Various Reformed Traditions of Psalm-Singing
McGeown argues that psalm-singing is a distinctive mark of genuinely Reformed churches and demonstrates how theological commitments—particularly Calvinism versus Arminianism—directly shape congregational worship practices. The article examines the historical connection between Reformed doctrine and the Psalter, contrasting Reformed psalm-singing traditions with the hymn-centered practices of evangelical and liberal churches that have departed from biblical orthodoxy.
Psalm-singing is a uniquely Reformed tradition. Whether in Europe, America, Africa, Australasia, or Asia, wherever the Reformed have established churches, they have brought with them the singing of the psalms. In fact, it can be argued that the farther a church departs from Reformed and biblical orthodoxy, the farther it drifts from psalm-singing. Go to an evangelical -- Arminian, Pentecostal, Baptist, or Dispensationalist -- church, and the psalms will be, and historically have been,...
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