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Trinity Hymnal: Red Cover Edition

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This is a great hymnal in that it is very theologically sound relative to the Reformation. All the hymns are in reality wonderful sermons that are Biblically accurate. You never have to worry about whether you are singing heresy with this hymnal.

Being a dyed-in-the-yarn Southern Baptist, I've always known about the Baptist Hymnal in its various editions. Having used the latest edition in a church for about three years (as a Minister of Music) I began to long for a hymnal that had more substance. Since I have found the writings of the Reformers to be challenging and deep, I thought I would order this hymnal, which I was told contained many of their hymns. I was NOT disappointed! The Trinity Hymnal, while barely larger than its Southern Baptist counterpart, has many more hymns. In addition, it also contains responsive readings, selected Psalms, the Westminster Confession, other creeds, and the Shorter Catechism.

By the way, I purchased my copy from Great Commission Publications (www.gcp.org). It is a hardback version (as opposed to the ring-bound version pictured). The cost for the hymnal and Trinity Psalter (which I also HIGHLY recommend) was under $30, UPS shipping included!

For the most part I have been pretty pleased with the Red edition of the Trinity hymnal though I was very sorry to lose some of the great hymns that were found in the blue Trinity hymnal. Also, several alterations in the words of some of the hymns such as "How Sweet and AWESOME is the Place", instead of "How Sweet and AWFUL is the Place" were sort of annoying to me. But, on the whole, it's a fairly good hymnal and I enjoy using it.

This is one of the best hymnals we have available to us today. It is used by the PCA Presbyterian Church and is very easy to use. It is filled with Biblically sound hymns and don't worry, it has all the classics. It also contains many hymns that are psalms taken from the various psalters.

I also encourage you to read the introduction and use the psalm readings in the back. This hymnal is such a good resource that if you have a Bible, a catechism, and this hymnal, you have all the books you need for family worship.

I also recommend that you look at purchasing either the "Trinity Psalter" or the "Psalms for Singing."

There are few hymnals out there that are trustworthy and sound. While researching various hymn books, I found that most of the hymn books available today are filled with me-centered or I-centered hymns; but that is not the case with this hymnal. The Trinity Hymnal is truly solid from cover to cover. As with all hymnals some of the hymns are better suited for personal worship rather than corporate worship.

The Trinity Hymnal is organized by theological category (e.g. His Sovereignty; Creation; His Atoning Work; His Death; His Resurrection; etc.) The Scripture reference above each individual hymn is helpful for deeper study.

In the back of the Hymnal you will find a plethora of useful aids. Psalter Readings; The Apostles Creed; The Nicene Creed; The Westminster Confession of Faith; The Shorter Catechism; along with a topical and scriptural index- to help you with hymn selection. If you have these at your church in the pews or under your seats, any devout Believer would be tempted to take one of these hymnals home for personal worship or just for personal enrichment; it's that good!

Now only if the Psalter readings were in the ESV translation! That would be even more excellent!

The hymnal arrived very quickly and was in excellent shape. It is an excellent hymnal with many reformed and traditional hymns

Great songbook to use for your church or at home with your children to teach them hymns.

This hymnal is available from the publisher of $14.95 plus shipping. Why is it being sold for so much more?