by Scott Bushey | Apr 24, 2015 | miscellaneous
In the LXX hymnos appears in six titles of the Psalms: Psalm 6:1εἰς τὸ τέλος ἐν ὕμνοις ὑπὲρ τῆς ὀγδόης ψαλμὸς τῷ ΔαυιδPsalm 54:1εἰς τὸ τέλος ἐν ὕμνοις συνέσεως τῷ ΔαυιδPsalm 55:1εἰς τὸ τέλος ἐν ὕμνοις συνέσεως τῷ Δαυιδ Psalm 66:1εἰς τὸ τέλος ἐν ὕμνοις τῷ ΔαυιδPsalm...
by Scott Bushey | Apr 21, 2015 | miscellaneous
Homily on Colossians 3:16-17 By John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople (A.D. 347 – 407) “Teaching,” he saith, “and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.” Mark also the considerateness of Paul. Seeing...
by Scott Bushey | Apr 21, 2015 | miscellaneous
The confusion over our dependance on sovereignty and the removal of Arminian angst, secondarily to the confidence in the words of Christ, ‘and I will lose none’, over people perishing because we didn’t rush out aimlessly so no one falls through the...
by Scott Bushey | Apr 19, 2015 | miscellaneous
Some historical data on Psalm singing: “Council of Laodicea (343-381), canon LIX: “No psalms composed by private individuals nor any uncanonical books may be read in the church, but only the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testaments.” Council of Braga (563):...
by Scott Bushey | Apr 9, 2015 | miscellaneous
Excerpt from greg Price’s paper on alcohol in the bible: ” a. Yayin (wine) (1) The same wine (yayin) that intoxicated Noah (Gen. 9:21), Lot (Gen. 19:32-35), Nabal (1 Sam. 25:36-37), and others (Is. 28:1,7) was given as a gift to others by...
