and Seminary, Van Nuys, Calif.

They Speak with Other Tongues is an excellent tool for introducing the Body of Christ to Gods provisionprovision that enables the believer to live a dynamic Christian life.

Chuck Smith, senior pastor, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Calif.

By helping me understand the spiritual gift of tongues, John and Elizabeth Sherrill changed me from a scoffer to a believer.

Richard Schneider, senior writer, Guideposts

John and Tib Sherrills They Speak with Other Tongues is an invaluable synthesis of historical and biblical background, contemporary events and extraordinary personal experience. Its especially this latter aspect that renders They Speak with Other Tongues such a unique and memorable book.

Catherine Marshall, author

They Speak with Other Tongue s is all about the joy of the Holy Spirita classic written for such a time as this.

Graham and Treena Kerr, former Galloping Gourmet team

John Sherrill and Dennis Bennett were together double-hitters to the power of the Holy Spirit for our day. Dennis received his personal Pentecost in the fall of 1959, and John followed him. John wrote his classic They Speak with Other Tongues in 1964 and Dennis wrote his classic Nine OClock in the Morning six years later. Their testimonies brought about a worldwide homerun for the Holy Spirit.

Rita Bennett, president, Christian Renewal Association, Inc.

I read They Speak with Other Tongues for the first time forty years ago and found it even more meaningful this time around. I am glad that a new generation of readers is going to have a chance to be exposed to it.

I was especially glad to learn that John and his wife, Elizabeth, wrote the book together. The Sherrills are masters of research, linking historical, biblical and contemporary material in a way that is awesome. Their writing style rings with clarity and grace. They touch the heart most truly when they allow the reader a deep personal grasp of Johns own extraordinary experience with Christ.

This is a book with a balanced message. Their bottom line: The baptism with the Holy Spirit is nothing more than a means to an end, and the end is always Christ, and the sign of Christs presence in us is always love.

Colleen Townsend Evans, author, partner in Renewal Ministry

Forty years ago a skeptical yet honest reporter set out to investigate a phenomenon. It was new, yet thousands of years old. In the middle of his investigation he found himself inside the story, changed in a way he never expected. That reporter is a good friend of mine. His story became a book that changed literally millions of lives. Ive visited every country on earth and seen the footprints of the Sherrills book in countless lives and churches. Read this book for the first time, or for a fresh touch from the Holy Spirit.

Loren Cunningham, founder, Youth With A Mission

No other book in modern times has created such hunger and desire for genuine Holy Spirit renewal. Wherever we find the Holy Spirit being outpoured, we will find John and Elizabeths book They Speak with Other Tongues as the initial spark. This is one of the most life-changing books ever written.

David Wilkerson, senior pastor, Times Square Church, New York, and author, The Cross and the Switchblade

John and Elizabeth Sherrills They Speak with Other Tongues was the right book at the right place at the right time, playing a crucial role in sparking the worldwide charismatic renewal. It must be seen as one of the most important Christian books of the twentieth century.

Dr. Vinson Synan, dean, School of Divinity, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Va.

Is epochal too strong a word? I think not. They Speak With Other Tongues is perhaps epochal in mainstreaming glossalalia. If you havent read it (it is hard to imagine someone who hasnt) then read it. The message is as timely as at its initial publishing forty years ago!

Ben Kinchlow, Ben Kinchlow Ministries, and former co-host, The 700 Club