Brent Billings and Reed Dent drive this podcast into a tree and find out how many friends we actually have. It’s a Wonderful Life — Wikipedia It’s a Wonderful Life — JustWatch Reed on Letterboxd Brent on Letterboxd Planet Money Movie Club: It’s a Wonderful Life — NPR CPI Inflation Calculator — US Bureau of Labor Statistics Scorigami...
Dec 26, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Catherine McNiel, author of Fearing Bravely. Fearing Bravely by Catherine McNiel Review of Fearing Bravely — Marty Solomon, Goodreads Review of Fearing Bravely — Brent Billings, Goodreads Long Days of Small Things by Catherine McNiel All Shall Be Well by Catherine McNiel Mid-Faith Crisis by Catherine McNiel Women’s Devotional Bible Catherine McNiel’s website Catherine McNiel on Twitter/X Catherine McNiel on Threads Catherine McNiel on ...
Dec 19, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss Hosea 9 and the consequences of participating in imperial rebellion against the Lord. 1994 Minister’s Manual (HarperCollins, 1993). Series by Roger Lovette (Preaching from Hosea: A Gospel for Broken Things). Edited by James W. Cox BEMA 362: Isaiah — Prophetic Pathos Hyacinth — Wikipedia Water Hyacinth — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission...
Dec 12, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent discuss the futility of reaping a whirlwind, and why we would keep going back to empty expecting to find anything else. Presentation for Hosea — How Empty Is Empty? (PDF)
Dec 05, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings wrap up discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen with the emotional events of episode 8. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 283: John — Missing God in the Name of God BEMA 124: Statement of Triumph...
Nov 25, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the conversation from the previous episode, considering the call to be different following our repentance. 1994 Minister’s Manual (HarperCollins, 1993). Series by Roger Lovette (Preaching from Hosea: A Gospel for Broken Things). Edited by James W. Cox
Nov 21, 2024•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss Season 4 of The Chosen and the dramatic events of episode 7. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Addendum: James Who? — Marty Solomon, YouTube Gospel of Mary — Wikipedia...
Nov 18, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings use the first portion of Hosea 6 to examine the relationship between God’s forgiveness and our repentance. BEMA 242: Spiritual Abuse — Commodities and Variables
Nov 14, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen with episode 6. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Festival Edition: Hiding Miracles — Marty Solomon, YouTube...
Nov 11, 2024•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Josh Bossé to consider Hosea 5 and the wisdom it holds, exhorting us to remember the dangers of trying to use God for our own agendas. 1994 Minister’s Manual (HarperCollins, 1993). Series by Roger Lovette (Preaching from Hosea: A Gospel for Broken Things). Edited by James W. Cox
Nov 07, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen with the struggles of Jesus in episode 5. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
Nov 04, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Dr. A. J. Sherrill, who has more than twenty years of experience as a pastor, including his current role as lead pastor at St. Peter’s Church in Charleston, South Carolina. He has served as adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, and he is the author of a new book called Rediscovering Christmas. Rediscovering Christmas by AJ Sherrill Being with God by AJ Sherrill The Enneagram for Spiritual Formation by AJ Sherrill Expansive ...
Oct 31, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen with a big finally in episode 4. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Tel Dor — Wikipedia...
Oct 28, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. BEMA 386: Psalms — The Whole Human Experience “Lord’s Supper” by Frederick Buechner
Oct 24, 2024•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the discussion of Season 4 of The Chosen with the controversial episode 3. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb “Leading Like Jesus” sermon by Megan Trischler — University Christian Church...
Oct 21, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Oct 14, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Oct 07, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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
Oct 03, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings close out Session 8 with Reed Dent, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé.
Sep 26, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore the depths of Shabbat with Josh Bossé. The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
Sep 12, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are breaking Shabbat with Josh Bossé. The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
Sep 05, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brent Billings and Reed Dent join Josh Bossé in remembering Shabbat. The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel RRR (2022 film) I Asked for Wonder by Abraham Joshua Heschel and Samuel H. Dresner Who Is Man? by Abraham J. Heschel...
Aug 29, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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
Aug 22, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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
Aug 01, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jul 25, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast