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On today’s Equipping You in Grace, Dave talks with Scott Aniol about how a recovery of Psalm singing can help the Church, help for reading and studying the Psalms, along with his book, Musing on God’s Music: Forming Hearts of Praise with the Psalms (G3 Press, 2023).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- How a recovery of Psalm singing can help the church.
- How prayer and song form our hearts.
- How Psalm signing can help with contemporary challenges from Hillsong, Bethel, and others.
- How Psalm 1-2 frame the whole of Psalms and help Christians today.
- The relationship between biblical wisdom and biblical understanding.
- How biblical delight can help Christians in their walk with the Lord.
- How the Psalms are organized and how this understanding helps us read and study the Psalms.
- How the Psalms help us with our emotions.
- How the Psalms help to lead us true a true life of blessedness in Christ and praise to Him.
About Today’s Guest
Scott Aniol, PhD, is a teacher of culture, worship, aesthetics, and church ministry philosophy, he lectures around the country in churches, conferences, and seminaries, and he has authored several books including Changed from Glory into Glory: The Liturgical Story of the Christian Faith and Biblical Foundations of Corporate Worship, and dozens of articles published in theological journals. In addition to his role with G3, Scott is Professor of Pastoral Theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary in Conway, Arkansas. Scott holds a masters degree in theological studies (SWBTS), a masters degree in aesthetics (NIU), and a PhD in worship theology (SWBTS). Scott and his wife, Becky, have four children: Caleb, Kate, Christopher, and Caroline.
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Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!
Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah, and lives in beautiful Southern Oregon. He is a writer, editor, and speaker who loves Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology.
Dave serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries and the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine. He is the Host and Producer of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast and a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word.
He is the author of The War of Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind (Theology for Life, 2026), Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
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When he is not engaged in ministry work, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, going to movies, sharing a meal at a favorite restaurant, or playing a round of golf with friends. He is also a voracious reader, particularly of Reformed theology and the Puritans, and is often found working through a stack of new books from a wide range of Christian publishers.
Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
