Ian Vaillancourt – Treasuring the Psalms

The book of Psalms is a treasure.  But how do the Psalms point to Christ?

Brent and Ian talk with Ian Vaillancourt about his new IVP America book called ‘Treasuring the Psalms: How to Read the Songs that Shape the Soul of the Church’.

Ian is associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Heritage Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Ontario. 

• (0:50) Psalms a treasure;
• (4:10) Favorite Psalms;
• (5:30) How the Psalms are arranged. Do they tell a story?
• (8:30) Psalms 1 and 2 as a gateway to the book;
• (9:50) Books 1 and 2 concerned with the tears of David;
• (11:30) Book 3 concerned with the exile?
• (13:15) Book 5 – a new and better David?
• (17:20) How was the book of Psalms brought together?
• (20:00) A Christ centered application of a Psalm.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.amazon.com/Treasuring-Psalms-Songs-Shape-Church/dp/1514005107

www.ivpress.com

discoverheritage.ca

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