Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Kat Armstrong, a Bible teacher and ministry leader who holds a master’s degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. She is the author of the Storyline Bible Studies and is the cofounder of the Polished Network. Mountains by Kat Armstrong Storyline Bible Studies by Kat Armstrong The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing by Jonathan T. Pennington Tree of Life Series — BibleProject Podcast The Art of Reading Scripture by Ellen F. Davis a...
Aug 03, 2023•48 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the ultimate episode of Season 3 of The Chosen. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 71: The Prophetic Table Addendum to BEMA 80 [on Pharisees] — Marty Solomon, YouTube...
Jul 31, 2023•53 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings conclude this series of reflection by working to apply the lessons of trust from the Mishkan. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection VII — Trust (PDF) BEMA 331: Sanctuary — Resting with the Mishkan Storyline Bible Studies by Kat Armstrong...
Jul 27, 2023•36 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the events of the penultimate episode of Season 3 of The Chosen. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
Jul 24, 2023•49 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue this series of reflection, considering the wonder of God’s redemptive, saving work, which isn’t ours to control. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection VI — Wonder (PDF) BEMA 330: Sanctuary — Traversing the Mishkan
Jul 20, 2023•51 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are introduced to Pilate and watch with the crowd as Jesus does everything except get John the Baptist out of jail. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Rabbi Akiva — Wikipedia...
Jul 17, 2023•49 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a series of reflection, considering our approaches to sin and how we occupy different places. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection V — Place (PDF) BEMA 329: Sanctuary — Moving the Mishkan
Jul 13, 2023•46 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings see Jesus engage the act of healing in new ways. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 103: Healing in His Wings...
Jul 10, 2023•44 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue this series of reflection, working to consider the different ways in which we teach others. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection IV — Teaching (PDF) BEMA 328: Sanctuary — Listening by the Mishkan
Jul 06, 2023•45 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings see the disciples utilize their healing power and then process what happened. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 332: Andrew DeCort — Flourishing on the Edge of Faith BEMA 124: Statement of Triumph Banias Archaeological Dig of 2020 — YouTube...
Jul 03, 2023•39 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue this series of reflection, working to apply the lessons of community from the Mishkan. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection III — Community (PDF) BEMA 327: Sanctuary — Feasting at the Mishkan
Jun 29, 2023•35 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings watch as Jesus returns to Nazareth to become a prophet without honor in his hometown. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
Jun 26, 2023•50 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue through this series of reflection, working to apply the lessons of love from the Mishkan. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection II — Love (PDF) BEMA 326: Sanctuary — Entering the Mishkan
Jun 22, 2023•33 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings return to The Chosen to watch as the disciples are commissioned as apostles and sent out in pairs. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Cohortes Urbanae — Wikipedia The Kingdom (Teaching Series) — Marty Solomon, YouTube Addendum: James Who? — Marty Solomon, YouTube BEMA 259: Kevan Chandler — We Carry Kevan...
Jun 19, 2023•45 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings start a series of reflection, working to apply the lessons of the Mishkan once again. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection I — Truth (PDF) BEMA 325: Sanctuary — Waking Up in the Mishkan
Jun 15, 2023•33 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings jump back into The Chosen with the first episode of Season 3. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 21: With All Your Soul & “Very” Machaerus — Wikipedia...
Jun 12, 2023•52 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings venture into new territory and approach the podcast with a different perspective for a season. “The Sabbath Year” by Marty Solomon
Jun 08, 2023•31 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings wrap up Session 6 of the podcast and reflect on where we’ve been. Marty on Goodreads The Kingdom (Teaching Series) — Marty Solomon, YouTube Book Tour Recap blog post Book Tour Recap on YouTube BEMA 307: Tohu va Vohu (State of the Podcast)...
