I have been meaning to post this phenomenal series of video talks on the Psalms and singing them, given at Southern Seminary by Christopher Ash. "Christopher Ash, Writer-in-Residence for Tyndale House in Cambridge, UK, is the author of a book on Psalm 119, two volumes of books on teaching the Psalms, a forthcoming popular-level commentary on selected Psalms, and is currently working on the culmination of his life’s work, a three-volume commentary on all the Psalms tentatively titled Praying the Psalms in Christ.
"He recently delivered the 2019 Gheens Lectures at Southern Seminary on how Christians can pray the Psalms."
I have never heard anything on this topic so wonderfully engaging and concise, and so articulately put, as this man has done. Here are the video introductions from the website:
In Lecture 1, Ash opens by making his aim explicit—namely, to persuade his listeners of four theses:
1.Jesus Christ is the sum and substance of the Psalms.
2. Jesus Christ is the singer and the subject of the Psalms.
3. The true meaning of the Psalms is found in Jesus Christ.
4. Only those in Christ can sing, speak, pray the Psalms in a way that respects their true and original meaning.
In Lecture 2 he asks how we got to where we are today, briefly surveying how the Psalms have been read in twenty centuries Christian history, noting some salient trends, and how these trends impact how we see the relationship of Christ to the Psalms today.
He argues, in essence, “Two cheers for the church Fathers, but perhaps only two cheers for modern commentators; and no cheers for the ‘Endarkenment.’”
In the third and final lecture, he seeks to show why all of this matters, offering some theological reflection on how these questions impact, and are impacted by, the follow areas:
1. Scripture and Canon
2. Prophecy and the Spirit of Christ
3. Christology and Incarnation
4. Prayer and Spirituality
5. Gospel and Law
6. Christ and his Church
7. He closes by offering some pointers to how a preacher might approach preaching the psalms.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/christopher-ash-can-christians-sing-psalms/
"He recently delivered the 2019 Gheens Lectures at Southern Seminary on how Christians can pray the Psalms."
I have never heard anything on this topic so wonderfully engaging and concise, and so articulately put, as this man has done. Here are the video introductions from the website:
In Lecture 1, Ash opens by making his aim explicit—namely, to persuade his listeners of four theses:
1.Jesus Christ is the sum and substance of the Psalms.
2. Jesus Christ is the singer and the subject of the Psalms.
3. The true meaning of the Psalms is found in Jesus Christ.
4. Only those in Christ can sing, speak, pray the Psalms in a way that respects their true and original meaning.
In Lecture 2 he asks how we got to where we are today, briefly surveying how the Psalms have been read in twenty centuries Christian history, noting some salient trends, and how these trends impact how we see the relationship of Christ to the Psalms today.
He argues, in essence, “Two cheers for the church Fathers, but perhaps only two cheers for modern commentators; and no cheers for the ‘Endarkenment.’”
In the third and final lecture, he seeks to show why all of this matters, offering some theological reflection on how these questions impact, and are impacted by, the follow areas:
1. Scripture and Canon
2. Prophecy and the Spirit of Christ
3. Christology and Incarnation
4. Prayer and Spirituality
5. Gospel and Law
6. Christ and his Church
7. He closes by offering some pointers to how a preacher might approach preaching the psalms.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/christopher-ash-can-christians-sing-psalms/