http://christthekingatl.com/ Christ the King Anglican Church ATL tmelton@christthekingatl.com Christ the King Anglican Church ATL Here are summaries of our adult catechesis classes at CTK. We hope these help you grow in Christ! Here are summaries of our adult catechesis classes at CTK. We hope these help you grow in Christ! en © 2026 Christ The King Anglican Church no Fr. Tyler Holley <p>In this catechesis lecture, Fr. Tyler Holley explains the common texts used to support the modern practice of "speaking in tongues". Arguing for the historic interpretation that St. Paul and St. Luke are speaking of xenoglossia rather than glossolalia (gibberish speech), he also addresses the change in "plausibility structure" that occurred in the 19th century that allowed for this new interpretation to seem plausible. The preference for unmediated, personal religious experience was the inevitable fruition of the Enlightenment, which place unquestionable trust in the truth of our own experiences. In the end, he argues that to accept the modern idea of "gibberish speech" as a valid religious experience would be to accept a host of presuppositions that are biblically unjustified, historically unknown, and spiritually damaging. He leaves us with a charitable way of considering the phenomenon using the psychological category of "learned emotional response". </p> <p>In this catechesis lecture, Fr. Tyler Holley explains the common texts used to support the modern practice of "speaking in tongues". Arguing for the historic interpretation that St. Paul and St. Luke are speaking of xenoglossia rather than glossolalia (gibberish speech), he also addresses the change in "plausibility structure" that occurred in the 19th century that allowed for this new interpretation to seem plausible. The preference for unmediated, personal religious experience was the inevitable fruition of the Enlightenment, which place unquestionable trust in the truth of our own experiences. In the end, he argues that to accept the modern idea of "gibberish speech" as a valid religious experience would be to accept a host of presuppositions that are biblically unjustified, historically unknown, and spiritually damaging. He leaves us with a charitable way of considering the phenomenon using the psychological category of "learned emotional response". </p> In this catechesis lecture, Fr. Tyler Holley explains the common texts used to support the modern practice of "speaking in tongues". Arguing for the historic interpretation that St. Paul and St. Luke are speaking of xenoglossia rather than glossolalia (gibberish speech), he also addresses the change in "plausibility structure" that occurred in the 19th century that allowed for this new interpretation to seem plausible. The preference for unmediated, personal religious experience was the inevitable fruition of the Enlightenment, which place unquestionable trust in the truth of our own experiences. In the end, he argues that to accept the modern idea of "gibberish speech" as a valid religious experience would be to accept a host of presuppositions that are biblically unjustified, historically unknown, and spiritually damaging. He leaves us with a charitable way of considering the phenomenon using the psychological category of "learned emotional response".

]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2497 1 03a9af4d5637367b8299c0fbf05d5956 no Fr. Tyler Holley Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1569 2 785e885c7b045ea3044256c21cd9e9c4 no Fr. Tyler Holley Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 1691 3 40e4b552a4b8fe1fc3814a8104656117 no Fr. Tyler Holley Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2590 4 152b6da48572f173e5a0a20e079b5452 no Fr. Tony Melton Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 1179 5 ccf8211948f76d650d609e2affaee6f7 no 1534 6 c7066608d969fa0336d3a298fcccbb52 no Fr. Tony Melton Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000 2989 7 1b95f6bfb7c8eadc2e643102b3f6f59c no Fr. Tony Melton <p>In this catechesis class, Fr. Tony discusses particular "orderings" of life that we get from the Book of Scripture and the Book of Nature. He discusses 1) Keeping the Sabbath, 2) Rising and Resting with the Sun, 3) Daily Prayer, 4) Embracing Fruitfulness, and 5) Rejecting Opulence. Enjoy!</p> <p>In this catechesis class, Fr. Tony discusses particular "orderings" of life that we get from the Book of Scripture and the Book of Nature. He discusses 1) Keeping the Sabbath, 2) Rising and Resting with the Sun, 3) Daily Prayer, 4) Embracing Fruitfulness, and 5) Rejecting Opulence. Enjoy!</p> In this catechesis class, Fr. Tony discusses particular "orderings" of life that we get from the Book of Scripture and the Book of Nature. He discusses 1) Keeping the Sabbath, 2) Rising and Resting with the Sun, 3) Daily Prayer, 4) Embracing Fruitfulness, and 5) Rejecting Opulence. Enjoy!

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 1547 8 c1d4f8199cab9b38ae3d22339041fc48 no Fr. Tony Melton <p>Week one of our fall class of an ordered life in which we discuss The Law of Scripture & The Law of Nature</p> <p>Week one of our fall class of an ordered life in which we discuss The Law of Scripture & The Law of Nature</p> Week one of our fall class of an ordered life in which we discuss The Law of Scripture & The Law of Nature

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