The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks address the nagging questions about the book of Joshua and its stories of mass slaughter and genocide. Presentation for The Hardest Story in the Bible (for me) (PDF) The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent BEMA 240: Sin and the Archaeology of Joshua w/ Elle Grover Fricks Stele — Wikipedia Stele of King Sennacherib — World...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings set the stage for Session 2 of the podcast, reviewing our journey through Torah to bring everyone up to speed for what we will study next. Presentation for Session 2 Intro (PDF) BEMA 487: Sitting Shiva for Josh Bossé BEMA 488: [Brent and Reed discuss Josh’s passing] BEMA 489: [Marty and Elle discuss Josh’s passing] Study Tools No Discussion Video for BEMA 33 The Co...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings give a summary of the Books of Moses at the conclusion of Session 1 of the podcast. Presentation for Session 1 Capstone (PDF) Study Tools No Discussion Video for BEMA 32 The Companion for BEMA 32 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 32 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 11 August 2025 Original audio from 18 May 2017 Transcript for BEMA 32 of 18 May 2017

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent bring our study of Torah to a close by exploring the book of Deuteronomy, examining its call to remember our stories. Presentation for Remember Where You Came From (PDF) The Epic of Eden by Sandra L. Richter Topic: Deuteronomy 32 — Aleph Beta Academy Subscribe to Aleph Beta Academy BEMA listeners can use code friendsofbema for one month off of a monthly...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings wrap up the discussion of the desert and the book of Numbers with the story of Moses striking the rock and subsequently having his entrance to the Promised Land denied. Why Was Moses Not Allowed into the Promised Land? — Aleph Beta Why Couldn't Moses Enter The Land? — Aleph Beta Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 30 The Companion for BEMA 30 Take Your...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks continue the series on images found in the desert, seeing God’s continual use of the desert to minister to us and to teach us how to minister to others. Presentation for Images of the Desert — Wadi and En Gedi (PDF) Lulav — Chabad.org Flash Floods in Wadi Peres — YouTube Flash Flood in Israel — YouTube Israel: Flash Floods Hit Negev Desert — AP...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks continue the series on images we find in the desert, learning about the ar'ar and tamarisk trees and what they teach us about living in our own deserts. Presentation for Images of the Desert — Ar'ar and Tamarisk (PDF) Noga Hareuveni — Wikipedia Written Works of Noga Hareuveni Hebrew University — Wikipedia National Botanic Garden of Israel —&nbs...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the rotem and acacia trees and what they teach us about living in our own deserts. Presentation for Images of the Desert — Rotem and Acacia (PDF) The Story #28: New Beginnings (‘Each One’ Rant) sermon — YouTube Walking with God in the Desert — Ray Vander Laan (Amazon) TTWMK Faith Lessons on DVD and Digital (Focus on the Family) Hebrew University — Wikipedia...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks discuss the first in a series of images found in the desert—what it means to be a shepherd in the biblical world. Presentation for Images of the Desert — Shepherd (PDF) Walking with God in the Desert — Ray Vander Laan (Amazon) TTWMK Faith Lessons on DVD and Digital (Focus on the Family) Walking the Bible by Bruce Feiler The Good Shepherd by Ken...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings give an overview of the book of Leviticus. Presentation for A Kingdom of What? (PDF) Leviticus: The Book of Holiness , volume 3 of Covenant & Conversation by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Amazon) Leviticus: The Book of Holiness , volume 3 of Covenant & Conversation by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Sefaria) Leviticus: A Call to Priesthood (Sermon Series) — Real Life on the...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé consider the implications of the story of the Tabernacle in our own pursuits of God. Presentation for Creating a Space (PDF) With All Your Heart — Ray Vander Laan (Amazon) TTWMK Faith Lessons on DVD and Digital (Focus on the Family) Walter Brueggemann, “An Alternative Way” — The Work of the People The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the construction of the Tabernacle and its call to be a place of rest, covering Exodus 24–40. Presentation for Falling on Joyful Faces (PDF) With All Your Heart — Ray Vander Laan (Amazon) TTWMK Faith Lessons on DVD and Digital (Focus on the Family) Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 23 The Companion for BEMA 23 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 23...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss Israel’s arrival at Sinai and the ensuing covenant relationship with their God, covering Exodus 19–23. Presentation for Under the Chuppah (PDF) NIV Archaeological Study Bible NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible Ancient Israel by Roland de Vaux Families in Ancient Israel by Leo G. Perdue, Joseph Blenkinsopp, John J. Collins, and Carol Meyers Jerusalem in th...

