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The BEMA Podcast
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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.
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510: The Four Pillars — Soul Wrestling
6d ago00:42:07Summary readyMarty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent reflect on the most famous wrestling match in the Bible.BEMA 14: Grappling with God, Part 2Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark by James K. A. SmithCenote — WikipediaSupport The BEMA Podcast
Summary509: The Four Pillars — Don’t Let Go
3w ago00:42:13Summary readyBrent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks burrow into three different ways to wrestle.Intertextual.BibleSefaria LibraryBEMA 120: Truth and LightBEMA 502: The Four Pillars — CommunityBEMA 24: Creating a SpaceSupport The BEMA Podcast
Summary508: The Four Pillars — Wrestling
Jul 1600:48:37Summary readyMarty Solomon and Brent Billings begin the last leg of the journey through the Four Pillars, examining the commitment to wrestling.The Sin of Certainty by Peter EnnsThe Evangelical Imagination by Karen Swallow PriorThe Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent“Gulliver’s Travels: Week 13” by Karen Swallow PriorArtemis II — WikipediaPontius Pilate Discovers He’s in the Apostles’ Creed — YouTubeBook Tour DatesAberfeldy [Scottish town] — WikipediaDunkeld Cathedral — WikipediaFire of Notre-Dame — WikipediaCurious by Ian LeslieBig Wheel (tricycle) — WikipediaSupport The BEMA Podcast
Summary507: The Four Pillars — Discipleship as a Forge
Jul 200:32:58Summary readyBrent Billings and Reed Dent consider how to create the right conditions for discipleship.The Pastor by Eugene H. PetersonThe Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar CaponSupport The BEMA Podcast
Summary506: The Four Pillars — Talmid & Morah
Jun 1800:56:25Summary readyMarty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks nurture the roots of the third pillar, discipleship.Support The BEMA Podcast
Summary505: The Four Pillars — Discipleship
Jun 400:51:15Summary readyMarty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the third of BEMA’s four pillars, being challenged by the historical setting and practice of discipleship.The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred EdersheimNahum M. Sarna — WikipediaShmuel Safrai — WikipediaDavid Flusser — WikipediaQuest for the Historical Jesus — WikipediaAlbert Schweitzer — WikipediaRudolf Bultmann — WikipediaDead Sea Scrolls — WikipediaN. T. Wright — WikipediaE. P. Sanders — WikipediaThe Jesus Quest by Ben Witherington IIISecond Temple Judaism — WikipediaScholasticism — WikipediaSupport The BEMA Podcast
Summary504: The Four Pillars — Coming Home to Community
May 2100:38:58Summary readyMarty Solomon and Brent Billings are wrapping their hands around the pillar of community, guided by Elle Grover Fricks.Sam Goes With Frodo — Scene from The Fellowship of the Ring (2001 film)Father’s Letter — Scene from Little Women (2019 film)“Hallelujah” from Handel’s Messiah — Choir of King’s College, CambridgePalouse Choral Society“How far back in time can you understand English?” by Colin Gorrie — Dead Language SocietyDedicated by Pete DavisSupport The BEMA Podcast
Summary503: The Four Pillars — Japanese Woodworking Joint
May 700:31:44Summary readyMarty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the pillar of community from the perspective of Reed Dent.“5 Spectacular Japanese Joints” by Emi Shinmura — Fine WoodworkingBEMA 356: Sabbath Practice — Friendship w/ Derrick James Rohr III“Followers, Not Admirers” by Søren Kierkegaard in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and EasterSupport The BEMA Podcast
Summary502: The Four Pillars — Community
Apr 2300:51:22Summary readyMarty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the second of BEMA’s four pillars: the commitment to and experience of community.About Impact Campus Ministries (Definition of Success)Loneliness Sucks — Marty Solomon, YouTubeLife Together by Dietrich BonhoefferSupport The BEMA Podcast
Summary501: The Four Pillars — Tome at the Center of the Spiral
Apr 900:53:54Summary readyBrent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks get the big picture about our holy book. Spiral Dynamics Illustration The Unseen Realm by Michael S. Heiser Review of The Unseen Realm — Brent Billings, GoodreadsSupport The BEMA Podcast
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