Learning to Love the Psalms

by W. Robert Godfrey

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Pub Date Mar 14 2017 | Archive Date Jan 04 2018

Reformation Trust Publishing

Christian | Religion & Spirituality

Description

The Psalms are undeniably beautiful. They are also difficult, and readers often come away convinced that tremendous riches remain just beyond their grasp. In this book, Dr. W. Robert Godfrey invites us to journey with him towards a greater understanding and love for these sacred verses. The timeless elegance of the Psalms, their depth of expression, and testimony to the greatness of God have enchanted and edified God’s people for centuries. Learning to Love the Psalms is intended to help today’s Christians share in that delight.

Advance Praise

“The Psalms join the hearts of believers to the heart of their King as together they pant after the glory of God. As a scholar who loves the psalms, Dr. Godfrey offers a very helpful introduction to reading the Psalter and short reflections on selected psalms that convey the spirit of childlike faith. In a time when biblical studies are dominated by technical scholarship, here we have a simply written, deeply personal, and yet profoundly insightful book on the part of the Bible that Calvin rightly called ‘an anatomy of all parts of the soul.’ Read this book prayerfully and be spiritually refreshed, challenged, and fed.”

—Dr. Joel R. Beeke

President and professor of systematic theology and homiletics

Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Mich.

“Learning to Love the Psalms reflects a lifetime of mediation on and love for the Psalter. Dr. Godfrey has demonstrated a deep and sustained engagement with the text, and he shows how these Psalms repeatedly point us to Christ the King without losing sight of how they also encourage us to pursue godly living.”

—Dr. Bryan Estelle

Professor of Old Testament

Westminster Seminary California, Escondido, Calif.

“Learning to Love the Psalms is a far more important book than its modest size might suggest. For almost without our noticing it, a single generation of Christian leaders has managed to eliminate the constant use of the prayer and hymn book of the Savior and the first eighteen centuries of the church. Here, Bob Godfrey prescribes medicine to reverse our sickness and provide a tonic for our spiritual weakness. And this medicine tastes good! By sharing his own love for the Psalms in a way that is both instructive and infectious, he makes us want to know them better—and to discover (and express in worship) the full emotional range of the Christian life. Learning to Love the Psalms is the ideal book for students in college or seminary, for musicians and pastors, and indeed for Christians of every shape and size. May it help to produce a new era of love for the Psalms!”

—Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson

Teaching fellow

Ligonier Ministries

“My appreciation for the Psalter has grown over the years, largely through the influence of two teachers: John Calvin and Robert Godfrey. An aficionado of great writing, Dr. Godfrey often discovers details the rest of us miss. When we’re talking about the Word of God, that is a singular gift. I can’t wait to read every page of this with my family.”

—Dr. Michael S. Horton

J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics

Westminster Seminary California, Escondido, Calif.