The BEMA Podcast

Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks traverse the topic of fasting. Discussion Video for BEMA 357 Didache — Wikipedia Basil of Caesarea — Wikipedia John Wesley (Holy Club section for fasting) — Wikipedia Jewish Fast Days — Chabad.org “Fasting for Religious Observance” — Brandeis University “Intermittent Fasting 101: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide” — Healthline

Brent Billings is considering the practice of friendship with Reed Dent and his best friend and ministry partner Derrick James Rohr III. Discussion Video for BEMA 356 CCF Truman Staff The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis Additional audio production by Gus Simpson

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore Marty’s spiritual practices and see what has changed or evolved for him over the last seven years. Discussion Video for BEMA 355 BEMA 24: Creating a Space Thought of the Day: Two Hands of Faith — Marty Solomon, YouTube The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon “Is It Time to Quit ‘Quiet Time’?” by Dru Jo...

Brent Billings and Josh Bossé discuss his spiritual practices and how they have evolved throughout his journey with God. Discussion Video for BEMA 354 Schottenstein Interlinear Complete Chumash by Rabbi Menachem Davis

Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks chat about her spiritual practices. Discussion Video for BEMA 353 Notebook Classic — LEUCHTTURM1917 SHARPIE S-Gel Pen, Medium Point (0.7mm), Black Ink “Advantage of Handwriting Over Typing on Learning Words” by Aya S. Ihara et al. — Frontiers in Human Neuroscience “Is the News Making Us Unhappy?” by Natascha de Hoog and Peter Verboon — British J...

Brent Billings and Reed Dent consider a different framework for spiritual practice and explore how Reed engages his own practices. Discussion Video for BEMA 352 BEMA 24: Creating a Space Grasslands National Park — Wikipedia Visiting Grasslands National Park — Brent Billings Big Bend National Park — Wikipedia Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot The Books of Scott Cairns Daily Prayer with th...

Brent Billings offers an extended track of music and sounds for spending time in reflection. To maintain a reasonable file size for downloads, this music is presented at a slightly reduced quality compared to the original Sabbath Reflection episodes. Source Music for Session 7 — Soundstripe

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Kat Armstrong, a Bible teacher and ministry leader who holds a master’s degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. She is the author of the Storyline Bible Studies and is the cofounder of the Polished Network. Discussion Video for BEMA 350 Mountains by Kat Armstrong Storyline Bible Studies by Kat Armstrong The Sermon on the Mount and Human...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the ultimate episode of Season 3 of The Chosen. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 349 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 71: The Prophetic Table Addendum to BEMA 80 [on Pharisees] — Marty Solomon, YouTube

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings conclude this series of reflection by working to apply the lessons of trust from the Mishkan. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection VII — Trust (PDF) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 348 BEMA 331: Sanctuary — Resting with the Mishkan Storyline Bible Studies by Kat Armstrong

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the events of the penultimate episode of Season 3 of The Chosen. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 347 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue this series of reflection, considering the wonder of God’s redemptive, saving work, which isn’t ours to control. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection VI — Wonder (PDF) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 346 BEMA 330: Sanctuary — Traversing the Mishkan

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are introduced to Pilate and watch with the crowd as Jesus does everything except get John the Baptist out of jail. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 345 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Rabbi Akiva — Wikipedia

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue a series of reflection, considering our approaches to sin and how we occupy different places. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection V — Place (PDF) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 344 BEMA 329: Sanctuary — Moving the Mishkan

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings see Jesus engage the act of healing in new ways. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 343 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 103: Healing in His Wings

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue this series of reflection, working to consider the different ways in which we teach others. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection IV — Teaching (PDF) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 342 BEMA 328: Sanctuary — Listening by the Mishkan

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings see the disciples utilize their healing power and then process what happened. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 341 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 332: Andrew DeCort — Flourishing on the Edge of Faith BEMA 124: Statement of Triumph Banias Archaeological Dig of 2020 — YouTube

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue this series of reflection, working to apply the lessons of community from the Mishkan. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection III — Community (PDF) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 340 BEMA 327: Sanctuary — Feasting at the Mishkan

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings watch as Jesus returns to Nazareth to become a prophet without honor in his hometown. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 339 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue through this series of reflection, working to apply the lessons of love from the Mishkan. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection II — Love (PDF) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 338 BEMA 326: Sanctuary — Entering the Mishkan

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings return to The Chosen to watch as the disciples are commissioned as apostles and sent out in pairs. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 337 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Cohortes Urbanae — Wikipedia The Kingdom (Teaching Series) — Marty Solomon, YouTube Addendum: James Who? — Marty Solomon, YouTube BEMA 25...

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings start a series of reflection, working to apply the lessons of the Mishkan once again. Presentation for Sabbath Reflection I — Truth (PDF) (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 336 BEMA 325: Sanctuary — Waking Up in the Mishkan

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings jump back into The Chosen with the first episode of Season 3. (No) Discussion Video for BEMA 335 The Chosen The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb BEMA 21: With All Your Soul & “Very” Machaerus — Wikipedia

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings venture into new territory and approach the podcast with a different perspective for a season. “The Sabbath Year” by Marty Solomon

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings wrap up Session 6 of the podcast and reflect on where we’ve been. Marty on Goodreads The Kingdom (Teaching Series) — Marty Solomon, YouTube Book Tour Recap blog post Book Tour Recap on YouTube BEMA 307: Tohu va Vohu (State of the Podcast)