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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: © 2026 BEMA Discipleship

Latest Episodes:

484: Dallas Jenkins — It Would Have Been Enough (Bonus Episode) Nov 10, 2025

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are back again with Dallas Jenkins to mull over the questions that arose from Seasons 4 and 5 of The Chosen.

The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia

The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

This Is Not a Pipe — Wikipedia

Roundtable Discussion on the Women’s Supper

The Chosen Adventures (2025 TV series)

Dayenu in Many Languages — The Chosen, YouTube

Special Guest: Dallas Jenkins.

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483: Annie F. Downs — That Sounds Fun Nov 06, 2025

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Annie F. Downs, bestselling author, speaker, prolific podcaster, and “Queen of Fun.”

Annie’s upcoming events (Tour with Cain, etc.)

Let’s Read the Gospels Podcast

That Sounds Fun Podcast

That Sounds Fun 965: Jonathan Roumie

Annie’s Recommended Episodes

Remember God by Annie F. Downs

Where Did TJ Go? by Annie F. Downs

Single Purpose League

Cross Point Church

The UGA Wesley Foundation

Pastoring Singles

Blurry Creatures Podcast

Annie F. Downs’s website

Special Guest: Annie F. Downs.

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482: The Chosen S5E8 — “The Upper Room, Part 2” (Bonus Episode) Nov 03, 2025

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings bring the analysis of Season 5 of The Chosen to a close with a discussion of the eighth episode.

The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia

The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

Leil Shimurim — Chabad

Gethsemane — Blue Letter Bible

“Flee as a Bird” by Mary S. B. D. Shindler (1842) — A Cappella Hymns, YouTube

“Flee as a Bird” by Mary S. B. D. Shindler (1842) — The Cyber Hymnal

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481: Vice & Virtue — Sloth Oct 30, 2025

Show notes

Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé talk about the capital vice known as sloth—or rather, acedia.

David Hume’s Moral Philosophy: The Natural Virtues — Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Making All Things New by Henri Nouwen

Inside Out 2 (2024 film)

Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris

The Message in the Bottle by Walker Percy

BEMA 2: Knowing When to Say “Enough”

1 Corinthians 3 — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship

BEMA 400: Talmudic Matthew — Salt

BEMA 401: Talmudic Matthew — Light

BEMA 402: Talmudic Matthew — Lightly Salted

Mark 11 (aroma reference) — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

BEMA 136: Each One

The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

“Patient Trust” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Followers, Not Admirers” by Søren Kierkegaard in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter

Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila — Catholic Health Association of the United States

Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy

The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel

The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis

Calorie — Wikipedia

Canada Geese and Diet Dr. Pepper — The Anthropocene Reviewed

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480: The Chosen S5E7 — “The Upper Room, Part 1” (Bonus Episode) Oct 27, 2025

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the seventh episode.

The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia

The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

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479: Vice & Virtue — Wrath Oct 23, 2025

Show notes

Brent Billings and Reed Dent talk about wrath (and anger and revenge).

“Goodbye Earl” by The Chicks — YouTube

Slow to Anger — BibleProject

“Justice” by George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons — The Literature Network

Brent reads “Justice” by George MacDonald on Instagram

Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

Steve Holt! — YouTube

The West Wing S1E3, “A Proportional Response” (Part 1) — YouTube

The West Wing S1E3, “A Proportional Response” (Part 2) — YouTube

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478: The Chosen S5E6 — “Reunions” (Bonus Episode) Oct 20, 2025

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the sixth episode.

The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia

The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

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477: Vice & Virtue — Envy Oct 16, 2025

Show notes

Brent Billings and Reed Dent talk about envy.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999 film) — Letterboxd

Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

“The Other Six Deadly Sins” by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom

No Exit (1944 play) by Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia

BEMA 39: A King After God’s Own Heart

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476: The Chosen S5E5 — “Because of Me” (Bonus Episode) Oct 13, 2025

Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the fifth episode.

The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia

The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

Jesus and the Victory of God by N. T. Wright

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475: Vice & Virtue — Vainglory Oct 09, 2025

Show notes

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent talk about pride (or, rather, vainglory).

The King of Comedy (1982 film) — Letterboxd

Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner

There Will Be Blood (2007 film) — Letterboxd

Whiplash (2014 film) — Letterboxd

Soli Deo Gloria — Wikipedia

John Chrysostom — Wikipedia

“This Is Water” by David Foster Wallace (YouTube)

“This Is Water” by David Foster Wallace (Amazon)

Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

Jesus and the Victory of God by N. T. Wright

The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981 film) — Letterboxd

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