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
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