Brent Billings and Reed Dent consider how to create the right conditions for discipleship.The Pastor by Eugene H. PetersonThe Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar CaponSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks nurture the roots of the third pillar, discipleship.Support The BEMA Podcast

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 EdersheimNahum M. Sarna — WikipediaShmuel Safrai — WikipediaDavid Flusser — WikipediaQuest for the Historical Jesus — WikipediaAlbert Schweitzer — WikipediaRudolf Bultmann — WikipediaDead Sea Scrolls — WikipediaN. T. Wright — WikipediaE. P. Sanders — WikipediaThe Jesus Quest by Ben Witherington IIISecond Temple Judaism — WikipediaScholasticism — WikipediaSupport The BEMA Podcast

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, CambridgePalouse Choral Society“How far back in time can you understand English?” by Colin Gorrie — Dead Language SocietyDedicated by Pete DavisSupport The BEMA Podcast

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 WoodworkingBEMA 356: Sabbath Practice — Friendship w/ Derrick James Rohr III“Followers, Not Admirers” by Søren Kierkegaard in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and EasterSupport The BEMA Podcast

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, YouTubeLife Together by Dietrich BonhoefferSupport The BEMA Podcast

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, GoodreadsSupport The BEMA Podcast

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’s websiteSpecial Guest: David Rudolph.Support The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings join Reed Dent to talk about his perspective on the pillar of Text.Drawing Hands by M. C. Escher — WikipediaThe 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 OnionReviews of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003 film) — Reed Dent, LetterboxdReviews of Wake Up Dead Man (2025 film) — Reed Dent, LetterboxdThe Poetics of Biblical Narrative by Meir SternbergCross Vision by Gregory A. BoydCrucifixion 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 DentSupport The BEMA Podcast

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings launch a new 12-part reflection on the Four Pillars of BEMA.BEMA 203: You Are HereBEMA 78: Silent Years — EssenesBrent on InstagramSupport The BEMA Podcast