https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/09/28/therapeutic-praise-2/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/09/28/therapeutic-praise-2/#comment-49612 Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:16:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24754#comment-49612 Hi Tim, I wrote a chapter on this in Sing a New Song. https://www.amazon.com/Sing-New-Song-Recovering-Twenty-First-ebook/dp/B00BI7ZTHS/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475540198&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=sing+a+new+song+slvaggio

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/09/28/therapeutic-praise-2/#comment-49607 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:09:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24754#comment-49607 My church sings Psalms (as well as hymns) and on the whole I am happy about that). However, I am concerned about the singing of certain sections of the Psalms that are commonly described as imprecatory. Please do not misunderstand me; I am not against such Psalms by principle and I believe they are ‘calculated petitions, not spontaneous explosions of a bad temper’ (Sam Storms). I am just wondering if calling down God’s wrath upon the enemies of Israel or the King of Israel is appropriate for a New Covenant church?

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/09/28/therapeutic-praise-2/#comment-49603 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:40:11 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24754#comment-49603 […] is Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. This article first appeared on his blog, Head Heart Hand, and is used with […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/09/28/therapeutic-praise-2/#comment-49602 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 04:22:47 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24754#comment-49602 […] is Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. This article first appeared on his blog, Head Heart Hand, and is used with […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/09/28/therapeutic-praise-2/#comment-49601 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 04:08:42 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24754#comment-49601 […] is Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. This article first appeared on his blog, Head Heart Hand, and is used with […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2016/09/28/therapeutic-praise-2/#comment-49597 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 05:15:03 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=24754#comment-49597 […] Therapeutic Praise – I was working on an article on this very subject. Now I don’t have to write it. Here’s why emotionally honest people love the Psalms. […]

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