Marty Solomon and Brent Billings pick up after the moment of Jesus’s death on the cross, looking at the preparations for his burial and the work of two unexpected characters who take their own stand in honoring Jesus.

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Arimathea — Wikipedia

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings dive into John’s account of Jesus’s crucifixion.

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The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

Shmuel Safrai — Wikipedia

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Kat Armas, author of Abuelita Faith, whose earliest theological formation came from her grandmother and ultimately inspired her to tell the stories of those we find on the margins. She teaches people to reflect on the abuelitas in their lives and shows us how to live out this kind of faith on a daily basis.

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The Protagonistas

Abuelita Faith by Kat Armas

Abuelita Fe by Kat Armas

Sacred Belonging by Kat Armas

BEMA 52: Jonah — Potential

Kat Armas’s website

Kat Armas on Twitter

Kat Armas on Instagram

Additional audio production by Gus Simpson

Special Guest: Kat Armas.

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings see Jesus arrested, finding himself questioned, Peter questioned, finding himself lacking in courage, and Pilate drawn into an argument, finding himself cornered.

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at Jesus’s famous prayer for unity. Why is this his foremost concern before he goes to the cross?

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Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks consider the various words for sacrifices in Hebrew before moving on to the second half of John 16 as we work our way through the Farewell Discourses.

Learning Hebrew with Elle — Sacrifices (PDF)

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Consider the Birds by Debbie Blue

Michael Pakaluk — The Catholic University of America

George Parsenios — Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Urban von Wahlde — Loyola University Chicago

Raymond E. Brown — Wikipedia

Burton Visotzky — Wikipedia

“Wine, Women, and the Polis” by Brigette Ford Russell — JSTOR

BEMA 248: Joy and Lot’s Untitled Wife w/ Elle Grover Fricks

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue Jesus’s discussion about the place of persecution in the coming days, decades, and centuries. What is the Holy Spirit’s job (or at least one of them) in this process of glorification?

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings spend time in one of the staple passages of Impact Campus Ministries, and a foundational text for intimacy with God. Jesus is the true vine—what can we learn by taking this truth seriously?

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BEMA 24: Creating a Space

About — Impact Campus Ministries

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue into Jesus’s discourse in preparation for his death, where he promises the Advocate, the Helper, the Counselor—the Holy Spirit.

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Holy Spirit — BibleProject

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings begin Jesus’s final discourse in John as he prepares for his imminent arrest, considering what it means that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

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BEMA 22: Under the Chuppah

The Jewish Annotated New Testament by Oxford University Press (NRSV)

BEMA 87: John — Grafted

BEMA 137: A Dry Tree

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