For centuries, the Psalms have been a source of comfort, guidance, and worship for God's people.

They give voice to our deepest emotions, joy, sorrow, praise, lament, and they provide a God-given pattern for how we are to speak to Him in faith.

But how should we understand the Psalms in light of Christ?

And what role should they play in our lives today, both personally and corporately in

the church?

In this episode of the Crossplay podcast, I'm diving into these questions and more with my guest,

Christopher Ash.

In our conversation, Christopher explains both why the

Psalms are essential for our lives as Christians and why Christ is central to the Psalms.

We explore how the Psalms shape our prayers, reflect the fullness of human experience, and point us

to Christ as both their singer and subject.

Christopher is a writer in residence at Tyndale House in Cambridge.

He previously served as a pastor and church planter and as the director of the Proclamation Trust Cornhill Training Course in London.

He's also the author of a number of books, including a new four-volume Christ-centered

commentary on the Psalms from Crossway. Let's get started.

Well, Christopher, thank you so much for joining me today on the Crossway podcast. It's a real

privilege for me to be back.

So you open this new four-volume commentary that you've written on the Psalms with the following line. You say, two convictions underlie this commentary. Number one, that the Psalms are essential,

the life of the Christian church, and two, that Christ is central to the

Psalms. And so in our conversation today, I'm hoping we can unpack both of those foundational

convictions that you really brought to this project and are hoping to help Christians to really

embrace as we think about the Psalms. But let's start with that first one, that the Psalms are essential to our lives as Christians think about the Psalms. But let's start with that first one, that the

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