10 Reasons Why We Should Sing the Psalms

The Christian Post ^ | 7-15-13 | Uri Brito

[ReformationFan]

Many of us grew up in theological backgrounds where the psalms were known, but not sung. These theological backgrounds are anomalies throughout the history of the Church. E.F. Harrison observed that "Psalmody was a part of the synagogue service that naturally passed over into the life of the church." Calvin Stapert speaks of the fathers' "enthusiastic promotion of psalm-singing" which he says, "reached an unprecedented peak in the fourth century." James McKinnon speaks of "an unprecedented wave of enthusiasm" for the psalms in the second half of the fourth century. Hughes Oliphint Old argued that Calvin appealed to the church historians (e.g. Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen) as well as the church fathers (e.g. Augustine, Basil, Chrysostom) for the singing of psalms. While the Reformers did not advocate the exclusive singing of Psalms they did express "a partiality for Psalms and hymns drawn from Scripture."

[onedoug]

Bump....

[dandiegirl]

I hope you have the book “Streams in the Dessert” It’s a wonderful, daily reader written in the early part of the 1900s - I can’t remember when, but it is really good for when one is going thru troubling times. I just love it.

[ReformationFan]

That was beautiful. Thank you.

[markomalley]

Next thing you know, they're going to be bringing back chant (naturally, Greek chant vice Gregorian chant, but still...)

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Gregorian chant affects some people very deeply. It had an upsurge of popularity for a short time in the 1970s, and had an impact somewhat like when the Catholic church permitted the Latin mass again.