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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)Discussion Video for BEMA 294Consider the Birds by Debbie BlueMichael Pakaluk — The Catholic University of AmericaGeorge Parsenios — Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of TheologyUrban von Wahlde — Loyola University ChicagoRaymond E. Brown — WikipediaBurton Visotzky — Wikipedia“Wine, Women, and the Polis” by Brigette Ford Russell — JSTORBEMA 248: Joy and Lot’s Untitled Wife w/ Elle Grover FricksSupport The BEMA Podcast

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?Discussion Video for BEMA 293Join the BEMA SlackSupport The BEMA Podcast

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?Discussion Video for BEMA 292BEMA 24: Creating a SpaceAbout — Impact Campus MinistriesSupport The BEMA Podcast

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.Discussion Video for BEMA 291Holy Spirit — BibleProjectJoin the BEMA SlackSupport The BEMA Podcast

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.Discussion Video for BEMA 290BEMA 22: Under the ChuppahThe Jewish Annotated New Testament by Oxford University Press (NRSV)BEMA 87: John — GraftedBEMA 137: A Dry TreeSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings begin an examination of the “Book of Hours” or the “Book of Glory.” What does it look like to believe in Jesus?John — Loved to the End Presentation (PDF)Discussion Video for BEMA 289BEMA 131: BetrayalThe Fidelity of Betrayal by Peter RollinsSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Steve Park, founder of Little Lights Urban Ministries in Washington, DC. He teaches race literacy for Christians, provides after-school and summer programs, adult and employment programs, Christian mentoring and Bible studies, and so much more.Discussion Video for BEMA 288Little LightsThe Road Less Traveled by M. Scott PeckThe World’s Religions by Huston SmithRace: The Power of an Illusion — PBSRace Literacy 101 ClassLittle Lights on YouTubeLittle Lights on FacebookLittle Lights on InstagramLittle Lights on LinkedInLittle Lights on TwitterAdditional audio production by Gus SimpsonSpecial Guest: Steve Park.Support The BEMA Podcast

Brent Billings and Josh Bossé resume an reexamination of John 6 as Jesus continues to subvert the expectations of the people as the second Moses.Discussion Video for BEMA 286/287Josh Bossé on CaringBridgeJoin the BEMA SlackSupport The BEMA Podcast

Brent Billings and Josh Bossé examine John 6 for a second time, looking at the test Jesus gives to his disciples as they prepare to feed the 5000.Discussion Video for BEMA 286/287BEMA 281: John — You Are GodsJosh Bossé on CaringBridgeSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings finish John’s “Book of Signs” and the concluding examination of belief and disbelief.Discussion Video for BEMA 285BEMA 64: 3 Isaiah — ServantThought of the Day: Two Hands of Faith — Marty Solomon, YouTubeThe Universal Christ by Richard RohrSupport The BEMA Podcast