How Can the Psalms Help Christians Worship? A Conversation with David Koysis

In this episode, James welcomes David Koysis back to Thinking Christian to discuss the use of the psalms in the liturgy of the church. Davis is affiliated with Global Scholars Canada and is engaged in an international academic ministry of writing, researching, lecturing, and conversing with readers of his books. He is the author of Political Visions and Illusions and We Answer to Another: Authority, Office, and the Image of God. He taught undergraduate political science for thirty years. In addition to his other work, David writes a blog and does on the liturgical use of the psalter. James and David discuss the importance of the psalms to the life of faith, the resources available to guide Christians through the psalter, and the various benefits of daily Christian prayer at the corporate level.

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You can read more about David's work with the psalter on his blog at https://genevanpsalter.blogspot.com/p/koyzis-genevan-psalter-project.html. 

For the specific resources noted in the podcast, see below: 

For the specific resources noted in the podcast, see below: 

Cranmer's liturgical legacy

The Alter Psalter: a review

Where Alter's Psalter falters

The Daily Office

Genevan Psalter Project (1985-2021)

God as Judge: Praying the Imprecatory Psalms

Gelineau psalmody

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