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R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He is professor emeritus of church history and historical theology at Westminster Seminary California, where he taught for 29 years. He also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007 and the Heidelcast since 2009.
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Dr. Clark,
We are enjoying our Psalter so much, every morning. My children know about five Psams now, me too….Isn’t God Good?
Thanks for helping to point us in the right direction.
Ginger Zagnoli
Hi Ginger,
I’m sorry for your loss but glad for the consolation found in God’s Word.
Grace and peace to you and to your family.
Historically, the Church has systematically read/chanted the Psalter, both corporately and individually. The Church of England, in the 16th century, was a Psalm-singing Church, along with the Canticles in St. Luke’s Gospel. Psalm-singing has a long-standing history in the worship of the Church catholic. This, of course, was reflected in Cranmer’s Prayerbooks, in which the whole psalter was to be read or chanted every month.