The BEMA Podcast

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 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 (184...

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 W...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the seventh episode. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

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...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the sixth episode. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

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

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the fifth episode. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Jesus and the Victory of God by N. T. Wright

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 D...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the fourth episode. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Dayenu — Wikipedia

Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Elle Grover Fricks talk about greed. Wall Street (1987 film) — Letterboxd Glengarry Glen Ross (1992 film) — Letterboxd The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) — Letterboxd Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner “Is Greed Good? On God and Wealth” by Donald Goergen — Church Life Journal To Have or to Be? by Eric Fromm Fight Club (1999 film) – Letterboxd BEMA 356: Sabb...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the third episode. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Jesus and the Victory of God by N. T. Wright

Brent Billings and Reed Dent gorge themselves on gluttony and its many forms. “Living Lent” by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis When Harry Met Sally (1989 film) — JustWatch The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom “Hungry Mungry” by Shel Silverstein in Where...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the analysis of Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the second episode. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent dive into the first of our vices, lust. Confessions by Augustine of Hippo (Amazon) Confessions by Augustine of Hippo (Project Gutenberg) Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung Game Genie — Wikipedia The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner “The Two Loves” from...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings dive into Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the first episode. The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci — Wikipedia

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent embark on a journey through the vices and virtues. The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent Confessions by Augustine of Hippo (Amazon) Confessions by Augustine of Hippo (Project Gutenberg) Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas — Wikipedia Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstro...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Ethan Bryan, author of A Year of Playing Catch , along with many other books. He has found himself in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the White House, and he is self-proclaimed “one of the best benchwarmers [from his] high school junior varsity baseball team.” A Year of Playing Catch by Ethan D. Bryan Baltimore Orioles at Kansas C...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé close out this series, and—instead of letting Qohelet do the talking—consider the reflection of Qohelet in our hearts and in our lives. The Jesus Quest by Ben Witherington III Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Brueggemann Opportunities — Impact Campus Ministries Campuses — Impact Campus Ministries Sign up for Josh’s newsletter — Constant C...

Brent Billings and Josh Bossé see Qohelet peacefully on her way.

Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Reed Dent join Qohelet by the pond. “Go to the Limits of Your Longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke — The On Being Project

Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Elle Grover Fricks sharpen the ax with their friend Qohelet.

Brent Billings and Josh Bossé join Qohelet as she draws us closer to a conclusion. Abel Beth Maachah — Wikipedia

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé turn their ears to Qohelet and learn to avert disaster.

Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Elle Grover Fricks consider what is truly important. Persona (1966 film) — JustWatch

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by the BEMA Kokomo discussion group from Indiana, which launched in 2021, to share their story and give everyone an idea of what a healthy, thriving group can look like. BEMA 317: Asking Better Questions of the Bible w/ Erin Geiselman Bridgeway Church in Kokomo, Indiana Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon Evolving Faith Podcast 1: Evolu...