Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks step into their prayer closets and shut the door on the babbling pagans.

BEMA 97: Done in Secret

Lares — Wikipedia

Bornless Ritual — Wikipedia

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Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks take a spin with Jesus’s concept of rewards or wages.

Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity by Gregg E. Gardner

BEMA 97: Done in Secret

De Re Publica, De Legibus by Cicero — Internet Archive

Pietas — Wikipedia

Virtus — Wikipedia

Politics by Aristotle — Internet Archive

Politics (Aristotle) — Wikipedia

Euergetism — Wikipedia

Synagogue Wall Decorations — Sardis Expedition

Inscriptions of the Megiddo Mosaic — Museum of the Bible

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Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks take a crack at what it means to be children of God.

“What’s Wrong with Winsomeness?” by Russell Moore — Christianity Today

The Greatest Prayer by John Dominic Crossan

BEMA 80: Silent Years — Pharisees

BEMA 102: Son of Man

Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes by E. Randolph Richards and Richard James

Dr. Anna C. Miller — Xavier University

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Brent Billings and Reed Dent team up with Elle Grover Fricks to excavate some ancient ideas about enemies.

BEMA 96: But I Say Unto You

Jesus and Nonviolence by Walter Wink

The Peaceable Kingdom by Stanley Hauerwas

Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman

1QS 1 (Community Rule) with Matthew 5:43 — Intertextual Bible

BEMA 358: Sabbath Practice — Prayer

Greek Priest Recreates Excitement of Resurrection Announcement — Instagram

Greek Priest Recreates Excitement of Resurrection Announcement — TikTok

“‘Flying Priest’ Marks Holy Saturday’s Liturgy in Greece” by Nick Kampouris — Greek Reporter

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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 Stiller

Review of Holiness Here — Marty Solomon, Goodreads

Review of Holiness Here — Brent Billings, Goodreads

Meadow Lake Progress — Wikipedia

Books by Frederick Buechner

Books by Anne Lamott

The Minister’s Wife by Karen Stiller

Craft, Cost & Call by Patricia Paddey & Karen Stiller

Karen Stiller’s coaching

Faith Today Podcast

Karen Stiller’s website

Karen Stiller on Instagram

Karen Stiller on Substack

“A New Podcast Adventure” — Karen Stiller

Good Books, Big Questions podcast

Additional audio production by Gus Simpson

Special Guest: Karen Stiller.

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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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