Wow...individualism...going...going...I wish it were gone
I've been in Psalms and Wisdom literature and it's been awesome studying under Dr. Collins. His passion is amazing and it is a privilege to study the Psalms under the man who translated them for the ESV and is currently writing a commentary on them.
Anyway, part of the hermeneutic Dr. Collins drills into our heads for understanding how to read and interpret the Psalms is so ridiculously amazing, I'm surprised that more people don't know this!
Ready?
He posits that since the Psalms were/are the hymnbook of the people of God, put together for corporate worship as the congregation sang them together, we must approach it that way.
WHAT? The Psalms weren't mean to be my personal devotional book for me and me only?
WHAT? You mean that when we get together for worship, it's appropriate to recite or sing these gems together as the people of God to own for ourselves???
pffft....takes all the fun individualism out of it
Anyway, part of the hermeneutic Dr. Collins drills into our heads for understanding how to read and interpret the Psalms is so ridiculously amazing, I'm surprised that more people don't know this!
Ready?
He posits that since the Psalms were/are the hymnbook of the people of God, put together for corporate worship as the congregation sang them together, we must approach it that way.
WHAT? The Psalms weren't mean to be my personal devotional book for me and me only?
WHAT? You mean that when we get together for worship, it's appropriate to recite or sing these gems together as the people of God to own for ourselves???
pffft....takes all the fun individualism out of it
posted by Bobby's blog at 2:33 PM
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer actually makes reference to this in his book "Life Together" It's an excellent read if you haven't already.
oh by the way hi... found you through the esv blog... currently discussing translations at my blog while I read through "God's Word in English"
The more liturgical churches have always used the Psalms in common worship and the daily offices - particularly the daily offices.
And we Presbyterians do this as well. It's a good thing since that's what the Psalms were designed for. The pleasure I found in the way Dr. Collins presented his material is that in "personal application" of the Psalms, or in sermonic application, they must be looked at for what they were intended. If one maintains this approach, it gaurds the Psalms from being the personal devotional book that many have made it out to be and forces the interpreter to see that the Psalms were designed to speak to the corporate people of God.
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