The BEMA Podcast

Brent Billings and Reed Dent talk about the story of the rich fool and the dynamics of money and relationships.Tell It Slant by Eugene PetersonHope: The Prophet Candle — The BEMA Liturgy“Tripping Billies” by Dave Matthews Band — YouTubePoet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes by Kenneth E. BaileyThe Parable of the Rich Fool — Reed Dent, Campus Christian FellowshipJoin the BEMA Slack

19 Jan 202349min

Brent Billings is joined by Reed Dent and Elle Grover Fricks to talk about the story of the Good Samaritan and what it looks like to love people we’d rather not.Elle Meets John Piper“On Priests and Jericho in the Second Temple Period” by Joshua Schwartz — ResearchGateThe Parable of the Good Samaritan — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship

12 Jan 20231h 23min

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are bringing in Reed Dent to launch a miniseries on parables, starting with a discussion about what a parable is and why anyone would want to teach in that way.Tell It Slant by Eugene PetersonThe Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLarenKingdom, Grace, Judgment by Robert Farrar Capon“Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins from The Apple That Astonished ParisPoet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes by Kenneth E. BaileyThe Orthodox Heretic by Peter RollinsJoin the BEMA Slack

5 Jan 20231h 9min

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Keith Simon, co-author of Truth Over Tribe, who co-planted The Crossing, a politically diverse church where he is the co-lead teaching pastor. He hosts a podcast by the same name, Truth Over Tribe, and teaches on Ten Minute Bible Talks.Truth Over Tribe by Patrick Miller and Keith SimonTruth Over Tribe PodcastTen Minute Bible TalksBEMA 309: On Social MediaAdditional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Keith Simon.

29 Dec 202248min

The Nativity Story (2006 film)The Nativity Story on JustWatchBEMA 89: Written in the StarsWhen God Was a Boy by C. T. GilesFestival Edition: The Birth (w/ Katie Del Rocco) [Adaptation from Frederick Buechner] — Marty Solomon, YouTube Special Guest: Maggi Billings.

22 Dec 202246min

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings address the Twitter-sized elephant in the room, talk about how each of them use social media, and consider ways all of us can engage this part of our world in a healthy way.BEMA Poll/Survey (valid through 26 April 2023)“Twitter suspends @ElonJet plane-tracking bot after Musk pledged to leave it up” — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica“Elon Musk offloads another $3.6 billion of Tesla stock” — Dave Lee, Financial Times/Ars Technica“One More for the ‘Everything Is Going Just Fine at Twitter’ File” — John Gruber, Daring Fireball“Musk brings back Twitter Blue with new features to prevent impersonation” — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica“On the Prevalence of Hate Speech on Twitter” — John Gruber, Daring Fireball“Goodbye, Twitter” — Ken White, SubstackBrent’s Tweet on Sabbath“Platformer: Twitter Considering Making Personalized Ads and Location Sharing Mandatory” — John Gruber, Daring FireballThought of the Day: The Social Dilemma — Marty Solomon, YouTubeBrent’s Tweet on Playback ControlsTweet Thread on Infinite ScrollingBEMA 2: Knowing When to Say “Enough”Thought of the Day: Social Media Beatitudes — Marty Solomon, YouTubeThought of the Day: Disagreement — Marty Solomon, YouTubeBEMA on FacebookBEMA on TwitterMarty on InstagramBrent on InstagramBrent’s Mastodon Invite LinkTHINGS THAT TRANSPIRED BETWEEN RECORDING AND PUBLISHINGElon’s Poll for Leadership of TwitterBrent’s Tweet Commenting on How This Episode Quickly Became OutdatedDave Lee’s Tweet on Linking to MastodonAaron Levie’s Tweet on External Linking Policy

19 Dec 202239min

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Maggi Billings to discuss The Chosen S2E9 (the 2021 Christmas special), “The Messengers.”The ChosenThe Chosen (TV Series) — WikipediaThe Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDbFestival Edition: The Birth (w/ Katie Del Rocco) [Adaptation from Frederick Buechner] — Marty Solomon, YouTubeThe Nativity Story (2006 film)The Nativity Story on JustWatch Special Guest: Maggi Billings.

15 Dec 202250min

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Brian Truschinger, Elle Grover Fricks, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé, all together for the very first time to discuss what is happening with BEMA and what we hope for the future.BEMA Poll/Survey (valid through 26 April 2023)The BEMA LiturgyTell It Slant by Eugene PetersonElle’s Website for Hebrew ClassesThe Text In Us PodcastJosh’s Beard Progress (surgery > shaved > 1 month > 3 months)Sermon with Brian’s Toilet Story“How to Speed Listen (for Students or Podfasters)” by Hugh Rayner — University of Melbourne Special Guest: Brian Truschinger.

8 Dec 20221h 3min