280: The Road Back to Eden
Brent Billings provides an introduction for Marty Solomon to lead us in a special conversation that means a lot to him personally, meant to help us consider one of the things God is inviting us to as we partner with Him to put the world back together. How do we make it back to Eden?Discussion Video for BEMA 280BEMA 6: A Tale of a TowerThe Beast that Crouches at the Door by Rabbi David Fohrman (Amazon)The Beast that Crouches at the Door by Rabbi David Fohrman (Aleph Beta)
26 Mai 202246min
279: John — My Sheep, My Voice
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at Jesus’s claim to be the true gate and the good shepherd for his sheep.John — My Sheep, My Voice Presentation (PDF)Discussion Video for BEMA 279BEMA 87: John — GraftedBEMA 26: Images of the Desert — ShepherdBEMA 105: An Explosive KingdomThe 7 Great I Ams #3: I Am the Door sermon — YouTubeThe 7 Great I Ams (Sermon Series) — YouTube
19 Mai 202236min
278: John — Only the Blind Can See
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the healing of a blind man and Jesus’s subsequent teaching on a different kind of blindness.Discussion Video for BEMA 278Everyman’s Talmud by Abraham CohenThe Prophetic Imagination by Walter BrueggemannAddendum to BEMA 80 — Marty Solomon, YouTube
12 Mai 202245min
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
5 Mai 202229min
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
28 Apr 202252min
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 BitterSweet Monthly.Discussion Video for BEMA 275National Community Church, Lincoln Theatre CampusNCC Lincoln Theatre Campus StaffContemplations Series with Walter BrueggemannAn Other Kingdom by Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, and John McKnightBreaking Ground by Anne Snyder and Susannah BlackComment MagazineResident Aliens by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. WillimonFlourishing on the Edge of Faith by Andrew DeCortAdditional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Kate Schmidgall.
21 Apr 202249min
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 BEMA 274BEMA 85: Mark — Roman Gospel“Written in the Dust” sermon (Brad Gray) — YouTubeInterpreting the Gospel of John by Gary M. BurgeJesus Within Judaism by James H. Charlesworth
14 Apr 202234min
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.Discussion Video for BEMA 273The Daniel Scene Brent Could Not Remember (from April 1986)Hebrew Classes with Elle“John 7:53-8:11: A Study in Misreading” by Gail R. O’Day — JSTORBEMA 82: The Text — When, Where, Who, and WhyMisreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes by E. Randolph Richards and Richard JamesThe Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus by Chris Keith“Earth Accuses Earth: Tracing What Jesus Wrote on the Ground” by Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman — JSTORTo Cast the First Stone by Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman
7 Apr 202251min
