Explore every episode of the podcast The BEMA Podcast
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| 516: Women in Joshua & Judges — Akhsah | 22 Oct 2026 | 01:01:00 | |
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks unearth the story of Akhsah. | |||
| 515: Women in Joshua & Judges — Daughters of Zelophehad | 08 Oct 2026 | 00:53:08 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Elle Grover Fricks to investigate the story of the first biblical class action lawsuit. “Absolutely (Story of a Girl)” by Nine Days — YouTube | |||
| 514: Women in Joshua & Judges — Rahab | 24 Sep 2026 | 00:56:05 | |
Brent Billings and Reed Dent join Elle Grover Fricks to scout out the story of the surprise matriarch in Jesus’s family tree. | |||
| 513: Women in Joshua & Judges — Introduction | 10 Sep 2026 | 00:54:11 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Elle Grover Fricks to unspool the context of Joshua and Judges. | |||
| 512: Ten Years of BEMA (Live in Boise) | 27 Aug 2026 | 02:00:26 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, Reed Dent, Elle Grover Fricks, unofficial co-host Zack Dean, and more than a hundred of our lovely podrishioners are celebrating ten years of the BEMA Podcast by looking back and looking forward (and having a little fun) in Boise, Idaho. | |||
| 511: Dieula Previlon — Does God See Me? | 20 Aug 2026 | 01:01:45 | |
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks are joined by special guest Dieula Previlon, the founder and executive director of ElevateHer International Ministries with a vision to empower women to heal from trauma and thrive. She is a counselor in private practice and an ordained minister. Her professional career in counseling, coaching, pastoring, and international ministry spans more than twenty years. Does God See Me? by Dieula M. Previlon “Sounding An Alarm!” by Rev. Traci Blackmon — My View from Hagar’s Porch ElevateHer International Ministries Special Guest: Dieula Previlon. | |||
| 510: The Four Pillars — Soul Wrestling | 13 Aug 2026 | 00:42:07 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent reflect on the most famous wrestling match in the Bible. BEMA 14: Grappling with God, Part 2 | |||
| 509: The Four Pillars — Don’t Let Go | 30 Jul 2026 | 00:42:13 | |
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks burrow into three different ways to wrestle. | |||
| 508: The Four Pillars — Wrestling | 16 Jul 2026 | 00:48:37 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings begin the last leg of the journey through the Four Pillars, examining the commitment to wrestling. The Sin of Certainty by Peter Enns The Evangelical Imagination by Karen Swallow Prior The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent “Gulliver’s Travels: Week 13” by Karen Swallow Prior Pontius Pilate Discovers He’s in the Apostles’ Creed — YouTube Aberfeldy [Scottish town] — Wikipedia | |||
| 507: The Four Pillars — Discipleship as a Forge | 02 Jul 2026 | 00:32:58 | |
Brent Billings and Reed Dent consider how to create the right conditions for discipleship. | |||
| 506: The Four Pillars — Talmid & Morah | 18 Jun 2026 | 00:56:25 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks nurture the roots of the third pillar, discipleship. | |||
| 505: The Four Pillars — Discipleship | 04 Jun 2026 | 00:51:15 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the third of BEMA’s four pillars, being challenged by the historical setting and practice of discipleship. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim Quest for the Historical Jesus — Wikipedia The Jesus Quest by Ben Witherington III | |||
| 504: The Four Pillars — Coming Home to Community | 21 May 2026 | 00:38:58 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are wrapping their hands around the pillar of community, guided by Elle Grover Fricks. Sam Goes With Frodo — Scene from The Fellowship of the Ring (2001 film) Father’s Letter — Scene from Little Women (2019 film) “Hallelujah” from Handel’s Messiah — Choir of King’s College, Cambridge “How far back in time can you understand English?” by Colin Gorrie — Dead Language Society | |||
| 503: The Four Pillars — Japanese Woodworking Joint | 07 May 2026 | 00:31:44 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the pillar of community from the perspective of Reed Dent. “5 Spectacular Japanese Joints” by Emi Shinmura — Fine Woodworking BEMA 356: Sabbath Practice — Friendship w/ Derrick James Rohr III “Followers, Not Admirers” by Søren Kierkegaard in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter | |||
| 502: The Four Pillars — Community | 23 Apr 2026 | 00:51:22 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the second of BEMA’s four pillars: the commitment to and experience of community. About Impact Campus Ministries (Definition of Success) | |||
| 501: The Four Pillars — Tome at the Center of the Spiral | 09 Apr 2026 | 00:53:54 | |
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks get the big picture about our holy book. | |||
| 500: David Rudolph — Passover | 26 Mar 2026 | 00:56:23 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Rabbi Dr. David Rudolph, program director and professor at The King’s University, to talk about how the Council of Nicaea affected the dating of Easter and the implications of that for the Church and the Jewish people. Sign Up for the BEMA Messenger Introduction to Messianic Judaism (Zondervan), edited by David J. Rudolph et al. A Jew to the Jews by David J. Rudolph Oxford Handbook on Jewish Christianity and Messianic Judaism [coming soon] Messianic Study Bible (Zondervan) [coming soon] “The Science of Worship” (Bulletin of Ecclesial Theology) via David’s website Covenant and the People of God, edited by David J. Rudolph, Jennifer M. Rosner, et al. New Testament after Supersessionism, David Rudolph (series editor) — Wipf and Stock The Voice of the Lord: Messianic Jewish Daily Devotional, edited by David J. Rudolph Special Guest: David Rudolph. | |||
| 499: The Four Pillars — Truth in Text | 12 Mar 2026 | 00:54:27 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Reed Dent to talk about his perspective on the pillar of Text. Drawing Hands by M. C. Escher — Wikipedia The Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2001 (PDF) “September 11” by Scott Cairns “Trump's name to appear on coronavirus stimulus checks sent to Americans” — Fox News “Trump Seeks To Stimulate Economy By Sending Rare Autographed Photo To Every American” — The Onion Reviews of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003 film) — Reed Dent, Letterboxd Reviews of Wake Up Dead Man (2025 film) — Reed Dent, Letterboxd The Poetics of Biblical Narrative by Meir Sternberg Cross Vision by Gregory A. Boyd Crucifixion of the Warrior God by Gregory A. Boyd “The Bible Talk: Part 1” by Reed Dent | |||
| 498: The Four Pillars — Text | 26 Feb 2026 | 00:56:41 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings launch a new 12-part reflection on the Four Pillars of BEMA. | |||
| 497: Brad Gray and Brad Nelson — The Lord’s Prayer | 19 Feb 2026 | 00:47:22 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Brad Gray and Brad Nelson of Walking the Text to talk about the Lord’s Prayer and all of the projects they have in the works to cover this foundational practice of our faith. Bringing Heaven Here by Brad Gray and Brad Nelson Review of Bringing Heaven Here — Marty Solomon, Goodreads Review of Bringing Heaven Here — Brent Billings, Goodreads Special Guests: Brad Gray and Brad Nelson. | |||
| 496: Session 10 Intro | 12 Feb 2026 | 00:39:31 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings begin Session 10 of the podcast and discuss what comes next. “Patient Trust” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Josh’s Memorial Service [occured on February 15, 2026] | |||
| 495: Session 9 Capstone | 05 Feb 2026 | 00:50:36 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, Reed Dent, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé close out Session 9. This is Josh’s final episode, both in the sense of recording date (October 7, 2025) and release date. The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon Fiadh Grover-Fricks at 6 months Fiadh: Like Mother, Like Daughter BEMA 465: Qohelet’s Reflection Living Unoffended by Brant Hansen Good Books, Big Questions (Karen Stiller’s new podcast) God in the Fray: A Tribute to Walter Brueggemann by Tod Linafelt and Timothy K. Beal Finally Comes the Poet by Walter Brueggemann The Word Militant by Walter Brueggemann Hopeful Imagination by Walter Brueggemann | |||
| 494: Vice & Virtue — Love | 29 Jan 2026 | 00:26:53 | |
Brent Billings and Reed Dent close out this series in an unorthodox format, talking about the virtue of love and what it means to be fully known and fully loved. | |||
| 493: Vice & Virtue — Hope | 22 Jan 2026 | 01:18:01 | |
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé talk about hope and the potential it leans into. Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner “Holy, Holy, Holy” by Sufjan Stevens — YouTube BEMA 430: It’s a Wonderful Life Special Guest: Mitch Lavender. | |||
| 492: Vice & Virtue — Faith | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:55:36 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent talk about the virtue of faith and the idea of trusting the story. “Bad Theology: A Quiz” by Scott Cairns — America Magazine Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil | |||
| 491: Sandra Richter — Abigail and the Waterfall | 08 Jan 2026 | 00:50:02 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined again by special guest Dr. Sandra Richter to talk about her latest book, Abigail and the Waterfall. Abigail and the Waterfall by Sandra L. Richter Stewards of Eden by Sandra L. Richter “My Journey into Coal Country” — Sandra Richter, Substack “My Journey into Coal Country, II” — Sandra Richter, Substack [Part III coming soon] The Great Spiritual Migration by Brian McLaren Candy Darter (fish) — Wikipedia Hellbender Salamander — Wikipedia Black Beauty by Anna Sewell — Project Gutenberg Special Guest: Sandra Richter. | |||
| 490: Seven (Bonus Episode) | 01 Jan 2026 | 00:54:57 | |
Brent Billings and Reed Dent discuss the 1995 David Fincher film Seven. | |||
| 489: Vice & Virtue — Justice | 18 Dec 2025 | 01:20:54 | |
Brent Billings and Reed Dent discuss justice. The regular episode is preceded by some thoughts on Josh Bossé from Marty Solomon and Elle Grover Fricks. Support for Sophia and Ronen after the loss of Josh — GoFundMe Lament for Josh ft. Reed Dent — Text in Us “Justice” by George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons — The Literature Network Brent reads “Justice” by George MacDonald on Instagram Justice by Nicholas Wolterstorff Stewards of Eden by Sandra L. Richter | |||
| 488: Vice & Virtue — Courage | 11 Dec 2025 | 01:05:42 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent discuss courage. The regular episode is preceded by some thoughts on Josh Bossé from Reed and Brent. Support for Sophia and Ronen after the loss of Josh — GoFundMe Remembering Josh Bossé — Brent Billings “When I Am Among the Trees” by Mary Oliver in Thirst “The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry in The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community by Pádraig Ó Tuama The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis “Just Do It” Motivational Speech by Shia LaBeouf — YouTube | |||
| 487: Sitting Shiva for Josh Bossé | 03 Dec 2025 | 00:12:00 | |
Brent Billings marks the beginning of our mourning by sharing a final update about our beloved Josh Bossé. BEMA 465: Qohelet’s Reflection BEMA 405: Practical Shabbat — Keeping Josh’s Cancer Journey on CaringBridge Support for Sophia and Ronen after the loss of Josh — GoFundMe | |||
| 486: Vice & Virtue — Temperance | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:47:42 | |
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Elle Grover Fricks talk about the virtue of temperance. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace “A Thousand No’s for Every Yes” — YouTube Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom | |||
| 485: Vice & Virtue — Prudence | 13 Nov 2025 | 00:59:22 | |
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé dive into the virtues by talking about prudence (or wisdom). Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent Ordet (1955 film) — Letterboxd | |||
| 484: Dallas Jenkins — It Would Have Been Enough (Bonus Episode) | 10 Nov 2025 | 00:58:00 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are back again with Dallas Jenkins to mull over the questions that arose from Seasons 4 and 5 of The Chosen. The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb This Is Not a Pipe — Wikipedia Roundtable Discussion on the Women’s Supper The Chosen Adventures (2025 TV series) Dayenu in Many Languages — The Chosen, YouTube Special Guest: Dallas Jenkins. | |||
| 483: Annie F. Downs — That Sounds Fun | 06 Nov 2025 | 00:53:42 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Annie F. Downs, bestselling author, speaker, prolific podcaster, and “Queen of Fun.” Annie’s upcoming events (Tour with Cain, etc.) Let’s Read the Gospels Podcast That Sounds Fun 965: Jonathan Roumie Annie’s Recommended Episodes
Remember God by Annie F. Downs Where Did TJ Go? by Annie F. Downs Special Guest: Annie F. Downs. | |||
| 482: The Chosen S5E8 — “The Upper Room, Part 2” (Bonus Episode) | 03 Nov 2025 | 00:35:51 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings bring the analysis of Season 5 of The Chosen to a close with a discussion of the eighth episode. The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb Gethsemane — Blue Letter Bible “Flee as a Bird” by Mary S. B. D. Shindler (1842) — A Cappella Hymns, YouTube “Flee as a Bird” by Mary S. B. D. Shindler (1842) — The Cyber Hymnal | |||
| 481: Vice & Virtue — Sloth | 30 Oct 2025 | 01:15:49 | |
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé talk about the capital vice known as sloth—or rather, acedia. David Hume’s Moral Philosophy: The Natural Virtues — Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Making All Things New by Henri Nouwen Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris The Message in the Bottle by Walker Percy BEMA 2: Knowing When to Say “Enough” 1 Corinthians 3 — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship BEMA 400: Talmudic Matthew — Salt BEMA 401: Talmudic Matthew — Light BEMA 402: Talmudic Matthew — Lightly Salted Mark 11 (aroma reference) — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak The Book of Delights by Ross Gay “Patient Trust” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin “Followers, Not Admirers” by Søren Kierkegaard in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila — Catholic Health Association of the United States Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis Canada Geese and Diet Dr. Pepper — The Anthropocene Reviewed | |||
