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Ever Heard of Exclusive Psalmody????
Posted : 16 May, 2012 11:35 AM

Over the years I've heard of exclusive Psalmody which is practiced mainly by Reformed Presbyterians and some Baptists but recently I was asked by a church to look into it and tell them what I believe God's Word has to say about it.

I haven't seriously searched the scriptures for answers yet, but here's my first response to one of the most common objections against this doctrine...



A common objection to exclusive Psalmody is that if you sing the Psalms, you cannot sing to or about Jesus.

My response, When Jesus taught us to pray in the New Testament did He teach us to pray directly to Himself or to God the Father? And aren�t all Psalms directed towards God the Father?

Therefore from Jesus� own example of prayer, one could safely conclude that the Psalms are in fact just as appropriate for worship in this day and age as they were in Old Testament times.



I would like to hear what others have to say regarding this doctrine...

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Ever Heard of Exclusive Psalmody????
Posted : 17 May, 2012 06:20 AM

Dljrn04,

Thank you for that link! That is an excellent article on singing in corporate worship. I just read it, but I'll need to go through it again if not several more times...

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Posted : 17 May, 2012 11:20 AM

You can not worship in spirit and truth as that link proclaims it is based on reformation theology.

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Posted : 17 May, 2012 11:49 AM

http://www.frame-poythress.org/poythress_articles/1975Ezra3Part2.html



this is more of the article i posted yesterday.

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Posted : 19 May, 2012 09:50 PM

So is that to say that we shouldn't ask for healing...because some believe healing was provided in the atonement? So when we are sick we should Praise God for His healing and no pray for healing??:prayingm:

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