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418: The Chosen S4E4 — “Calm Before” (Bonus Episode)
28 oktober 2024 · 41 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen with a big finally in episode 4. Lees meer
The Chosen
The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia
The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
Tel Dor — Wikipedia
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417: Hosea — Staring Brokenness in the Face
24 oktober 2024 · 51 min
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent look to Hosea 4 to answer the question of how we can find ourselves in a mess like this. Lees meer
BEMA 386: Psalms — The Whole Human Experience
“Lord’s Supper” by Frederick Buechner
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416: The Chosen S4E3 — “Moon to Blood” (Bonus Episode)
21 oktober 2024 · 41 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen with the controversial episode 3. Lees meer
The Chosen
The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia
The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
“Leading Like Jesus” sermon by Megan Trischler — University Christian Church
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415: Hosea — Living Metaphor
17 oktober 2024 · 51 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings venture into the biblical Text of Hosea, letting the prophetic story of Hosea lead us into some reflections on wisdom for our day. Lees meer
1994 Minister’s Manual (HarperCollins, 1993). Series by Roger Lovette (Preaching from Hosea: A Gospel for Broken Things). Edited by James W. Cox
The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
BEMA 49b: Verastikh (Hosea)
Shirat Ha'azinu: The Song of Moses by Rabbi David Fohrman — Aleph Beta
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414: The Chosen S4E2 — “Confessions” (Bonus Episode)
14 oktober 2024 · 43 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss some Chosen announcements, offer a mea culpa for episode 1, and continue into Season 4 of The Chosen with episode 2. Lees meer
The Chosen
The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia
The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
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413: Hosea — Context and Caution
10 oktober 2024 · 51 min
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks begin a series on Hosea, considering a framework we can use to approach a passage with a fresh lens. Lees meer
The 6-Column Sheet (PDF)
BEMA 49: Hosea — Prostitute
“Israeli Archaeologists Find Enigmatic 2,500-year-old Burials in the Desert” by Ariel David — Haaretz
The Oxford Handbook of Hosea by Brad E. Kelle
The Latter Prophets: A Feminist Companion to the Bible by Athalya Brenner-Idan
Texts of Terror by Phyllis Trible
Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel by Peggy L. Day (contains “‘To Play the Harlot’: An Inquiry into an Old Testament Metaphor” by Phyllis Bird)
Harlot or Holy Woman? by Phyllis A. Bird
Phyllis Trible — Wikipedia
Phyllis Bird — Wikipedia
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412: The Chosen S4E1 — “Promises” (Bonus Episode)
7 oktober 2024 · 42 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings finally commence the discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen, starting things off with episode 1. Lees meer
The Chosen
The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia
The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
BEMA 310: The Nativity Story
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411: Session 9 Intro
3 oktober 2024 · 38 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings begin Session 9 of the podcast and discuss what comes next and what we can look forward to in the months to come. Lees meer
The Story of BEMA
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410: Session 8 Capstone
26 september 2024 · 43 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings close out Session 8 with Reed Dent, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé.
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409: Sandra Richter — The Epic of Eden
19 september 2024 · 58 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Dr. Sandra Richter, the Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies at Westmont College, a graduate of Harvard University, and of course the author of The Epic of Eden, including a new study in that series covering Deborah. Lees meer
Deborah by Sandra L. Richter
The Epic of Eden by Sandra L. Richter
Isaiah by Sandra L. Richter
Psalms by Sandra L. Richter
The Story of God, the Story of Us by Sean Gladding
The Story by Zondervan, Max Lucado, and Randy Frazee
NIV Committee on Bible Translation (CBT)
Sandra Richter on Facebook
Sandra Richter on Instagram
Sandra Richter at Westmont College
Additional audio production by Gus Simpson
Special Guest: Sandra Richter.
