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. 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 Aleph Beta Academy Subscribe to Aleph Beta A...
Oct 17, 2024•51 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. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Support The BEMA Podcast...
Oct 14, 2024•43 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. 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 Ancien...
Oct 10, 2024•51 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings finally commence the discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen, starting things off with episode 1. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 310: The Nativity Story Support The BEMA Podcast...
Oct 07, 2024•42 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. The Story of BEMA Support The BEMA Podcast
Oct 03, 2024•38 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings close out Session 8 with Reed Dent, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé. Support The BEMA Podcast
Sep 26, 2024•43 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. Debora h 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 Fraze...
Sep 19, 2024•58 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore the depths of Shabbat with Josh Bossé. The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel Support The BEMA Podcast
Sep 12, 2024•49 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are breaking Shabbat with Josh Bossé. The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel Support The BEMA Podcast
Sep 05, 2024•52 min
Brent Billings and Reed Dent join Josh Bossé in remembering Shabbat. 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks keep Shabbat with Josh Bossé. The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel BEMA 331: Sanctuary — Resting with the Mishkan Nerts — Wikipedia Support The BEMA Podcast
Aug 22, 2024•55 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. 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...
Aug 15, 2024•56 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. 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 ...
Aug 08, 2024•47 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. BEMA 257: John — Wells and Husbands BEMA 313: Parables — The Good Samaritan Support The BEMA Podcast
Aug 01, 2024•56 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Elle Grover Fricks to consider Jesus’s teaching on light through the lens of the Talmud. 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
Jul 25, 2024•50 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks unearth a deeper meaning of salt through a Talmudic lens. “The Salt of the Land and the Light of the World” — BibleProject Podcast BEMA 248: Joy and Lot’s Untitled Wife Support The BEMA Podcast
Jul 18, 2024•39 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé browse through the Beatitudes one by one. Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing by Søren Kierkegaard Live Q&A with Josh Bossé (April 2024) — YouTube Support The BEMA Podcast
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 37 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé crack open the question of what a biblical blessing is. 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 5 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. A Church Called Tov by Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer Additional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Mitch Lavender. Support The BEMA Podcast...
Jun 27, 2024•59 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Reed Dent revisit Matthew 4 with a Talmudic lens. 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks take a closer look at the work of John the Baptist. BEMA 91: Tavilah T'Shuvah BEMA 92: How to Bring Order Out of Chaos Support The BEMA Podcast
Jun 13, 2024•53 min
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks take a closer look at the magi and the star of the nativity. BEMA 89: Written in the Stars BEMA 257: Wells and Husbands Support The BEMA Podcast
Jun 06, 2024•46 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. BEMA 22: Under the Chuppah BEMA 85: Mark — Roman Gospel BEMA 89: Written in the Stars Berakhot 56 (Talmud) — Sefaria Support The BEMA Podcast...
May 30, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are with Elle Grover Fricks to kick off a new series on Talmudic conversations in Matthew. 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
May 23, 2024•49 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. 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...
May 16, 2024•45 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. 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 “Bl...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé take a second stroll through the words of Psalm 23. The Gorge Amphitheatre Saving Paradise by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker Support The BEMA Podcast
May 02, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Brent Billings and Reed Dent listen to the voice of Psalm 19. 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 Support The BEMA Podcast...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Brent Billings and Reed Dent mull over the words of Psalm 32. Bad Words Series — BibleProject Support The BEMA Podcast
Apr 18, 2024•52 min
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent compare and contrast Psalms 51 and 139. Psalm 139: Take 1 — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship Psalm 139: Take 4 — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship The Crucifixion by Fleming Rutledge Support The BEMA Podcast...
Apr 11, 2024•46 min
