Man Discovers Jesus’ Hymnal
We had a long conversation about why this was their practice, but one reason stood out to me. He was fighting heresy in the churches he pastored. False teaching slipped into his churches through folk songs adjusted for worship. Psalm singing was his attempt to guard his people from heresy sung to a familiar tune. Psalms served that growing community of churches as a biblical bulwark against encroaching syncretism. Reflecting on that conversation, I realized that I had become a psalm singer through missions.
- When you sing psalms you literally sing the Bible.
- When you sing the psalms you interact with a wealth of theology.
- When you sing the psalms you are memorizing Scripture.
- When you sing the psalms you guard against heresy.
- When you sing the psalms you sing with the full range of human emotion.
- When you sing the psalms you praise the person and work of Jesus Christ.
- Find a Psalter you can sing (he gives some good options)
- Know your Bible.
- To sing the psalms well you must understand how the psalms direct us to the person and work of Jesus Christ.
- The fourth thing you and your congregation will need is the willingness to try something new.
http://heidelblog.net/2014/03/man-discovers-jesus-hymnal/
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