What if the Psalms were not only meant to be read but sung aloud? Dr. Michael Ballam explores the Psalms as ancient Israel’s hymnbook, sharing personal stories of music’s healing power, from a memory-care patient’s return to lucidity to a final blessing for a dying father.
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Part 1 -
0:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Michael Ballam
1:23 Getting reacquainted with the Psalms
2:48 Israel’s hymnbook
4:00 Elohim and reading the Hebrew text
5:32 Introducing Dr. Michael Ballam
8:43 Come, Follow Me Manual
9:09 Psalm 150 and instruments of praise
11:33 Music in Jesus’s final hours
12:34 Psalm 151 and the Dead Sea Scrolls
15:36 A memory care story: music restoring memory
16:49 Singing for prophets and apostles
20:10 “Sing and pray more, talk less”
23:35 Turning to favorite Psalms
26:37 Psalm 119 and “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet”
30:38 Poetry in Isaiah
33:00 The story behind “How Great Thou Art”
35:02 Elder Cook’s funeral
38:02 Psalm 130 “Out of the depths”
43:08 The story behind “Lead, Kindly Light”
44:38 “Amazing Grace” and a testimony
45:38 Humor in the Psalms
47:18 “The stone the builders refused”
49:09 A film project
53:38 A Marine’s pilot’s hymn-singing story
54:14 Amanda Barnes Smith and Haun’s Mill
55:38 Elder Neal A. Maxwell’s final months
58:09 Music heals and interesting roles
1:00:47 Playing the Apostle Paul
1:04:21 End of Part 1 - Dr. Michael Ballam
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