Tremper Longman

But to those who really study it, the Psalter yields a special treasure." And as Dr.

Tremper Longman added, the book of Psalms is not a theological textbook, but rather the libretto of the most vibrant worship imaginable.

A libretto is simply the written text of an opera or some sort of musical composition.

But you know, I was thinking about this, and I think that for many of us, this is an unfamiliar description of the Psalms, the most vibrant worship imaginable, simply because I don't think we spend a lot of time in the Psalms.

I have a second edition of the filmed curriculum of Epic of Eden, Understanding the Old Testament as Your Story, coming out in September.

And I am currently working on, drumroll, The Old Testament in Its World with Tremper Longman and Nancy Erickson.

So that's what I'm up to.

Woo-hoo! Woo! Mm-hmm.

So even within Christian publishers, you're gonna have a wide range of views on the age of the earth, the historicity of Genesis.

I believe Zonderman, Zonderman publishes Tremper Longman stuff, and he is very much a theistic evolutionist.

So, I mean, so, there's just, discernment is required, sadly, even among Christian publishers.

And I will say, and I've said this before, and I'm happy to admit it, the young earth creationist view is a minority view, even among Christians.

They're not mine.

They come from an Old Testament scholar called Tremper Longman III.

He has a son called Tremper Longman IV.

He says they don't have kings in America, so they just kind of attribute these things to themselves.