Author: Grant Baker
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44 – Mars Hill Music: Review of the album “Citizens” by Citizens and Saints
The music of Mars Hill had some notable characters and groups that came out of it. In this episode, we discuss the band Citizens and take a look at the theology of some of their music.
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43 – Mars Hill Music: Initial Thoughts and a Personal Update
This week we discuss what we've been listening to (does Grant not like a Newsboys song?) and we give a bit of a personal update and how some of the music of Mars Hill was helpful during this time.
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42 – Balmcast 2.0: Discussion of CCM News and What’s Next for the Balm in Gilead
Psalm 42 What We’ve Been Listening To Grant New Newsboys song Clean. Top artist: Crown & Covenant Others of note: Adam Young Titanic Ola W Jansson album All The Things […]
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41 – Not What My Hands Have Done: Understanding Excellence in the Craft of Lyrics and Music
It's just Bryan and Grant this week as we talk about Craft in creating music. If you like music theory, we talk a bit about that. If not, don't worry, we mention a ton of awesome links to check out. Rate and review in your podcast app to build the listener community! And thanks for listening!
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40 – God Moves in a Mysterious Way: Henry Haffner interview
We welcome Henry Haffner to the virtual studio this week. We talk about uniqueness of place, beauty, craft, the Psalms, worship, ... really the whole gambit.
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39 – Nothing But the Blood of Jesus: Interview with Cody Curtis of Psallos
We interview Cody Curtis of the group Psallos. If you haven't listened to them already, go do that, they're great!
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38 – All Things Bright and Beautiful: Interview with Poet Renee Emerson
This week, we welcome Renee Emerson, poet and author to talk about poetry and beauty. We discuss how this connects into how a poet looks at the Psalms and what we can learn from them.
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37 – Lead On O King Eternal: Interview with Phillip Moyer of My Soul Among Lions
Please welcome Philip Moyer of My Soul Among Lions to this week's show! We had an Insightful discussion about the origins of the band and how they make music. Join the discussion at https://slack.techreformation.com
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36 – Power in the Blood: Interview with Kyle Thompson of the Undaunted.Life Podcast
This week, we talk with Kyle Thompson of the Undaunted.Life podcast. Recently on episode 176 of his show he discussed 8 problems with contemporary worship music. Naturally, we had to investigate his perspective.
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35 – Rejoice the Lord is King: Understanding Objective Beauty, Accessibility, Memorability, and Appropriate Emotion
Bryan, Justin, and Grant continue the discussion on beauty, adding accessibility, memorability, and emotion to the mix. We also discuss Kevin Max leaving orthodoxy for something he calls the "universal christ" whatever that is.
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34 – For the Beauty of the Earth: Understanding Beauty and Craft
This week, we continue our discussion of Beauty and Craft. Stay tuned as we have a giveaway this week!
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33 – How Excellent in All the Earth: Introduction of the Excellence Element and a Biblical Argument for its Importance
The guys discuss excellence in music. This is a bit more subjective than what we've talked about before. We talk a bit more about the art of music and how that pursuit might operate in worship music.
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(Bonus Content) Song vs. The Same Song
Jon Foreman wrote a song based on Psalm 51 that is beautiful. The instrumentation is very somber, and while it has a lot of moving pieces, functions in a way […]
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(Bonus Content) Community Deconstruction
Quick, interesting discussion regarding similarities in deconstruction stories. And some podcast recommendations. Podcast Recos Restless The Alisa Childers Podcast Cooper Stuff https://media.blubrry.com/balm_in_gilead/p/www.balmcast.com/episodes/s03e32b1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | […]
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32 – Earth Has No Sorrow: Dustin Kensrue’s Deconstruction, Review of “The Grey” by Thrice, and Reviews of “Departures” and “Jesus, I Have My Doubts” by Jon Foreman
Psalm Psalm 32 Ice Breaker Review of Jon Foreman’s Departures album I would classify this album as a Type 2.5 album. Many of the songs are solidly Type 3, but […]
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31 – Thy Works Not Mine O Christ: Interview with Justin Rea of Sound in Worship
This week, we welcome special guest Justin Rea to the podcast. We discuss his music recos and play a fun game before settling into the main topic all about what's ahead on Season 3. Stay tuned to the end for a song and a special announcement!
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30 – As the Deer: Review of “Waterfall” by Chris Tomlin and “Satisfied in You” by The Sing Team
This week, we offer up a song versus song on paraphrases of Psalm 42-43, and, as it happens, Psalm 63. We are looking at Tomlin's Waterfall and The Sing Team's Satisfied in You
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Let All With Heart and Voice and Occasional Unorthodox Theology: Part 2, Instruments of Instrumentation
Another bonus segment from our discussion in episode 29. We start, but do not go to deep into instruments in worship. Allowed? Not? Things to think about. https://media.blubrry.com/balm_in_gilead/p/www.balmcast.com/episodes/s02e029eb4.mp3Podcast: Play in […]
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Let All With Heart and Voice and Occasional Unorthodox Theology: Part 1 What about Watts?
Part 1 of some bonus content from our last show. Here, we go on a bit of a journey through discussing what we each think about how writers’ beliefs ought […]
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29 – Let All with Heart and Voice: A Biblical Argument for Music Ministry, Music Ministers, and Instruments in Christian Worship
Why do we have music ministers, worship leaders, and song leaders? In this episode, Bryan and Grant discuss an idea Bryan has about where this might come from.
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