Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the first of four voices found in Isaiah — the pre-Assyrian voice that condemned the greed and injustice of the people of Judah.

NB: Due to a malfunction with our original recording, this episode was recorded in 2021. Our environments and equipment setups have changed, but we did our best to present it as it was in 2017.

Presentation for 1 Isaiah — Vineyard (PDF)

Discussion Video for BEMA 51

Out of Babylon by Walter Brueggemann

The Prophets by Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore the warning of the prophet Micah as he speaks to the people of Judah about what God truly desires.

NB: Due to a malfunction with our original recording, this episode was recorded in 2021. Our environments and equipment setups have changed, but we did our best to present it as it was in 2017.

Discussion Video for BEMA 50

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A simplified version of the daily prayer from Hosea 2. This recording is meant to follow Episode 49.

Verastikh le l'olam

I will betroth you to myself forever.

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings examine the message of Hosea as depicted in the prophetic theater of his own life through his marriage to the prostitute Gomer.

Verastikh — Learn Hebrew

Discussion Video for BEMA 49

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings explore the book of Amos on a quest to find the heart of God as expressed in the first of His many mouthpieces.

Presentation for Amos — Plumb Line (PDF)

Discussion Video for BEMA 48

The Prophets by Abraham Joshua Heschel

Plumb Line — Wikipedia

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings examine the remaining books in Tanakh, most of which are prophets, attempting to understand prophetic history as a whole and the setting for each period of history.

Presentation for The Lord’s Mouthpiece (PDF)

Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon

The Prophets by Abraham Joshua Heschel

Out of Babylon by Walter Brueggemann

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the underaddressed book called Song of Songs and explore the ramifications of avoiding the topic of sexuality.

God Draws Near by Collin Cornell

Shame-Free Sex Talks by Kelly Edmiston

Review of Shame-Free Sex Talks — Brent Billings, Goodreads

The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Wray Gregoire et al.

Sex God by Rob Bell

The Zimzum of Love by Rob and Kristen Bell

NOOMA 002: Flame by Rob Bell

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Brent Billings and Reed Dent continue our study of wisdom literature, examining the collection of Proverbs and the teaching of Ecclesiastes.

As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Eugene H. Peterson

Inspired by Rachel Held Evans

Ecclesiastes — BibleProject

An Introduction to Joy — Rob Bell, YouTube

Wisdom Books: Introduction — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship

A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans

Less Is More Than Enough by Chris McNaught

“How Great Leaders Inspire Action” by Simon Senek — TED

NOOMA 012: Matthew by Rob Bell

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Brent Billings and Reed Dent discuss the collection of ancient songs known as the Psalms.

The Message of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann

Answering God by Eugene H. Peterson

The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter

The Art of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter

Praying the Psalms by Thomas Merton

Classifying the Psalms by Genre

Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott

Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible by Thomas G. Long

“40” by U2 — YouTube

“There’s an App for That” commercial — YouTube

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Marty Solomon and Brent Billings wrap up a look at the kings of Israel, exploring the story of Naaman and its implications for us today.

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