Thursday 8 March 2018

Some Resources on the Psalms


Some Resources on the Psalms

Some old, some new - but we should constantly be returning to the study of the Psalms.  I said in preaching to my home congregation recently, “Read the Bible.  Read all of the Bible, but saturate yourself in the Gospels and the Psalms.” We can never be too much in the Psalms!

Firstly in terms of music I have discovered the wealth of Psalm versions produced by My Soul Among Lions.  They have a musical style that I particularly enjoy:

These will sit alongside my Ian White renditions of the Psalms, based on the NIV

Written resources that I have enjoyed recently:
“The Psalms : their history, teachings, and use” by William Binnie (1823-1886)

The Psalter Reclaimed: Praying and Praising with the Psalms by Gordon Wenham

Singing the Songs of Jesus: Revisiting the Psalms by Michael Lefebvre

150 Questions about the Psalter: What You Need to Know about the Songs God Wrote by Brad Johnston

The Flow of the Psalms: Discovering Their Structure and Theology by O. Palmer Robertson


Abusing Matthew 18

Excellent article by Don Carson on Abusing Matthew 18: