444: Karen Stiller — Holiness Here
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Karen Stiller, author of Holiness Here and the author and editor of many other books, magazines, essays, and more.Holiness Here by Karen StillerReview of Holiness Here — Marty Solomon, GoodreadsReview of Holiness Here — Brent Billings, GoodreadsMeadow Lake Progress — WikipediaBooks by Frederick BuechnerBooks by Anne LamottThe Minister’s Wife by Karen StillerCraft, Cost & Call by Patricia Paddey & Karen StillerKaren Stiller’s coachingFaith Today PodcastKaren Stiller’s websiteKaren Stiller on InstagramKaren Stiller on SubstackAdditional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Karen Stiller.
3 Apr 38min
443: Talmudic Matthew — Oaths
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks investigate Jesus’s teaching on oaths.“Greek Oath-Rituals” by Irene Berti — OpenEdition Books“The Greek Oath in the Roman World” by Serena Connolly — Oxford Academic“Loosing Vows and Oaths in the Roman Empire and Beyond: Authority and Interpretation” by Moshe Blidstein — De Gruyter“The Kinyradai of Paphos” by John Curtis Franklin — The Center for Hellenic Studies
27 Mars 38min
442: Talmudic Matthew — Marriage
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Elle Grover Fricks to contextualize Jesus’s teaching on divorce in its Jewish and Roman landscape.
20 Mars 38min
441: Talmudic Matthew — Thymos
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé take a closer look at Jesus’s teachings on desire.BEMA 273: John — Pericope of an Honor Contest
13 Mars 46min
440: Talmudic Matthew — Reconciliation
Brent Billings joins Elle Grover Fricks to reconsider the topic of reconciliation through a Talmudic lens, featuring Reed Dent.BEMA 36: The Redemption Cycle“Dining in Heaven” by Robin M. Jensen — Biblical Archaeology Society Library
6 Mars 57min
439: Talmudic Matthew — Anger
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks consider Jesus’s teaching on anger through a Talmudic lens.Matthew 5:22 (Interlinear) — Bible HubA Rabbi Talks with Jesus by Jacob Neusner
27 Feb 52min
438: Talmudic Matthew — Truly(?) I Say to You
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks search out what life can be found in two short verses from the Sermon on the Mount.Halakha — WikipediaBEMA 95: Abolish or FulfillBook of Tobit — Wikipedia
20 Feb 36min
437: Talmudic Matthew — Mainstream or Marginal
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Elle Grover Fricks to lay the groundwork for another series of Talmudic conversations in Matthew.“Dei Verbum” — Pope Paul VI, November 18, 1965Magisterium — WikipediaA Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume I, by John P. MeierEarly Jewish Messianism in the New Testament — “Introduction” by Serge RuzerJudah ha-Nasi — WikipediaBEMA 107: Donkeys and Rabbis
13 Feb 40min
