Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Monday, February 27, 2012

"Psalms for all Seasons"

Although we cannot keep up with
the newer developments (in terms of
music), it is wonderful to
behold younger Churchmen and Churchwomen
embracing and advancing the recovery of
Psalm-singing.  We'll let John Frame suggest
otherwise and stick with Dr. Scott Clark
who argues for its recovery.




http://www.amazon.com/Psalms-All-Seasons-Complete-Psalter/dp/1587433168/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330377610&sr=8-1

From the Back Cover


An Indispensable Resource on the Psalms for Use in Christian Worship

This comprehensive, single-volume anthology is the largest collection of the Psalms for use in Christian worship ever published. Psalms for All Seasons contains all 150 psalms, most in multiple formats. Features include:

• Each psalm appears in its actual biblical text, including as responsive readings
• Includes responsorial settings for all Psalms in the Revised Common lectionary
• Offers ideas for uses in worship settings
• Utilizes a wide variety of musical and spoken settings, including metrical hymn, contemporary, global, chant, and responsorial settings, plus psalms interspersed with hymn verses, optional refrains, and new compositions
• Psalms are set in formats consistent with their content
• Provides complete musical settings for morning and evening prayer as well as basic musical settings for chanting
• A full index allows searches by psalm, genre, occasion for use, subject, composer, and author


About the Author


Martin Tel (DMA, University of Kansas) is C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, where he directs the seminary choirs and teaches in the area of church music. Joyce Borger (MDiv, Calvin Theological Seminary) is editor of Reformed Worship and music and worship editor for Faith Alive Christian Resources. John D. Witvliet (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and professor of congregational studies, music, and worship at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary.

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