| 480: The Chosen S5E7 — “The Upper Room, Part 1” (Bonus Episode) | 27 Oct 2025 | 00:36:56 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the seventh episode. | |||
| 479: Vice & Virtue — Wrath | 23 Oct 2025 | 01:03:57 | |
Brent Billings and Reed Dent talk about wrath (and anger and revenge). “Goodbye Earl” by The Chicks — YouTube “Justice” by George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons — The Literature Network Brent reads “Justice” by George MacDonald on Instagram Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung The West Wing S1E3, “A Proportional Response” (Part 1) — YouTube The West Wing S1E3, “A Proportional Response” (Part 2) — YouTube | |||
| 478: The Chosen S5E6 — “Reunions” (Bonus Episode) | 20 Oct 2025 | 00:37:57 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the sixth episode. | |||
| 477: Vice & Virtue — Envy | 16 Oct 2025 | 01:02:05 | |
| 476: The Chosen S5E5 — “Because of Me” (Bonus Episode) | 13 Oct 2025 | 00:30:40 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the fifth episode. The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia | |||
| 475: Vice & Virtue — Vainglory | 09 Oct 2025 | 01:01:52 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent talk about pride (or, rather, vainglory). The King of Comedy (1982 film) — Letterboxd Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner There Will Be Blood (2007 film) — Letterboxd Whiplash (2014 film) — Letterboxd “This Is Water” by David Foster Wallace (YouTube) “This Is Water” by David Foster Wallace (Amazon) Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung Jesus and the Victory of God by N. T. Wright | |||
| 474: The Chosen S5E4 — “The Same Coin” (Bonus Episode) | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:41:32 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the fourth episode. The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia | |||
| 473: Vice & Virtue — Greed | 02 Oct 2025 | 01:14:08 | |
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Elle Grover Fricks talk about greed. Wall Street (1987 film) — Letterboxd Glengarry Glen Ross (1992 film) — Letterboxd The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) — Letterboxd Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner “Is Greed Good? On God and Wealth” by Donald Goergen — Church Life Journal To Have or to Be? by Eric Fromm Fight Club (1999 film) – Letterboxd BEMA 356: Sabbath Practice — Friendship w/ Derrick James Rohr III The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom | |||
| 472: The Chosen S5E3 — “Woes” (Bonus Episode) | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:38:23 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the third episode. The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia | |||
| 471: Vice & Virtue — Gluttony | 25 Sep 2025 | 01:03:10 | |
Brent Billings and Reed Dent gorge themselves on gluttony and its many forms. “Living Lent” by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis When Harry Met Sally (1989 film) — JustWatch The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom “Hungry Mungry” by Shel Silverstein in Where the Sidewalk Ends “The Satisfactions of the Mad Farmer” by Wendell Berry in The Mad Farmer Poems | |||
| 470: The Chosen S5E2 — “House of Cards” (Bonus Episode) | 22 Sep 2025 | 00:27:44 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue the analysis of Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the second episode. | |||
| 469: Vice & Virtue — Lust | 18 Sep 2025 | 01:02:38 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent dive into the first of our vices, lust. Confessions by Augustine of Hippo (Amazon) Confessions by Augustine of Hippo (Project Gutenberg) Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner “The Two Loves” from The Hungering Dark by Frederick Buechner The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus — Wikipedia | |||
| 468: The Chosen S5E1 — “Entry” (Bonus Episode) | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:33:21 | |
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings dive into Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the first episode. The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia | |||
| 467: Vice & Virtue — Introduction | 11 Sep 2025 | 00:58:25 | |
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent embark on a journey through the vices and virtues. The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent Confessions by Augustine of Hippo (Amazon) Confessions by Augustine of Hippo (Project Gutenberg) Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas — Wikipedia Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom The Seven Deadly Sins by Kevin Vost The Seven Deadly Sins by Solomon Schimmel The Inferno by Dante Alighieri (Amazon) | |||