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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…
Episodes
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277: John — Before Abraham Was
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings consider a provocative teaching of Jesus that nearly got him executed. Discussion Video for BEMA 277 Support The BEMA Podcast
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276: John — Who Is Your Father?
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings examine the dispute Jesus has with those who believed him about who their father is. Discussion Video for BEMA 276 Support The…
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275: Kate Schmidgall — BitterSweet
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Kate Schmidgall, the founder and director of BitterSweet Creative, and the founder and editor of…
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274: John — Light of the World
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings hear Jesus talk about his own identity and testimony in the face of those who grapple with his teachings. Discussion Video for…
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273: John — Pericope of an Honor Contest
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks talk about the cultural context of Jesus being confronted in the courts with the woman accused of adultery in John 8…
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272: The Chosen S2E8 — “Beyond Mountains” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings conclude a review of Season 2 of The Chosen with a discussion on the eighth episode. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 272 The…
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271: John — The Greatest Day of the Feast
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings finish John 7, discussing the differing opinions about the identity of Jesus. Discussion Video for BEMA 271 Miracles of…
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270: The Chosen S2E7 — “Reckoning” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue reviewing The Chosen with a discussion on the seventh episode of Season 2. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 270 The…
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269: John — Any Time Will Do
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings jump into John 7, discussing Jesus’s engagement with the Festival of Tabernacles. Discussion Video for BEMA 269 Sukkot &…
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268: The Chosen S2E6 — “Unlawful” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings return to The Chosen with a discussion on the sixth episode of Season 2. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 268 The Chosen The…
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267: John — The Far Side of a Tumultuous Sea
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Reed Dent to finish examining the sixth chapter of John, and attempt to bring some closure to this challenging…
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266: The Chosen S2E5 — “Spirit” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the controversial fifth episode of Season 2. (No) Discussion Video for…
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265: John — Make Him King
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings wrestle with the potential interpretations of what is happening in the beginning of John 6. Discussion Video for BEMA 265 A…
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264: The Chosen S2E4 — “The Perfect Opportunity” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings venture further into a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the fourth episode of Season 2. (No) Discussion Video for…
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263: John — Weighty Testimony
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings consider the reactions to Jesus healing on the Sabbath in John 5, and discuss the authority of and testimonies about Jesus…
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262: The Chosen S2E3 — “Matthew 4:24” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue reviewing The Chosen with a discussion on the third episode of Season 2. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 262 The…
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261: John — What Do You Want?
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Kevan Chandler of We Carry Kevan to continue through the Gospel of John, exploring the healing of the official’s…
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260: The Chosen S2E2 — “I Saw You” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the second episode of Season 2. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 260 The…
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259: Kevan Chandler — We Carry Kevan
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Kevan Chandler, author of the book We Carry Kevan, and founder of the nonprofit organization We Carry Kevan…
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258: The Chosen S2E1 — “Thunder” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are breaking ground with a first-time-ever Monday episode of BEMA, beginning the continuation of our review of The Chosen with…
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257: John — Wells and Husbands
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Elle Grover Fricks to continue through the Gospel of John, exploring who the Samaritans are, the place of women…
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256: John — The One from Above
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the journey through the Gospel of John, looking at the testimony of John the Baptist as he ratifies the identity and…
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255: John — Water, Spirit, Darkness, Light
Brent Billings and Josh Bossé continue the journey through the Gospel of John, discussing the meeting of Jesus and Nicodemus, and the themes of their…
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254: John — A Wedding and Some Housekeeping
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continuing the journey through the Gospel of John with the wedding at Cana and the clearing of the temple courts. Discussion…
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253: John — Come and See
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the journey through the Gospel of John with the testimony of John the Baptist and Jesus’s call to his first…
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252: John — What’s in a Logos?