A simplified version of the daily prayer from Deuteronomy 6 and Leviticus 19. This recording is meant to follow Episode 21 . Sh'ma Israel, adonai elohenu, adonai echad Ve'ahavta et adonai eloiekah      b'khol levavkah      uve'khol naphshekah      uve'khol meodeikah Ve'ahavta lereyacha c'mocha Hear, O Israel! The Lord is ou...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent explore the next two tests of God’s people on their way to Mount Sinai. Presentation for With All Your Soul & “Very” (PDF) “Jesus Shema” — Learn Hebrew The Parable of the Leaven — LeAnn Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship God Spreads a Table in the Wilderness — LeAnn Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship Campus Christian Fellowship, Truman State Univ...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent look at the story of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea and dissect their first test on the way to Mount Sinai. Presentation for With All Your Heart (PDF) Walking the Bible by Bruce Feiler The Poetics of Biblical Narrative by Meir Sternberg The Torah: A Modern Commentary, edited by Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut That the World May Know — Faith Lessons, Volumes...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings dive into the story of the Passover and its plagues, God’s interaction with Pharaoh, and the call of God’s rescued people. The Exodus You Almost Passed Over by Rabbi David Fohrman Tefillin — Wikipedia History of Monopoly — Wikipedia kavad — Blue Letter Bible chazak — Blue Letter Bible Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 19 The Companion for BEMA 19 Take...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé set up the narrative of God’s story as a contrast between Empire and Shalom. That the World May Know — Faith Lessons, Volumes 1–12 (Amazon) God Heard Their Cry — Ray Vander Laan (Amazon) TTWMK Faith Lessons on DVD and Digital (Focus on the Family) Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 18 The Companion for BEMA 18 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings wrap up the introduction to God’s story and set up the narrative of the remainder of Scripture in an effort to understand what God is rescuing His people from. Presentation for A God Who Hears the Cry (PDF) Biblical Theme: Justice — BibleProject Vocab Insight: Tse’aqah / Outcry — BibleProject That the World May Know — Faith Lessons, Volumes 1–12 (Amazon) God H...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks finish the study of the life of Joseph, covering Genesis 41–50. Presentation for Out of the Pit (PDF) Rabbi David Fohrman — TorahAnytime The Joseph Story — Aleph Beta Academy Subscribe to Aleph Beta Academy BEMA listeners can use code friendsofbema for one month off of a monthly Premium membership. Genesis: A Parsha Companion by Rabbi David Foh...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks begin our study of the life of Joseph, covering Genesis 37–40. Presentation for Into the Pit (PDF) Biblical Clothing — Wikipedia What Is the Palouse? Yibbum — Wikipedia Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 15 The Companion for BEMA 15 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 15 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 14 April 2025 Orig...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent continue to look at the life of Jacob, covering Genesis 32–35. Uncut Gems (2019 film) — JustWatch Aleph Beta Academy Subscribe to Aleph Beta Academy BEMA listeners can use code friendsofbema for one month off of a monthly Premium membership. Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 14 The Companion for BEMA 14 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 14 Leg...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent begin our look at the life of Jacob, starting with Genesis 25 and moving through Chapter 31. Aleph Beta Academy Subscribe to Aleph Beta Academy BEMA listeners can use code friendsofbema for one month off of a monthly Premium membership. God Was in This Place & I, I Did Not Know by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner Genesis: A Parsha Companion by Rabbi David Foh...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings cover the life of Isaac as told in Genesis 24 and 26, where we begin to see the initial realization of God’s promise to Abraham. Impact Campus Ministries Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 12 The Companion for BEMA 12 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 12 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 24 March 2025 Original audio from 15 December 2016 Transcript fo...

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé continue to look at the kind of partner God has chosen in Abraham. Presentation for Here I Am (PDF) BEMA 210: Midrash — The Man in the Fur Coat And They Walked Together: More Than Blind Loyalty — Aleph Beta Aleph Beta Academy Subscribe to Aleph Beta Academy BEMA listeners can use code friendsofbema for one month off of a monthly Premium membership...