by Scott Bushey | Jun 7, 2014 | miscellaneous
“Psalmos occurs some 87 times in the Septuagint, some 78 of which are in the Psalms themselves, and 67 times in the psalm titles. It also forms the title to the Greek version of the Psalter (Psalmoi) translating the Hebrew tahilah. On rare occasion the term...
by Scott Bushey | Jun 7, 2014 | miscellaneous
‘But what then ought to be done? Let us have songs that are not only decent but holy. These will incite us to pray and praise God, to meditate on his works, in order to love, fear, honour and glorify him. But what Augustine says is true, that no one can sing...
by Scott Bushey | Jun 7, 2014 | miscellaneous
‘Scripture psalms not only may be sung, but are fittest to be used in the church, as being indited by the infallible and unerring Spirit, and are of a more diffusive and unlimited concernment than the private dictates of any particular person or spirit in the...
by Scott Bushey | Jun 6, 2014 | miscellaneous
John Murray and William Young’s conclusions in the Minority Report to the 1947 OPC GA on Song in Worship:”On the basis of these studies the minority respectfully submits to the Fourteenth General Assembly the following conclusions:1. There is no warrant in...
by Scott Bushey | Jun 5, 2014 | miscellaneous
2 Chronicles 29:30: “Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.” Eph. 5:19...
by Scott Bushey | Jun 5, 2014 | miscellaneous
Rev. 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. Jesus is not knocking on the door of your heart. He is a sovereign God who chooses those who He elects. He is not an...
