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

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Elle Grover Fricks to contextualize Jesus’s teaching on divorce in its Jewish and Roman landscape.

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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

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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

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Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks consider Jesus’s teaching on anger through a Talmudic lens.

Matthew 5:22 (Interlinear) — Bible Hub

A Rabbi Talks with Jesus by Jacob Neusner

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Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks search out what life can be found in two short verses from the Sermon on the Mount.

Halakha — Wikipedia

BEMA 95: Abolish or Fulfill

Book of Tobit — Wikipedia

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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, 1965

Magisterium — Wikipedia

A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume I, by John P. Meier

Early Jewish Messianism in the New Testament — “Introduction” by Serge Ruzer

Judah ha-Nasi — Wikipedia

BEMA 107: Donkeys and Rabbis

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Brant Hansen, author, nationally syndicated radio host, and advocate for healing children through CURE International.

CURE International

Tenth Avenue North — Wikipedia

Unoffendable by Brant Hansen

Linchpin by Seth Godin

Life Is Hard, God Is Good, Let's Dance by Brant Hansen

Kingdom, Grace, Judgment by Robert Farrar Capon

Brant Hansen on Good Morning America — YouTube

The Men We Need by Brant Hansen

The (Young) Men We Need by Brant Hansen

Unoffendable Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video

The Unoffendable Small Group Questions Leaders Guide

Brant Hansen’s website

Additional audio production by Gus Simpson

Special Guest: Brant Hansen.

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings conclude an examination of Hosea, finding out what actually gets the last word. Featuring a special appearance by Elle Grover Fricks.

1994 Minister’s Manual (HarperCollins, 1993). Series by Roger Lovette (Preaching from Hosea: A Gospel for Broken Things). Edited by James W. Cox

Tradition for Crisis by Walter Brueggemann

Amos/Hosea by James M. Ward

Hosea: A Commentary by James Luther Mays

The Interpreter’s Bible, Volume VI by George Arthur Buttrick

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings approach the penultimate chapter of Hosea’s prophecy, hearing him issue a final challenge to take stock of our idolatrous condition.

1994 Minister’s Manual (HarperCollins, 1993). Series by Roger Lovette (Preaching from Hosea: A Gospel for Broken Things). Edited by James W. Cox

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