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408: Practical Shabbat — Deepening
12 september 2024 · 49 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore the depths of Shabbat with Josh Bossé. Lees meer
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
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407: Practical Shabbat — Breaking
5 september 2024 · 52 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are breaking Shabbat with Josh Bossé. Lees meer
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
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406: Practical Shabbat — Remembering
29 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 31 min
Brent Billings and Reed Dent join Josh Bossé in remembering Shabbat. Lees meer
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
RRR (2022 film) — JustWatch
I Asked for Wonder by Abraham Joshua Heschel and Samuel H. Dresner
Who Is Man? by Abraham J. Heschel
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405: Practical Shabbat — Keeping
22 augustus 2024 · 55 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks keep Shabbat with Josh Bossé. Lees meer
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
BEMA 331: Sanctuary — Resting with the Mishkan
Nerts — Wikipedia
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404: Mariko Clark — The Book of Belonging
15 augustus 2024 · 56 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks are joined by special guest Mariko Clark, author of The Book of Belonging. She is a mother and a storyteller, and her time as an editor of National Geographic Learning enabled her to make complex topics accessible and engaging. She and her husband live outside of Indianapolis with their three kids. Lees meer
The Book of Belonging by Mariko Clark and Rachel Eleanor
The Book of Belonging — Substack
The Book of Belonging website
Additional audio production by Gus Simpson
Special Guest: Mariko Clark.
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403: Talmudic Matthew — But Actually John
8 augustus 2024 · 47 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Elle Grover Fricks to close out this series from the Talmud and return to a well where Jesus talks with a Samaritan woman. Lees meer
Cairo Geniza — Wikipedia
Umm el-Qanatir — Wikipedia
Pesher — Wikipedia
Targum — Wikipedia
Peshitta — Wikipedia
Onkelos — Wikipedia
“Here’s Something about the Bible of the First Christians I Bet Many of You Didn’t Know (You’re Welcome)” by Peter Enns — Patheos
Origin of the Old Testament — The Bible for Normal People
“Tell all the truth but tell it slant” (poem) by Emily Dickinson
“Jacob Traditions and the Interpretation of John 4:10–26” by Jerome H. Neyrey — JSTOR
Eliezer ben Hurcanus — Wikipedia
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer — Sefaria
Only the Lover Sings by Matthew Clark
BEMA 227: The Chosen S1E8 — “I Am He”
BEMA 257: John — Wells and Husbands
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402: Talmudic Matthew — Lightly Salted
1 augustus 2024 · 56 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé examine one more perspective on the ideas of salt and light found in the Sermon on the Mount. Lees meer
BEMA 257: John — Wells and Husbands
BEMA 313: Parables — The Good Samaritan
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401: Talmudic Matthew — Light
25 juli 2024 · 50 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Elle Grover Fricks to consider Jesus’s teaching on light through the lens of the Talmud. Lees meer
BEMA 94: Hope of the World
Bava Batra — Wikipedia
1 Corinthians 3: Building a Temple — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship
Numbers: The Wilderness Years, volume 4 of Covenant & Conversation by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
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400: Talmudic Matthew — Salt
18 juli 2024 · 39 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks unearth a deeper meaning of salt through a Talmudic lens. Lees meer
“The Salt of the Land and the Light of the World” — BibleProject Podcast
BEMA 248: Joy and Lot’s Untitled Wife
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399: Talmudic Matthew — Household of God
11 juli 2024 · 1 uur 37 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé browse through the Beatitudes one by one. Lees meer
Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing by Søren Kierkegaard
Live Q&A with Josh Bossé (April 2024) — YouTube
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398: Talmudic Matthew — Blessing
4 juli 2024 · 1 uur 5 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé crack open the question of what a biblical blessing is. Lees meer
To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue
Every Moment Holy, Volume I by Douglas Kaine McKelvey
Every Moment Holy, Volume II by Douglas Kaine McKelvey
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397: Mitch Lavender — Respect and Dignity
27 juni 2024 · 59 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Mitch Lavender, longtime BEMA listener and group facilitator, and now Lead Campus Minister in Cincinnati with Impact Campus Ministries, about his experiences with a community dealing with the challenges of diversity and how that can lead to transition with family, friends, and faith. Lees meer
A Church Called Tov by Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer
Additional audio production by Gus Simpson
Special Guest: Mitch Lavender.
