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Do we need to teach David anything? Or is it the other way around?

Isaac Watts, the famous hymn-writer, believed it was necessary for him to teach David to speak like a Christian. So, he took the liberty to rewrite the Psalms so as to supposedly make them more useful for Christians liv…
Abraham Kuyper on Psalms and Hymns

In 1911, Abraham Kuyper published his book on worship, Onze Eeredienst. It has recently been translated into English and published as Our Worship. In one of the early chapters, Kuyper deals with the subject of Psalms a…
Whatever happened to the Psalms?

Why is Psalm-singing virtually unheard of in North American Christianity outside of a tiny minority of Reformed churches? Questions like that were discussed at a conference earlier this year. There's a brief report ove…
Genevan Psalter

Since this year is Calvin's 500th birthday, this is an appropriate time to learn more about Calvin's psalms. A great place to start is over at the Genevan Psalter Resource Center. (h.t. George VanPopta) You could also…
The Vicious Circle of the Unknown Psalms

Frank Ezinga has an interesting post on this subject. For those coming from a non-Canadian Reformed background, we have a Book of Praise with 150 Psalms. Each Psalm only has one tune and some of the Psalms (for whateve…
How Important is Psalm singing?

The November 26 issue of Christian Renewal has an exchange between my colleagues Bill DeJong (Cornerstone CanRC -- Hamilton, ON) and Adam Kaloostian (Ontario URC) on the subject of Psalm singing. I appreciate almost eve…
Psalm-singing

Our church organist, Frank Ezinga, has an interesting post about psalm-singing. He includes a letter from a retired Reformed Presbyterian missionary who grew up singing hymns only, but came to love the Psalms. Sometime…
Calvin: A Neglected Aspect of His Heritage

Yesterday, I received my copy of Evangelium, a little periodical put out by Westminster Seminary California. This issue features three excellent articles on John Calvin. We're coming up to the 500th anniversary of his …
Generating Disillusionment and Immaturity through Worship

"If our worship is recognized chiefly by a steady diet of triumph, conquest, happiness, joy, the benefits and successes of being Christ's disciples, victory over sin, and attestations of our own faithfulness ('I will alw…
A Psalm-singing Church? (Part 3)

The other day, when this series began, I said that there were two main things that characterize a psalm-singing church. As I've reflected on it more, I've realized that there are at least three. So, today, I'm going to…