Cullen Tuttle

I'm often asked why -- given my study in both the Bible and church history -- I am not Roman Catholic. I recently sat down in front of my camera and outlined some of why that is. youtube.com/watch?v=DpNgxs…

Chicago’s population has grown every year since I moved here.

@WesleyLHuff @MikhailaFuller Thank you for this defense.

Seeing some response to my statement on @MikhailaFuller's podcast about speaking in tongues. Some potentially helpful clarification: First, I am not a cessationist (though I see myself being accused of it). I state in the interview that I believe that the spiritual sign gifts (tongues, prophesy, healing) still take place today, just not normatively like they were in the Apostolic era. Nonetheless, I hold to the standard exegetical position that biblical tongues refer to known languages. In Acts 2, the foundational instance, foreign speakers understood the disciples in their own native languages, establishing the clearest precedent for interpreting the phenomenon throughout Scripture. Secondly, while bliblical specialists and theologians debate whether tongues encompass human languages alone or include angelic speech, the consensus recognizes that a tongue functions as a language -- either immediately intelligible to hearers or requiring interpretation. The requirement that Paul places on interpretation in 1 Corinthians 14 indicates that tongues contain objective, propositional meaning subject to translation, and his statement that “every valid instance of tongues contains intrinsic, propositional meaning" reinforces this understanding. A prominent scholarly argument identifies glossolalia as “the miraculous ability to speak unlearned human and (possibly) divine or angelic languages,” with the most common usage of “tongues” referring to ordinary human languages. The term γλῶσσα throughout the NT carries two primary meanings: the human organ or a human language, and careful word studies demonstrate that it never denotes non-cognitive utterance. However, scholarly consensus isn’t absolute the core agreement across interpretations centers on cognitive content: tongues communicate meaningful, intelligible information rather than incoherent utterance. Third, the early church evidence after the Apostolic era is virtually unanimous: the Early Church Fathers consistently interpreted the gift of tongues as the capacity to speak the many languages used across the earth. Their writings indicate the gift served an evangelistic purpose enabling communication with non-Christian populations. The Patristics universally understood “tongues” in Acts and 1 Corinthians to refer to human languages, and ancient Christians understood the biblical gift of tongues as a miracle involving intelligible human languages. When the fathers described the phenomenon, they used concrete language: John Chrysostom wrote that believers “would suddenly speak in Persian, another in Latin, another in the language of the Indians or of some other people” (Homilies on First Corinthians, Homily 35), and Augustine stated that disciples “spoke in the languages of all the nations” (Sermon 269, Sermo CCLXIX. The most significant, and almost exclusive, early figure associated with ecstatic speech for tongues was Montanus, a 2nd-century prophet whose followers emphasized speaking in tongues; he was actually excommunicated (not necessarily for his position on tongues) around AD 177. By the late 2nd century, ecstatic interpretations of tongues were present but only in context of ecclesiastical concern. One interesting nuance appears with Philastrius in the 4th century, who understood angels as capable of conversing in all languages and believed the apostles received this same ability at Pentecost. However, this doesn’t represent a departure from the “knowable language” framework rather, the Early Church Fathers understood the gift of tongues as the ability to speak all languages spoken by people. The Church Fathers agreed the gift was the ability to speak all languages known to humankind, an ability they ascribed to angels, suggesting the “languages of angels” would not refer to a distinct heavenly language but rather to the capacity to communicate with anyone encountered. The historical record shows no discussion among the fathers of ecstatic utterances, unknown languages, or supernatural unintelligible speech. The gift remained firmly anchored to practical, learnable human languages throughout Patristic interpretation. So if you've stuck around this long, I think my position is both exegetically and historically sound.

@billysandytodd This is really funny

I love that Trump has revolutionary war soldiers for the king. 😆

Scoot is a baby Jrue

This SPLC story makes everything make so much sense. We need accountability

Scooooooot

Jesus is Hope

@kfc 💀

@RaymondALopez @ILSecOfState Welp. Your party put cuffs on the cops. hopefully the city flips red.

This morning I saw over two dozen examples of bad driving. Not just bad, illegal. Running stop signs & red lights. Blocking intersections & crosswalks. Even driving in oncoming traffic. @ILSecOfState needs to deploy SOS police for targeted traffic ops to protect the public!

Trail Blazer Playoff Basketball

@NBAPR @ATLHawks @trailblazers @DetroitPistons My boi Deni

The three finalists for the 2025-26 Kia NBA Most Improved Player Award: ▪️Nickeil Alexander-Walker, @ATLHawks ▪️Deni Avdija, @trailblazers ▪️Jalen Duren, @DetroitPistons

@iAnonPatriot Working on it but it’s expensive

White people, PLEASE have more babies. The world needs it.

It would be kinda funny if the Celtics win it all and Simmons gets a ring after being traded to the bulls.

If the blazers get past the spurs. Dame will lace them up.

@dbookownsyou You could try Deni. Since he owns booker? 🤷‍♂️

What should I rebrand to? I can’t defend this guy anymore.

@willoregonian @BenGarciaShow @LockedOnPHXSuns My favorite was Mike dropping that Deni was the best player on the court right at the end. Just for Deni to be better than both booker and green combined.

@BenGarciaShow @LockedOnPHXSuns I listened to you earlier today with Mike, and I thought the same thing as Mike did. Had a feeling our boys would pull it out. Heart and Deni.

My instant reaction to the Phoenix Suns falling to the Portland Trail Blazers in the play-in: 🏀 Another 4th quarter collapse 🏀 Jalen Green shines, Booker doesn’t 🏀 Friday is a must-win to validate the season

@brawadis Booker < Deni

@brawadis Cope

Deni was the best player on the court tonight