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396: Talmudic Matthew — Desert and Sea
20 juni 2024 · 1 uur 18 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Reed Dent revisit Matthew 4 with a Talmudic lens. Lees meer
BEMA 92: How to Bring Order Out of Chaos
Ethics Ratings of Nearly All Professions Down in U.S. — Gallup
Scutching — Wikipedia
Tractate Sanhedrin — Sefaria
“Questions About Angels” (poem) by Billy Collins
Gospel of Matthew Summary (Part 1) — BibleProject
Gospel of Matthew Summary (Part 2) — BibleProject
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395: Talmudic Matthew — Jordan
13 juni 2024 · 53 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks take a closer look at the work of John the Baptist. Lees meer
BEMA 91: Tavilah T'Shuvah
BEMA 92: How to Bring Order Out of Chaos
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394: Talmudic Matthew — Stars and Magic
6 juni 2024 · 46 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks take a closer look at the magi and the star of the nativity. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 394
BEMA 89: Written in the Stars
BEMA 257: Wells and Husbands
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393: Talmudic Matthew — Dreams
30 mei 2024 · 1 uur 11 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Reed Dent explore how the Talmudic conversation might shed new light on the account of Joseph’s angelic visitation in Matthew 1. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 393
BEMA 22: Under the Chuppah
BEMA 85: Mark — Roman Gospel
BEMA 89: Written in the Stars
Berakhot 56 (Talmud) — Sefaria
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392: Talmudic Matthew — Legacy
23 mei 2024 · 49 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are with Elle Grover Fricks to kick off a new series on Talmudic conversations in Matthew. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 392
Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon
Sefaria: A Living Library of Jewish Texts
Brad Gray on the Genealogy of Matthew — Real Life on the Palouse
“Matthew’s Begats” by Andrew Peterson — YouTube
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391: Tommy Brown — The Ache for Meaning
16 mei 2024 · 45 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Tommy Brown, author of The Ache for Meaning. He is a pastor and contemplative teacher with a bachelor’s degree in pastoral ministry and master’s degrees in divinity and management, and a former little league baseball coach. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 391
The Ache for Meaning by Tommy Brown
What Is the Palouse?
Dark Night of the Soul — Wikipedia
The Seven Money Types by Tommy Brown
The Torah for Dummies by Arthur Kurzweil
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Brueggemann
Tommy Brown’s website
Additional audio production by Gus Simpson
Special Guest: Tommy Brown.
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390: Psalms — Feeling Dumb with a Great Cloud of Witnesses
9 mei 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Elle Grover Fricks conclude the series on the Psalms and offer a final bit of encouragement to carry with us into the future. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 390
Festival of Faith & Writing — Calvin University
My Bright Abyss by Christian Wiman
Inside Out (2015 film) — JustWatch
“Despite My Efforts Even My Prayers Have Turned into Threats” from Pilgrim Bell by Kaveh Akbar
“The Only Animal” from Walking to Martha’s Vineyard by Franz Wright
“Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson — Poetry Foundation
“Bless Me” by Maverick City Music (feat. Kirk Franklin) — YouTube
Liturgy Prints — Every Moment Holy
“A Greek Papyrus Amulet from the Duke Collection with Biblical Excerpts” by Csaba A. La’da and Amphilochios Papathomas — JSTOR
Coble Eye Care
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389: Psalms — 23 & Me
2 mei 2024 · 1 uur 14 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé take a second stroll through the words of Psalm 23. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 389
The Gorge Amphitheatre
Saving Paradise by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker
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388: Psalms — Are You Listening?
