Psalter Revision and More / 1953: A Pruning?
Ron Koole raises concerns about the scope and magnitude of the Protestant Reformed Churches' Psalter revision project initiated in 2015, arguing that the proposed 15-20% revision would make the Psalter unfamiliar to congregants despite its 90+ year use in worship. The article questions whether the PRC Synod's 2016 directives to narrow the revision's scope have been properly implemented and calls for transparency regarding the interdenominational committee's response to these concerns.
Psalter Revision and More The work undertaken by the PRC to revise the Psalter we all recognize to be a very important work, because it involves changes to the songbook we have used to worship God for ninety-plus years in the PRC. While I do not disagree that improvements can be made to the Psalter, my concerns and apprehensions about the project rest upon the scope and magnitude of the changes made, so that the revised edition may no longer be very familiar to myself and my children. As...
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