Brent Billings and Josh Bossé see Qohelet peacefully on her way.
Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Reed Dent join Qohelet by the pond.
“Go to the Limits of Your Longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke — The On Being Project
Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Elle Grover Fricks sharpen the ax with their friend Qohelet.
Brent Billings and Josh Bossé join Qohelet as she draws us closer to a conclusion.
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé turn their ears to Qohelet and learn to avert disaster.
Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Elle Grover Fricks consider what is truly important.
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by the BEMA Kokomo discussion group from Indiana, which launched in 2021, to share their story and give everyone an idea of what a healthy, thriving group can look like.
BEMA 317: Asking Better Questions of the Bible w/ Erin Geiselman
Bridgeway Church in Kokomo, Indiana
Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon
Evolving Faith Podcast 1: Evolution, Apocalypse, and Remembering Rachel Held Evans
Coming soon: “Show Me Christmas” [Blue Christmas song]
Crossroads Community Church in Kokomo, Indiana
Review of Trust Fall — Marty Solomon, Goodreads
Citizenship Papers by Wendell Berry
Special Guest: Erin Geiselman.
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé reflect on the tension of human evil and the problem of desire.
Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Qohelet herself look deeply at the roots of evil.
Brent Billings and Josh Bossé watch Qohelet cast her gaze on injustice and oppression.
Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Reed Dent consider the appointed time for everything.
BEMA 382: Psalms — Small, Not Insignificant
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé follow Qohelet into many parties to see if we can find any meaning in joy.
Brent Billings, Josh Bossé, and Elle Grover Fricks launch an exploration of one of the least understood books of Tanakh (Ecclesiastes).
BEMA 320: The Forgotten Women — Sages and Wise Women
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by Ashlee Eiland, author of Say Good, and someone who seeks to join in God’s redemptive work on Earth. Ashlee is the head of school at Living Stones Academy, and formerly served as co-lead pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in western Michigan. Ashlee and her family live in Grand Rapids.
Thought of the Day: Say Good — Marty Solomon, YouTube
Myles and His Many Friends by Ashlee Eiland
The Van Lunen Center Fellows Program
Special Guest: Ashlee Eiland.
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé truly cap off this series by taking a second gander at the Lord’s Prayer.
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
BEMA 286: John — The Test of Bread
Brent Billings, Elle Grover Fricks, and Josh Bossé close out this series by taking a gander at the Lord’s Prayer.
BEMA 332: Andrew DeCort — Flourishing on the Edge of Faith
Alexandrian Text-Type — Wikipedia
Byzantine Text-Type — Wikipedia
“Ancient Amulets with Incipits” — Biblical Archaeology Society
“The Lord’s Prayer” (Live from Jerusalem in 2001) — Charlotte Church, YouTube
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks step into their prayer closets and shut the door on the babbling pagans.
Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks take a spin with Jesus’s concept of rewards or wages.
Wealth, Poverty, and Charity in Jewish Antiquity by Gregg E. Gardner
De Re Publica, De Legibus by Cicero — Internet Archive
Politics by Aristotle — Internet Archive
Politics (Aristotle) — Wikipedia
Synagogue Wall Decorations — Sardis Expedition
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks take a crack at what it means to be children of God.
“What’s Wrong with Winsomeness?” by Russell Moore — Christianity Today
The Greatest Prayer by John Dominic Crossan
BEMA 80: Silent Years — Pharisees
Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes by E. Randolph Richards and Richard James
Brent Billings and Reed Dent team up with Elle Grover Fricks to excavate some ancient ideas about enemies.
Jesus and Nonviolence by Walter Wink
The Peaceable Kingdom by Stanley Hauerwas
Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman
1QS 1 (Community Rule) with Matthew 5:43 — Intertextual Bible
BEMA 358: Sabbath Practice — Prayer
Greek Priest Recreates Excitement of Resurrection Announcement — Instagram
Greek Priest Recreates Excitement of Resurrection Announcement — TikTok
“‘Flying Priest’ Marks Holy Saturday’s Liturgy in Greece” by Nick Kampouris — Greek Reporter