25 april 2024 · 1 uur 10 min
Brent Billings and Reed Dent listen to the voice of Psalm 19. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 388
Firefly [Lightning Bug] — Wikipedia
Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner
Psalm 19: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God — Aleph Beta
Reflections: Christianity Makes Sense of the World — C. S. Lewis Institute
“The Merton Prayer” — Reflections, Yale Divinity School
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387: Psalms — More Distant Reflections
18 april 2024 · 52 min
Brent Billings and Reed Dent mull over the words of Psalm 32. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 387
Bad Words Series — BibleProject
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386: Psalms — The Whole Human Experience
11 april 2024 · 46 min
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent compare and contrast Psalms 51 and 139. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 386
Psalm 139: Take 1 — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship
Psalm 139: Take 4 — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship
The Crucifixion by Fleming Rutledge
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385: Psalms — Ultimate Mario Star
4 april 2024 · 49 min
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent discuss Psalm 91. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 385
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384: Derek Vreeland — Centering Jesus
28 maart 2024 · 50 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Derek Vreeland, author of Centering Jesus. He is the discipleship pastor at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, MO, where he lives with his wife, Jenni. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 384
Centering Jesus by Derek Vreeland
Review of Centering Jesus — Marty Solomon, Goodreads
Man Enough by Nate Pyle
God’s Empowering Presence by Gordon D. Fee
Benefit of the Doubt by Gregory A. Boyd
Salvation by Allegiance Alone by Matthew W. Bates
Daily Office Lectionary by Derek Vreeland
Book of Common Prayer — Wikipedia
Derek Vreeland’s website
Additional audio production by Gus Simpson
Special Guest: Derek Vreeland.
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383: Psalms — Praying Hate
21 maart 2024 · 1 uur 11 min
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Elle Grover Fricks discuss the words of Psalm 137. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 383
BEMA 380: Psalms — The Hidden Face
Answering God by Eugene H. Peterson
BEMA 36: The Redemption Cycle
The Message of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann
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382: Psalms — Small, Not Insignificant
14 maart 2024 · 52 min
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Elle Grover Fricks consider the words of Psalm 8. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 382
The Message of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann
Visual Commentary on Psalm 8 — BibleProject
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
Reflections on the Psalms by C. S. Lewis
“Rabbi Simcha Bunem's Favorite Sayings” by Julie Danan — Sefaria
Midrash Tehillim on Psalm 8 — Sefaria
Psalm 8 — Wikipedia
“Stars” by Switchfoot — YouTube
“Friend of God” by Israel Houghton — YouTube
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381: Psalms — A Sheep in the Mirror
7 maart 2024 · 56 min
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé discuss Psalm 23. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 381
“House of God Forever” by Jon Foreman — YouTube
Psalm 23 — Wikipedia
The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter
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380: Psalms — The Hidden Face
29 februari 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé discuss Psalm 13. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 380
The Message of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann
Telling the Truth by Frederick Buechner
BEMA 282: John — The Dance of Grief
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379: Psalms — Every Season of Life
22 februari 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Reed Dent as he launches a series on the Psalms. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 379
Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon
Free at Last by dc Talk — YouTube
“[Psalm] 40” by dc Talk — YouTube
The Art of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter
The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter
The Art of Bible Translation by Robert Alter
Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible by Thomas G. Long
BEMA 349: The Chosen S3E8 — “Sustenance” (Bonus Episode)
The Message of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott
Answering God by Eugene H. Peterson
Praying the Psalms by Thomas Merton
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378: Lea Schrumpf — Entering Our Stories
15 februari 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Lea Schrumpf, Director of Pastoral Care at Purdue Christian Campus House, to discuss how we are shaped by harm, but how we are created for delight and honor, and how we can enter our stories with compassion and kindness. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 378
BEMA 242: Spiritual Abuse — Commodities and Variables
The Allender Center
Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson
Being Known Podcast
Adam Young Counseling
The Place We Find Ourselves podcast
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
The Reconnect Institute
Reconnect Marriage Podcast
Purdue Christian Campus House
Snack-Stadium by Ordi Stefan Hossu — Facebook
Additional audio production by Gus Simpson
Special Guest: Lea Schrumpf.
