In this episode of Help Me Teach the Bible, I talk with Mark Futato, professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida, where he teaches core classes on both Hebrew and Old Testament. Futato has written a number of books on the Psalms that flow out not only from his study but also his love for and his living with the Psalms.
Topics in the discussion include:
- whether or not we should make the psalms “about me”
- allowing the organization of Psalms to inform our teaching
- common mistakes made in teaching Psalms
- the “big three” kinds of psalms
- how the psalms speaks to our emotions
- singing the psalms about Jesus, to Jesus, with Jesus