The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the healing of a blind man and Jesus’s subsequent teaching on a different kind of blindness.Everyman’s Talmud by Abraham CohenThe Prophetic Imagination by Walter BrueggemannAddendum to BEMA 80 — Marty Solomon, YouTubeSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings consider a provocative teaching of Jesus that nearly got him executed.Support The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings examine the dispute Jesus has with those who believed him about who their father is.Support The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Kate Schmidgall, the founder and director of BitterSweet Creative, and the founder and editor of BitterSweet Monthly.National Community Church, Lincoln Theatre CampusNCC Lincoln Theatre Campus StaffContemplations Series with Walter BrueggemannAn Other Kingdom by Peter Block, Walter Brueggemann, and John McKnightBreaking Ground by Anne Snyder and Susannah BlackComment MagazineResident Aliens by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. WillimonFlourishing on the Edge of Faith by Andrew DeCortAdditional audio production by Gus SimpsonSpecial Guest: Kate Schmidgall.Support The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings hear Jesus talk about his own identity and testimony in the face of those who grapple with his teachings.BEMA 85: Mark — Roman Gospel“Written in the Dust” sermon (Brad Gray) — YouTubeInterpreting the Gospel of John by Gary M. BurgeJesus Within Judaism by James H. CharlesworthSupport The BEMA Podcast

Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks talk about the cultural context of Jesus being confronted in the courts with the woman accused of adultery in John 8.The Daniel Scene Brent Could Not Remember (from April 1986)Hebrew Classes with Elle“John 7:53-8:11: A Study in Misreading” by Gail R. O’Day — JSTORBEMA 82: The Text — When, Where, Who, and WhyMisreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes by E. Randolph Richards and Richard JamesThe Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus by Chris Keith“Earth Accuses Earth: Tracing What Jesus Wrote on the Ground” by Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman — JSTORTo Cast the First Stone by Jennifer Knust and Tommy WassermanSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings conclude a review of Season 2 of The Chosen with a discussion on the eighth episode.(No) Discussion Video for BEMA 272The ChosenThe Chosen (TV Series) — WikipediaThe Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDbDallas Regrets This One Thing (Season Finale Reaction) — The Chosen, YouTubeBEMA 93: BlessedBEMA 99: Fruit of FoolsSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings finish John 7, discussing the differing opinions about the identity of Jesus.Miracles of Messiah by Ron MillerBEMA 76: Silent Years — SadduceesBEMA 130: The Plot to Kill JesusSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue reviewing The Chosen with a discussion on the seventh episode of Season 2.(No) Discussion Video for BEMA 270The ChosenThe Chosen (TV Series) — WikipediaThe Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDbSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings jump into John 7, discussing Jesus’s engagement with the Festival of Tabernacles.Sukkot & Simchat Torah — Chabad.orgRabbi Jesus by Bruce ChiltonSupport The BEMA Podcast