Author: Grant Baker
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Episode 51 – Song v Song: Review of “Rest on Us” by Maverick City and “O Creative One” by Providence
Psalm Psalm 51 What We’re Listening To What are we listening to Spencer Psallos EDM Research Steven Curtis Chapman – The Great Adventure album Bryan Providence Grant Jenny Oaks Baker […]
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Episode 50 – Review of the album Jars of Clay with JB Floggington
We have a special guest this week to discuss Jars of Clay's first album that came out in 1995. We're nothing if not hip and with the trends. Enjoy this nostalgic look back at the Greatest Decade of Christian Music.
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Episode 49 Part 2 – A Conversation with Jesse Roberts of Poor Bishop Hooper
Bryan sits down with Jesse Roberts of Poor Bishop Hooper to finish the discussion on their first album, Foreign Made. Check out Poor Bishop Hooper’s website for more on their […]
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Episode 49 Part 1 – Review of Poor Bishop Hooper’s Album Foreign Made
This week, it is just Bryan and Grant in the studio again. (But prepare yourself for part 2!) We discuss one of Bryan's favorite albums to play, Foreign Made by Poor Bishop Hooper.
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48 – Review of Psallos’ Album Philippians with Special Guest Spencer Parsons
Welcome Spencer to the show as we discuss Psallos' latest album, Philippians
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Balmcast Flying Solo 1 CCM is a Broken System
Bryan goes solo with both Grant and Justin out. This is our first video podcast too! Check it out on YouTube Thanks for listening The Balm of Gilead podcast is […]
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47 Bonus ep 3: This one’s a little weird
Episode 47 bonus episode 3. It was getting late and the guys hopped from the serious to the banal with amazing alacrity.
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47 Bonus ep 2: Snow in the South
Episode 47 bonus episode 2: Where we talk about the presence of snow in the south.
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47 Bonus ep 1: On C.S. Lewis
Episode 47 bonus episode where we get off on a rabbit trail about C.S. Lewis.
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47 – Mars Hill Music: The Sing Team + Collaborations (with special guest FNH from the Not the Bee Social Podcast!)
FNH from the Not the Bee Social podcast joins us with Justin still out this week. Today, we wrap up our series on Mars Hill's music with The Sing Team and a couple other Brian Eichelberger pieces.
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46 – Mars Hill Music: The Modern Post
This week it's just Bryan and Grant as they discuss music from The Modern Post.
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45 – Mars Hill Music: Ghost Ship
Psalm Psalm 45 Songs: Creation to Salvation by Drakeford Ghost Ship: The Good King Mediator – CAM HUXFORD IV Verse 1 He takes our place and stands in front of […]
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44 – The Mars Hill Bonus episode
An interesting tangential discussion that we thought was worth sharing
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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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