tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post5621229301444984256..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Explanations of Psalmody's DeclineTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-62779570941511719212008-10-23T02:20:00.000+01:002008-10-23T02:20:00.000+01:00Dear GR,There are two Psalters I have seen used in...Dear GR,<BR/><BR/>There are two Psalters I have seen used in Excl. Psalmody churches: the Scottish Metrical Psalter (which is mostly set in "sonnet" form to Common Meter tunes) and the RPCNA Psalter, which is generally set to tunes with more or less regular meters.<BR/><BR/>They are more less comparable to "traditional hymn tunes" - in fact, there is overlap. Some of the tunes in the Trinity Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-4792214837757888432008-10-22T18:12:00.000+01:002008-10-22T18:12:00.000+01:00I guess it's time to repent?That article makes...I guess it's time to repent?<BR/><BR/>That article makes the case that the "world" Jesus came to save is doing a far better job of singing the Psalms than the Church. :(<BR/><BR/>Well, we do live in this world and should we expect the fight to look like something else?<BR/><BR/>There was a time in my Church when we all got together and were bad mouthing the world: "oh, look at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-51927216661826493632008-10-22T16:30:00.000+01:002008-10-22T16:30:00.000+01:00TFan, there are zero psalm-singing churches in my ...TFan, there are zero psalm-singing churches in my area; and I know that God's Word is drawing me in that direction.<BR/><BR/>Personally, my experience has been that a major hold-up to psalm-singing is a fairly pitiful lack of musicality: I mean, I bought a Psalms CD and have listened online to others, and the music is well-nigh unsingable, having a complete lack of elementary things like melody Gordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527530618839981892noreply@blogger.com