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June 04 505: The Four Pillars — Discipleship
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
Nahum M. Sarna — Wikipedia
Shmuel Safrai — Wikipedia
David Flusser — Wikipedia
Quest for the Historical Jesus — Wikipedia
Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
Rudolf Bultmann — Wikipedia
Dead Sea Scrolls — Wikipedia
N. T. Wright — Wikipedia
E. P. Sanders — Wikipedia
The Jesus Quest by Ben Witherington III
Second Temple Judaism — Wikipedia
Scholasticism — Wikipedia
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52 min
May 21 504: The Four Pillars — Coming Home to Community
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
Palouse Choral Society
“How far back in time can you understand English?” by Colin Gorrie — Dead Language Society
Dedicated by Pete Davis
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39 min
May 07 503: The Four Pillars — Japanese Woodworking Joint
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
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32 min
April 23 502: The Four Pillars — Community
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)
Loneliness Sucks — Marty Solomon, YouTube
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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52 min
April 09 501: The Four Pillars — Tome at the Center of the Spiral
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks get the big picture about our holy book.
Spiral Dynamics Illustration
The Unseen Realm by Michael S. Heiser
Review of The Unseen Realm — Brent Billings, Goodreads
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54 min
March 26 500: David Rudolph — Passover
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
“The Council of Nicaea, the Dating of Easter, and Its Implications Concerning the
Church’s Relationship to the Jewish People” by David Rudolph, Ph.D.
Yachad BeYeshua
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
David Rudolph’s website
Special Guest: David Rudolph.
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57 min
March 12 499: The Four Pillars — Truth in Text
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
“The Bible Talk: Part 2” by Reed Dent
“The Bible Talk: Postscripts” by Reed Dent
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55 min
February 26 498: The Four Pillars — Text
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings launch a new 12-part reflection on the Four Pillars of BEMA.
BEMA 203: You Are Here
BEMA 78: Silent Years — Essenes
Brent on Instagram
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57 min
February 19 497: Brad Gray and Brad Nelson — The Lord’s Prayer
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.
Walking the Text
The Sacred Thread
The Lord’s Prayer (2025 film)
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
“Space philosopher Frank White on ‘The Overview Effect’ and humanity’s connection with Earth” by Leonard David — Space
Didache — Wikipedia
Special Guests: Brad Gray and Brad Nelson.
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48 min
February 12 496: Session 10 Intro
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]
Impact Campus Ministries
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40 min

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The BEMA Podcast is a walk-through of the context of the Bible and the Text itself, as well as surrounding history. We deconstruct our common readings of the Bible and attempt to reconstruct them…