David Taylor - Open and Unafraid

How do the Psalms see right through us?

Brent talks with David Taylor, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary in the States and the producer of a short film on the Psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson.

David’s book ‘Open And Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life’ is published by Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson in the States.  

• (0:50) How the film about the Psalms came about;
• (5:00) How the Psalms see right through us and into us;
• (6:40) What the Psalms aim to do;
• (8:00) The impulse to hide;
• (9:00) Poetry as ‘intestinal’ language;
• (10:50) No individualists in the Psalms;
• (13:30) Psalm 139
• (16:00) Vengeance language and God’s justice;
• (19:00) How the Psalms point to Christ;
• (22:00) David’s favorite Psalms.

Links mentioned in this episode:

David Taylor Website

David Taylor 'Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life'

Thomas Nelson Publishing

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