Obiezioni al canto dei Salmi - I salmi non sono adatti al mondo moderno

From Diwygiad

As the twentieth century draws to a close, worship has degenerated to the point that in many "Reformed and Presbyterian" denominations the churches are imitating the slap-happy, campfire, Las Vegas-style worship invented by Arminian and charismatic heretics. Such worship is often called "celebrative" worship. The abandonment of the regulative principle and the Psalter has led to an overhead projector with the word "ichabod" written all over it. The sober majesty of the Psalter has been replaced with youth camp emotionalism. Many older more conservative believers are attempting to stem the tide against this new form of worship. They recognize that it is worship light; that it is theological pabulum. They want to return to Hart, Toplady, or Newton. They want to get rid of the guitars and drums and return to the piano and organ. But as long as they are unwilling to obey the regulative principle of worship and return to exclusive Psalmody they will be steamrolled by the new worship gimmicks that appeal to the flesh.

It is time for Reformed and Presbyterian churches to submit themselves to the regulative principle of worship and to recognize the sufficiency, superiority, balance, and theological perfection of the Psalter. "The psalter is inspired by God; it is a unique collection never to be equaled, much less surpassed, in quality or reverence by similar productions of uninspired men; it is a sufficient manual of praise; it requires neither supplementation nor abridgment."55 God has written the Psalms, placed them in the middle of our Bibles, and commanded us to sing them. To set aside the hymnbook that God has given us, or to greatly abridge it and mix it with human compositions (e.g., the Trinity Hymnal), is foolish, arrogant, and sinful.