Die besondere betekenis van die Psalms in die Christelike Kerk

Abstract

<strong>The exceptional value of the Psalms in the Christian church</strong><br /><span>The Psalms have a special place in the Bible as God's great prayer and hymn book. It is the work of various people, under the most representative situations, but it is also the work of the Holy Spirit. The Psalms express the lives, struggles, joy and praise of people before God with great clarity and true compassion. Their experiences of life, seen in the light of the living God, are vivid and real. The Christian Church took over the Psalms as their own, after the example of Jesus, whose life and work was seen as pictured in them. It became their prayer and hymn book - their life guide. The message of the Psalms is of such exceptional spiritual depth, expressing in great clarity every human need and emotion before God, that the Christian Church could find and understand itself in those situations and could associate itself with it.</span

Joyful Silence in the Liturgical Practices of Ghanaian Christianity

“…6 It includes all activities of a worship service. 7 There seems to be a strong link between the structure of daily activities and the liturgy of a worship service. In a worship service, the daily activities of congregants are brought together alongside the larger narrative of the Bible.…”

Die nuwe Psalmomdigting: Die Messias weggelaat?

“…Die gesindheid wat geleef het by diegene wat aan die Nuwe Omdigting gewerk het, blyk duidelik uit 'n artikel van die voorsitter van die interkerklike kommissie wat aan die Nuwe Omdigting gewerk het (Barnard 2000). Hy stel dit duidelik dat die Psalmbundel deur die Heilige Gees geïnspireer is (Barnard 2000:215), en dat die inhoud en bedoeling van die Psalms na hulle wesentlike inhoud en na hulle diepste betekenis in Jesus na hulle ware bestemming gekom het (Barnard 2000:216).…”