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings start a verse-by-verse journey through the Gospel of John, beginning with a discussion about how John introduces us to Jesus…
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251: John Roberts — A Griever’s Guide to Life
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest John Roberts to discuss his book, A Griever’s Guide to Life. Discussion Video for BEMA 251 A…
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250: The Chosen S1E0 — “The Shepherd”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings go back to where it all started for The Chosen, reviewing what essentially became the pilot episode. “The Shepherd” was…
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249: Michael Burns — Escaping the Beast
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Michael Burns, a teaching minister in the Two Cities Church in Minneapolis-St. Paul. He taught high school…
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248: Joy and Lot’s Untitled Wife w/ Elle Grover Fricks
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks go through a Hebrew lesson on joy and explore the account of Lot’s wife, examining what is said and what is not said…
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247: Sleepless in Susa w/ Josh Bossé
Brent Billings is joined by Josh Bossé to examine Esther’s plan for getting into the king’s throne room and what she is actually trying to accomplish once…
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246: Eugenia Ortega — A Look into Our Window
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Eugenia Ortega to discuss her experience raising a child with autism, and encouraging all of us to…
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245: Spiritual Abuse — Liturgy for Repentance and Healing
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Elle Grover Fricks to provide a liturgical space for repentance and healing. This episode is adapted from…
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244: Spiritual Abuse — The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Elle Grover Fricks to discuss The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast. Discussion Video for BEMA 244 The Rise and…
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243: Spiritual Abuse — The Place We Find Ourselves
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings reflect on a conversation between Rachel Clinton Chen and Adam Young that provided some helpful notes to illuminate the…
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242: Spiritual Abuse — Commodities and Variables
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings begin a series that reflects on the heartbreaking realities of spiritual abuse, using notes from a recent conference to guide…
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241: Becky Solomon — Don’t Exasperate Your Kids
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the state of the podcast, and then Marty is joined by Becky Solomon to talk about parenting. Discussion Video for BEMA…
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240: Sin and the Archaeology of Joshua w/ Elle Grover Fricks
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks discuss sin and the archaeology of Joshua. Learning Hebrew with Elle — Sin (PDF) Discussion Video for BEMA 240 List of…
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239: Abraham Considers a Catechism w/ Reed Dent
Brent Billings is joined by Reed Dent to discuss the meaning of faith and the fears associated with deconstruction, both within a person and for those around…
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238: Jewish Roots — What Difference Does It Make?
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings follow up on listener feedback from the episode with Jen Rosner before exploring the final three chapters of Understanding the…
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237: Jewish Roots — Ways Parted for a Dark History
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore the seventh and eighth chapters of Understanding the Jewish Roots of Christianity, discussing the divergence of…
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236: Jewish Roots — Paul, Jewish Law, and Atonement in Hebrews
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore the fourth and fifth chapters of Understanding the Jewish Roots of Christianity, discussing Paul’s relationship to…
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235: Jewish Roots — Tanakh and Religion
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings venture further into the ideas from the book Understanding the Jewish Roots of Christianity, discussing chapters 2–3 on how…
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234: Jen Rosner — The Jewish Roots of Christianity
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Dr. Jennifer Rosner, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological…
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233: Introducing the Team — Striking the Rock w/ Josh Bossé
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by the next new host, Josh Bossé, to discuss his expanded role on the BEMA team. Josh is the Lead Campus Minister…
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232: Introducing the Team — Jephthah’s Daughter w/ Elle Grover Fricks
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by their next new host, Elle Grover Fricks. Elle has undergraduate degrees in psychology and music from Washington…
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231: Introducing the Team — Deconstruction w/ Reed Dent
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined again by Reed Dent, staff member with Campus Christian Fellowship at Truman State University in Missouri, to…
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230: Mandy Smith — Unfettered
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Mandy Smith, pastor, author, and speaker. She is a regular contributor to Christianity Today and…
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229: Dallas Jenkins — Manna Program, Part 2
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a conversation with special guest Dallas Jenkins, creator and director of The Chosen, on Season 1 of this breakout…
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228: Dallas Jenkins — Manna Program, Part 1
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Dallas Jenkins, creator and director of The Chosen, to discuss all of the burning questions from…
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227: The Chosen S1E8 — “I Am He”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue reviewing The Chosen with a discussion on the eighth and final episode of Season 1. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA…
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226: The Chosen S1E7 — “Invitations”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the seventh episode. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 226 The Chosen The…
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225: The Chosen S1E6 — “Indescribable Compassion”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the sixth episode. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 225 The Chosen The…
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224: The Chosen S1E5 — “The Wedding Gift”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the fifth episode. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 224 The Chosen The…
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223: The Chosen S1E4 — “The Rock on Which It Is Built”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the fourth episode. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 223 The Chosen The…
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222: The Chosen S1E3 — “Jesus Loves the Little Children”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the third episode. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 222 The Chosen The…
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221: The Chosen S1E2 — “Shabbat”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a review of The Chosen with a discussion on the second episode. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 221 Eishet Chayil —…
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220: The Chosen S1E1 — “I Have Called You by Name”
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings commence a review of The Chosen, starting with an overview of what the series is and discussing the first episode. (No)…
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219: Becky Solomon — Loving the Adventure
Marty Solomon is joined by his wife, Becky. They talk about what it is like to live their lifestyle, and how that plays out in their marriage and their…
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218: Midrash — Death at Dinner
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings journey back into the story of Eliezer finding Rebekah as a wife for Isaac. What is happening at dinner that evening? Why is…