Rediscovering the Psalms

Joe Holland has a nice write-up on rediscovering the Psalms in the sense of singing them. In the post Joe points out the following benefits of singing the Psalms.

• 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 engage a collection of songs that address the full range of human emotions.
• When you sing the psalms you praise the person and work of Jesus Christ.
• When you sing the psalms you are training for spiritual warfare.
• When you sing the psalms you are engaging the communion of saints.

Joe also offers the following advice on how one can go about learning to sing them.

• Find a Psalter you can sing. Know your Bible.
• Understand how the psalms direct us to the person and work of Jesus Christ.
• Have the willingness to try something new.

Read the entire post here..

Thanks for Justin Taylor for pointing this out