I’ve been doing some studies recently on how to increase the POWER OF GOD in a Christian’s life. FASTING AND PRAYER plays a huge role, as Franklin Hall’s Atomic Power with God clearly shows. But on the other hand, so does the practice of PRAYING IN TONGUES. I don’t fully understand the mystery of praying in tongues quite yet–or why there would be a direct link between praying in tongues and increasing the power of God. But if this is so, then I want to learn it all the more. Here is a bibliography of Charismatic books on the power of praying in tongues. I advise against reading Morton Kelsey’s Tongue Speaking (1968), which has a “psychic” New Age spin on it. The following books are only orthodox Charismatic books.

After researching a bit on this bibliography, I want to point special attention to Larry Christenson, who also in 1968, released his book called Speaking in Tongues (renamed below). It had a profound impact on the Charismatic Renewal in the Lutheran church as well as in other circles.

“Speaking in tongues” can come in different forms. (1) It can come as an ecstatic prophetic utterance that needs to be interpreted. (2) It can come as a foreign earthly language unknown to the speaker. (3) It can come as a form of ecstatic prayer–used for building up the spirit man, and increases the supernatural, prophetic, and miraculous power in the life of the believer. It is this third use of tongues that I am interested in learning more about. Healers and prophets are more qualified to teach on such topics. All of these people have moved in either the prophetic or healing ministries. But because healing is usually of a higher order than the prophetic, because it depends on the prophetic for its functioning, I’m inclined to believe that healers should have even greater insight into the mystery of praying in tongues. 

So, if I were to recommend two main books to start with on the topic of tongues, I would have to point you to…

FURTHER READING ON SPEAKING IN TONGUES.

Basham, Don. Tongues, Interpretation, & Prophecy, 1971.

Bennett, Dennis. How to Pray for the Release of the Holy Spirit, 1985.

Christenson, Larry. Speaking in Tongues, 1968.

Hays, Norvel. Why You Should Speak in Tongues, 2002.

Schep, J. A. Spirit Baptism and Tongue Speaking, 1970.

Sherrill, John. They Speak with Other Tongues, 1964.

Bennett, Dennis and Rita. The Holy Spirit and You, 1971.

Ervin, H. M. These Are Not Drunken, As Ye Suppose, 1976.

Hamilton, M. P., ed. The Charismatic Movement, 1975.

Horton, Stanley. What the Bible Says About the Holy Spirit, 1976.

McDonnell, Kilian. The Holy Spirit and Power, 1975.

Riggs, R. M. The Spirit Himself, 1949.

Williams, J. Rodman. The Gift of the Holy Spirit Today, 1980.

FROM “GLOSSOLALIA” ARTICLE IN NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC MOVEMENTS

Horton, Wade, ed. The Glossolalia Phenomenon, 1966.

Hunter, H. D. Spirit-Baptism, 1983.

MacDonald, William. Glossolalia in the New Testament, n.d.

Martin, I. J. Glossolalia in the Apostolic Church, 1960.

McDonnell, Kilian. Charismatic Renewal and the Churches, 1976.

Mills, W. E. Glossolalia: A Bibliography, 1985.

——-. Speaking in Tongues: A Guide to Research on Glossolalia, 1986.

Sherrill, John. They Speak with Other Tongues, 1964.

Williams, C. G. Tongues of the Spirit, 1981.

CLASSIC PENTECOSTAL VIEW OF “BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT” TAKEN FROM NOTES OF STANLEY HORTON’S VIEW IN PERSPECTIVES ON SPIRIT BAPTISM: FIVE VIEWS

Basham, Don. A Handbook on Holy Spirit Baptism, 1972. [Charismatic].

Brumback, Carl. What Meaneth This?, 1947.

Chavda, Mahesh. The Hidden Power of Praying in Tongues, 2003. [Charismatic].

Dalton, Robert. Tongues Like as of Fire, 1945.

Frodsham, Stanley. With Signs Following, 1941.

MacDonald, William. Glossolalia in the New Testament, n.d.

Ervin, Howard. These Are Not Drunken, As Ye Suppose, 1976.  [Charismatic].

Wallis, Arthur. Pray in the Spirit, 1977. [Charismatic].

Horton, Harold. The Gifts of the Spirit, 1934.

Frodsham, Stanley. With Signs Following, 1941.