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377: Isaiah — The Fruit of Faithfulness
8 februari 2024 · 1 uur 15 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings conclude the journey through Isaiah by looking at his prophetic visions for the future and how hope changes the substance of our conversations, desires, and experiences. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 377
BEMA 137: A Dry Tree
BEMA 71: The Prophetic Table
BEMA 332: Andrew DeCort — Flourishing on the Edge of Faith
Friend or Foe #1: The Truth and Proper Place of Guilt sermon — YouTube
Overview of Isaiah — BibleProject
King Chizkiah, the Almost Messiah — Rabbi David Fohrman, Aleph Beta
Aleph Beta Academy
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376: Isaiah — Maternal Images of God
1 februari 2024 · 55 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Reed Dent discuss the maternal images seen throughout Isaiah. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 376
Aleph Beta Academy
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Behavior of a Pallas’s cat — YouTube
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375: Isaiah — What Perseverance Produces
25 januari 2024 · 34 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings press on into the final chapters of Isaiah’s servant discourse, hearing the famous passage of God’s suffering servant and searching for the fruit of those trials. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 375
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374: Isaiah — When Suffering Is the Way
18 januari 2024 · 55 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings enter a new season of Isaiah’s prophecy. Times have changed, circumstances are different, but God’s love remains the same. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 374
Tikkun Olam — Wikipedia
BEMA 192: Telling a Story
BEMA 64: 3 Isaiah — Servant
BEMA 289: John — Loved to the End
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373: Preston Ulmer — Deconstruct Faith, Discover Jesus
11 januari 2024 · 1 uur
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Preston Ulmer, author of Deconstruct Faith, Discover Jesus, founder and director of the Doubters’ Club, pastor at North Point Church in Springfield, MO, and many pastoral roles before that. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 373
Deconstruct Faith, Discover Jesus by Preston Ulmer
The Doubters’ Club (website)
The Doubters’ Club (book) by Preston Ulmer
Encanto (2021 film) — JustWatch
Conversational Intelligence by Judith E. Glaser
Preston Ulmer on Instagram
Additional audio production by Gus Simpson
Special Guest: Preston Ulmer.
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372: Isaiah — History and Redaction
4 januari 2024 · 1 uur 12 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are with Elle Grover Fricks to discuss the historical portion of Isaiah that bridges the two parts of the prophetic work, considering the possibilities for voices and redactions. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 372
BEMA 82: The Text — When, Where, Who, and Why
Documentary Hypothesis — Wikipedia
Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon
“The Re-Emergence of Source Criticism: The Neo-Documentary Hypothesis” by Joel S. Baden — Yale Divinity School
BEMA 71: The Prophetic Table
The Documentary Hypothesis and the Composition of the Pentateuch by Umberto Cassuto (PDF)
“You have been weighed, measured, and found wanting” — A Knight’s Tale, YouTube
BEMA 365: Isaiah — Prophet vs. Wizard Priests
Ašipu — Wikipedia
Where God Was Born by Bruce Feiler
If All the Seas Were Ink by Ilana Kurshan
2023 NFL Season — Wikipedia
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371: Isaiah — The Hulk Factor
21 december 2023 · 33 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings consider the reality of God’s anger in the next portion of Isaiah. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 371
The Jewish Study Bible: Second Edition
“JPS Bible Translation Enters Digital Era with Sefaria” — The Jewish Publication Society
JPS Tanakh 1917 — BibleHub
New Jewish Publication Society of America Tanakh — Wikipedia
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370: Isaiah — Woes
14 december 2023 · 54 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the next portion of Isaiah to see God’s message aimed directly as His own people. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 370
BEMA 176: Revelation — Smyrna and Their Crown
Beth Moore on the Church in History — Twitter
BEMA 136: Each One
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369: Isaiah — The Choice Is Yours
7 december 2023 · 34 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings hear the universal pronouncement of God’s care and judgment in Isaiah, and then see the response of the prophet to what could lie ahead. Lees meer
Discussion Video for BEMA 369