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The BEMA Podcast

The BEMA Podcast is a walk-through of the context of the Bible and the Text itself, as well as surrounding history. We deconstruct our common readings of the Bible and attempt to reconstruct them through the lens of historical context. The main body of work is contained in Seasons 1–5, and we encourage you to start with episode 0 (or even -1) and continue in order through episode 204. Beyond that, we explore new topics, revisit old topics, and dive deeper into practical ways of living out the things we have learned together. BEMA Discipleship is a ministry of Impact Campus Ministries.

Copyright: © 2024 BEMA Discipleship

Latest Episodes:

315: Parables — The Lost Son Jan 26, 2023

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are back with Reed Dent to discuss the lost son of Luke 15 and what it means to be lost.

Discussion Video for BEMA 315

The Pharisees by Joseph Sievers and Amy-Jill Levine

Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey

Kingdom, Grace, Judgment by Robert Farrar Capon

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314: Parables — The Barn Builder Jan 19, 2023

Show notes

Brent Billings and Reed Dent talk about the story of the rich fool and the dynamics of money and relationships.

Discussion Video for BEMA 314

Tell It Slant by Eugene Peterson

Hope: The Prophet Candle — The BEMA Liturgy

“Tripping Billies” by Dave Matthews Band — YouTube

Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey

The Parable of the Rich Fool — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship

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313: Parables — The Good Samaritan Jan 12, 2023

Show notes

Brent Billings is joined by Reed Dent and Elle Grover Fricks to talk about the story of the Good Samaritan and what it looks like to love people we’d rather not.

Discussion Video for BEMA 313

Elle Meets John Piper

“On Priests and Jericho in the Second Temple Period” by Joshua Schwartz — ResearchGate

The Parable of the Good Samaritan — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship

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312: Parables — Dissecting a Swallow Jan 05, 2023

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are bringing in Reed Dent to launch a miniseries on parables, starting with a discussion about what a parable is and why anyone would want to teach in that way.

Discussion Video for BEMA 312

Tell It Slant by Eugene Peterson

The Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLaren

Kingdom, Grace, Judgment by Robert Farrar Capon

“Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins from The Apple That Astonished Paris

Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey

The Orthodox Heretic by Peter Rollins

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311: Keith Simon — Truth Over Tribe Dec 29, 2022

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Keith Simon, co-author of Truth Over Tribe, who co-planted The Crossing, a politically diverse church where he is the co-lead teaching pastor. He hosts a podcast by the same name, Truth Over Tribe, and teaches on Ten Minute Bible Talks.

Discussion Video for BEMA 311

Truth Over Tribe by Patrick Miller and Keith Simon

Truth Over Tribe Podcast

Ten Minute Bible Talks

BEMA 309: On Social Media

Additional audio production by Gus Simpson

Special Guest: Keith Simon.

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310: The Nativity Story Dec 22, 2022

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Maggi Billings to discuss Marty’s favorite Christmas movie.

Discussion Video for BEMA 310

The Nativity Story (2006 film) — Amazon

The Nativity Story (2006 film) — JustWatch

BEMA 89: Written in the Stars

When God Was a Boy by C. T. Giles

Festival Edition: The Birth (w/ Katie Del Rocco) [Adaptation from Frederick Buechner] — Marty Solomon, YouTube

Special Guest: Maggi Billings.

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309: On Social Media (Bonus Episode) Dec 19, 2022

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings address the Twitter-sized elephant in the room, talk about how each of them use social media, and consider ways all of us can engage this part of our world in a healthy way.

Discussion Video for BEMA 309

BEMA Poll/Survey (valid through 26 April 2023)

“Twitter suspends @ElonJet plane-tracking bot after Musk pledged to leave it up” — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica

“Elon Musk offloads another $3.6 billion of Tesla stock” — Dave Lee, Financial Times/Ars Technica

“One More for the ‘Everything Is Going Just Fine at Twitter’ File” — John Gruber, Daring Fireball

“Musk brings back Twitter Blue with new features to prevent impersonation” — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica

“On the Prevalence of Hate Speech on Twitter” — John Gruber, Daring Fireball

“Goodbye, Twitter” — Ken White, Substack

Brent’s Tweet on Sabbath

“Platformer: Twitter Considering Making Personalized Ads and Location Sharing Mandatory” — John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Thought of the Day: The Social Dilemma — Marty Solomon, YouTube

Brent’s Tweet on Playback Controls

Tweet Thread on Infinite Scrolling

BEMA 2: Knowing When to Say “Enough”

Thought of the Day: Social Media Beatitudes — Marty Solomon, YouTube

Thought of the Day: Disagreement — Marty Solomon, YouTube

BEMA on Facebook

BEMA on Twitter

Marty on Instagram

Brent on Instagram

Brent’s Mastodon Invite Link

THINGS THAT TRANSPIRED BETWEEN RECORDING AND PUBLISHING

Elon’s Poll for Leadership of Twitter

Brent’s Tweet Commenting on How This Episode Quickly Became Outdated

Dave Lee’s Tweet on Linking to Mastodon

Aaron Levie’s Tweet on External Linking Policy

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308: The Chosen S2E9 — “The Messengers” Dec 15, 2022

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Maggi Billings to discuss The Chosen S2E9 (the 2021 Christmas special), “The Messengers.”

(No) Discussion Video for BEMA 308

The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia

The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

Festival Edition: The Birth (w/ Katie Del Rocco) [Adaptation from Frederick Buechner] — Marty Solomon, YouTube

The Nativity Story (2006 film) — Amazon

The Nativity Story (2006 film) — JustWatch

Special Guest: Maggi Billings.

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307: Tohu va Vohu (State of the Podcast) Dec 08, 2022

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Brian Truschinger, Elle Grover Fricks, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé, all together for the very first time to discuss what is happening with BEMA and what we hope for the future.

Discussion Video for BEMA 307

BEMA Poll/Survey (valid through 26 April 2023)

The BEMA Liturgy

Tell It Slant by Eugene Peterson

Elle’s Website for Hebrew Classes

The Text In Us Podcast

Josh’s Beard Progress (surgery > shaved > 1 month > 3 months)

Sermon with Brian’s Toilet Story

“How to Speed Listen (for Students or Podfasters)” by Hugh Rayner — University of Melbourne

Special Guest: Brian Truschinger.

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306: Brian David — Chiasms in John Dec 01, 2022

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Brian David, who spent 37 years coaching people in software, and 25 years coaching high school sports, but now finds himself “coaching” the Text.

Chiasms in John by Brian David (PDF)

Discussion Video for BEMA 306

BEMA 28: Images of the Desert — Ar'ar and Tamarisk

Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey

Star Wars Ring Theory by Mike Klimo

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard Bauckham

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Additional audio production by Gus Simpson

Special Guest: Brian David.

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