{"id":5150,"date":"2020-12-11T10:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2020-12-11T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T15:05:45","slug":"read-pray-sing-in-latest-issue-of-midwestern-journal-of-theology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=5150","title":{"rendered":"“Read, Pray, Sing” in Latest Issue of Midwestern Journal of Theology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMy essay “Read, Pray, Sing: The Psalms as an Entryway to the Scriptures” has just been published in the latest issue of the Midwestern Journal of Theology<\/a>. This is a print version of a lecture I have given at a conference at Union University and at a conference at Oklahoma Baptist University.<\/p>\n

I am grateful for the opportunity to share this more broadly that our churches (Baptists in particular but other evangelicals as well) should change our practice in a specific way. Or, more precisely, I am arguing that we should regain a practice that was part of our tradition at one point but has been lost along the way.<\/p>\n

I am arguing two basic points. First, the Psalms are intended to serve as a summary of the whole Bible, specifically a summary that is to be prayed and sung. The Psalms are a tutor for us that will teach us to read the Bible well, and by singing and praying them we are enabled to internalize the Scripture more effectively.<\/p>\n

Second,\u00a0the Scriptures by command and example call us not only to read the Psalms but also to sing and pray them. In Baptist circles, if people have heard of Psalm singing, they regard it as a preference of some people. But the Scriptures command us to sing Psalms (Col 3:16; Eph 5:19) and the Scriptures are filled with examples of people praying them.<\/p>\n

I also draw on historical examples to show that these ideas have been common in the history of the church.<\/p>\n

Giving the alarming rate of biblical illiteracy in the church and our general weakness in prayer, can we afford to neglect this divinely ordained resource? I would love to stir up discussion among church leaders on this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My essay “Read, Pray, Sing: The Psalms as an Entryway to the Scriptures” has just been published in the latest issue of the Midwestern Journal of Theology. This is a print version of a lecture I have given at a conference at Union University and at a conference at Oklahoma Baptist University. I am grateful …<\/p>\n

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