June 1, 2025 | Daniel L. Segraves, Ph.D.

As Susan and I were cleaning out our garage yesterday, I discovered a DVD titled, “Daniel Segraves, Sunday Evening Session, 2014, Division of Education Summer Institute.” Perhaps I had forgotten this DVD existed. When I viewed it, I realized it was a message I delivered exploring whether speaking in tongues is the evidence a person has been baptized with the Holy Spirit or a sign of that event.

When I was doing research for my Ph.D. dissertation on the biography and theology of Andrew D. Urshan, I read one of his books titled “My Study of Modern Pentecostals.” In this book, written in 1923, Urshan explained his belief that speaking with tongues is the sign, not the evidence. The Fundamental Doctrine of the United Pentecostal Church International describes speaking with other tongues as the initial sign of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

I wrote an article exploring this view titled “Speaking in Tongues: Evidence or Sign?” and posted it on this blog on July 19, 2018. You can read the article there.

When I realized my presentation was also preserved in video format, I decided to post it as well. Here it is:

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