Jun 01, 2023•48 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Andrew DeCort, author of Flourishing on the Edge of Faith . He holds a Ph.D. in Religious and Political Ethics and is the founder of the Neighbor-Love Movement and the Institute for Faith and Flourishing. Andrew has taught at a variety of universities around the world, and he and his wife, Lily, live and work between Ethiopia and Chicago. Flourishing on the Edge of Faith by Andrew DeCort BEMA 275: Kate Schmidgall — BitterSweet The Neig...
May 25, 2023•55 min
Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Elle Grover Fricks muse on the mysteries of rest and holiness, and conclude the anthology on the tabernacle. Presentation for Sanctuary — Resting with the Mishkan (PDF) Strong Bad Email #58: Dragon — YouTube The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel “When You Believe” from The Prince of Egypt — YouTube “Doubting Doubts” by Citizens & Saints — YouTube...
May 18, 2023•2 hr 47 min
Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Elle Grover Fricks gather once again around the fire and wrestle with the radical implications of putting the Divine Image into practice. Presentation for Sanctuary — Traversing the Mishkan (PDF) “Man as the Image of God in Genesis in the Light of Ancient Near Eastern Parallels” by Edward Mason Curtis — University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Image of God — Wikipedia BEMA 248: Joy and Lot’s Untitled Wife w/ Elle Grover Fricks...
May 11, 2023•2 hr 58 min
Brent Billings is with Josh Bossé and Reed Dent to see how God’s presence shows up in surprising ways throughout the tabernacle. Presentation for Sanctuary — Moving the Mishkan (PDF) BEMA 294: John — Sacrifice, Suffering, and Joy
May 04, 2023•2 hr 41 min
Brent Billings is with Josh Bossé and Reed Dent to consider the role of priests in the tabernacle through their clothing. Presentation for Sanctuary — Listening by the Mishkan (PDF) A Commentary on the Book of Exodus by U. Cassuto Diary of a Country Priest (1951 film)...
Apr 27, 2023•2 hr 1 min
Brent Billings and Josh Bossé examine the communal life and stability found in the sacrificial altar. Presentation for Sanctuary — Feasting at the Mishkan (PDF) Ship of Theseus — Wikipedia
Apr 20, 2023•2 hr 30 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are back with Josh Bossé to consider the boundaries established for the tabernacle and the love hidden within them. Presentation for Sanctuary — Entering the Mishkan (PDF) Symbolism of the Biblical World by Othmar Keel Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns Join the BEMA Slack...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Josh Bossé to begin a series on the tabernacle of Exodus and the parallels it has to the Creation story, turning those spiritual principles into tangible practices. Presentation for Sanctuary — Waking Up in the Mishkan (PDF) Tabernacle — Wikipedia “What’s So Special About the Tabernacle?” — BibleProject Podcast BEMA 286: John — The Test of Bread...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Anita Grace Brown. She has been using yoga for 25 years to heal from trauma, fear, and spiritual struggles. She engages nature and uses art to help others find redemption. Grooveology Website It’s 5 o’clock Somewhere Podcast Kamikaze Yogi by Anita Grace Brown Christians Practicing Yoga The Yoga Abbey I’m Gonna Stress You Out — Online Course Additional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Anita Grace Brown....
Mar 30, 2023•44 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks finish out the series by turning their attention to two figures in the book of Revelation. Cinnabar — Wikipedia Litter (vehicle) [palanquin] — Wikipedia Epiphanius of Salamis — Wikipedia Hippolytus of Rome — Wikipedia Isis — Wikipedia BEMA 300: John — The Migdal...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Elle Grover Fricks to survey the forgotten women of the New Testament. Learning Greek with Elle — Servant (PDF) Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon Trireme — Wikipedia Didache — Wikipedia Junia (New Testament person) — Wikipedia BEMA News & Events...
Mar 16, 2023•57 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé draw their chairs closer to the fire of the accounts of women who may have been overlooked in the Hebrew Bible. Binders Full of Women — Know Your Meme BEMA 209: Midrash — Noah’s Backstory and the Nephilim
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 6 min
