Tag: Balm in Gilead

September 23: Reading the Holy Bible in a year.

Colossians 3:18-25. The Apostle Paul listed the rules for holy living; proper relationships in the christian home and rules for the workplace.

Jeremiah 8 tells of the valley of slaughter, of sin and punishment and ends up with the question : “Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?“

Jeremiah 9. “The weeping prophet” Jeremiah mourned for the people and the people mourned as they received judgment.

Jeremiah 10. The fight is spiritual: God versus idols. Yet, Jeremiah prophesied about the coming captivity of Judah, which led to Jeremiah’s prayer.

September 23, read through the Holy Bible in a year.

Colossians 3:18-25. The Apostle Paul listed the rules for holy living; proper relationships in the christian home and rules for the workplace.

Jeremiah 8 tells of the valley of slaughter, of sin and punishment and ends up with the question : “Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?“

Jeremiah 9. “The weeping prophet” Jeremiah mourned for the people and the people mourned as they received judgment.

Jeremiah 10. The fight is spiritual: God versus idols. Yet, Jeremiah prophesied about the coming captivity of Judah, which led to Jeremiah’s prayer.

September 16, read through the Bible in a year.

Today we read the second chapter of  First Timothy and two chapters of Jeremiah

September 16: 1 Timothy 2, Jeremiah 7, Jeremiah 8 (click on the chapter to begin reading).

1 Timothy 2. Paul reminds the believers to pray for all, including the people of authority. Then he explains the roles for men and women in the Church.

Jeremiah 7. The prophet reminds the reader that false religion is worthless, and proclaims judgment on perverted religion.

Jeremiah 8 tells of the valley of slaughter, of sin and punishment and ends up with the question : “Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there?“

 

 

Jeremiah 8, the valley of slaughter, Sin and Punishment, Balm in Gilead.

Jeremiah 8, the valley of slaughter, Sin and Punishment, Balm in Gilead.

This rendition is technically most well done, but the true spirit comes out when Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle adds spiritual musical emotion to it.

But it may be best expressed in its simplicity, here performed by Paul Robeson