Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore Marty’s spiritual practices and see what has changed or evolved for him over the last seven years. Discussion Video for BEMA 355 BEMA 24: Creating a Space Thought of the Day: Two Hands of Faith — Marty Solomon, YouTube The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon “Is It Time to Quit ‘Quiet Time’?” by Dru Johnson and Celina Durgin — Christianity Today Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Tayl...
Aug 31, 2023•48 min
Brent Billings and Josh Bossé discuss his spiritual practices and how they have evolved throughout his journey with God. Discussion Video for BEMA 354 Schottenstein Interlinear Complete Chumash by Rabbi Menachem Davis Support The BEMA Podcast
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks chat about her spiritual practices. Discussion Video for BEMA 353 Notebook Classic — LEUCHTTURM1917 SHARPIE S-Gel Pen, Medium Point (0.7mm), Black Ink “Advantage of Handwriting Over Typing on Learning Words” by Aya S. Ihara et al. — Frontiers in Human Neuroscience “Is the News Making Us Unhappy?” by Natascha de Hoog and Peter Verboon — British Journal of Psychology Support The BEMA Podcast...
Aug 17, 2023•51 min
Brent Billings and Reed Dent consider a different framework for spiritual practice and explore how Reed engages his own practices. Discussion Video for BEMA 352 BEMA 24: Creating a Space Grasslands National Park — Wikipedia Visiting Grasslands National Park — Brent Billings Big Bend National Park — Wikipedia Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot The Books of Scott Cairns Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community by Pádraig Ó Tuama Poetry Unbound Podcast Making All Things New by Henri Nouwen Eat This Boo...
Aug 10, 2023•57 min
Brent Billings offers an extended track of music and sounds for spending time in reflection. To maintain a reasonable file size for downloads, this music is presented at a slightly reduced quality compared to the original Sabbath Reflection episodes. Source Music for Session 7 — Soundstripe Support The BEMA Podcast
Aug 07, 2023•2 hr 35 min
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. Discussion Video for BEMA 350 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...
Aug 03, 2023•48 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the ultimate episode of Season 3 of The Chosen. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 349 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
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) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 348 BEMA 331: Sanctuary — Resting with the Mishkan Storyline Bible Studies by Kat Armstrong Support The BEMA Podcast...
Jul 27, 2023•36 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the events of the penultimate episode of Season 3 of The Chosen. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 347 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Support The BEMA Podcast...
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) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 346 BEMA 330: Sanctuary — Traversing the Mishkan Support The BEMA Podcast...
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. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 345 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Rabbi Akiva — Wikipedia Support The BEMA Podcast...
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) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 344 BEMA 329: Sanctuary — Moving the Mishkan Support The BEMA Podcast...
Jul 13, 2023•46 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings see Jesus engage the act of healing in new ways. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 343 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 103: Healing in His Wings Support The BEMA Podcast...
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) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 342 BEMA 328: Sanctuary — Listening by the Mishkan Support The BEMA Podcast...
Jul 06, 2023•45 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings see the disciples utilize their healing power and then process what happened. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 341 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
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) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 340 BEMA 327: Sanctuary — Feasting at the Mishkan Support The BEMA Podcast...
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. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 339 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Support The BEMA Podcast...
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) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 338 BEMA 326: Sanctuary — Entering the Mishkan Support The BEMA Podcast...
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. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 337 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
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) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 336 BEMA 325: Sanctuary — Waking Up in the Mishkan Support The BEMA Podcast...
Jun 15, 2023•33 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings jump back into The Chosen with the first episode of Season 3. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 335 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 21: With All Your Soul & “Very” Machaerus — Wikipedia Support The BEMA Podcast...
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 Support The BEMA Podcast
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) Support The BEMA 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. Discussion Video for BEMA 332 Flourishing on the Edge of Faith by Andrew DeCort BEMA 275: Kate Sch...
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) Discussion Video for BEMA 331 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
May 18, 2023•1 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) Discussion Video for BEMA 330 “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 Supp...
May 11, 2023•1 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) Discussion Video for BEMA 329 BEMA 294: John — Sacrifice, Suffering, and Joy Support The BEMA Podcast...
May 04, 2023•1 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) Discussion Video for BEMA 328 A Commentary on the Book of Exodus by U. Cassuto Diary of a Country Priest (1951 film) — Letterboxd Support The BEMA Podcast...
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) Discussion Video for BEMA 327 Ship of Theseus — Wikipedia Support The BEMA Podcast...
Apr 20, 2023•1 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) Discussion Video for BEMA 326 Symbolism of the Biblical World by Othmar Keel Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns Join the BEMA Slack Support The BEMA Podcast...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 12 min
