The BEMA Podcast

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 [https://amzn.to/3S542rg] BEMA 97: Done in Secret [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/97] De Re Publica, De Legibus by Cicero — Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/derepublicadeleg0000cice/page/n7/mode/2up] Pietas — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietas] Virtus — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtus] Politics by Aristotle — Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/aristotlespoliti00arisuoft/page/n3/mode/2up] Politics (Aristotle) — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_(Aristotle)] Euergetism — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euergetism] Synagogue Wall Decorations — Sardis Expedition [https://sardisexpedition.org/en/essays/about-synagogue#wall-decoration-in-the-main-hall] Inscriptions of the Megiddo Mosaic — Museum of the Bible [https://www.museumofthebible.org/the-inscriptions] Support The BEMA Podcast [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/support]

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 [https://www.christianitytoday.com/2022/10/moore-winsomeness-hostile-culture-fruit-spirit/] The Greatest Prayer by John Dominic Crossan [https://amzn.to/42il37m] BEMA 80: Silent Years — Pharisees [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/80] BEMA 102: Son of Man [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/102] Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes by E. Randolph Richards and Richard James [https://amzn.to/3JoyMNZ] Dr. Anna C. Miller — Xavier University [https://www.xavier.edu/theology-department/directory/annac-miller] Support The BEMA Podcast [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/support]

Brent Billings and Reed Dent team up with Elle Grover Fricks to excavate some ancient ideas about enemies. BEMA 96: But I Say Unto You [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/96] Jesus and Nonviolence by Walter Wink [https://amzn.to/3FXpagy] The Peaceable Kingdom by Stanley Hauerwas [https://amzn.to/4i6xEz6] Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman [https://amzn.to/4cqP5sQ] 1QS 1 (Community Rule) with Matthew 5:43 — Intertextual Bible [https://intertextual.bible/text/1qs.1-matthew-5.43] BEMA 358: Sabbath Practice — Prayer [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/358] Greek Priest Recreates Excitement of Resurrection Announcement — Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/C6kNPQeuML2/] Greek Priest Recreates Excitement of Resurrection Announcement — TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@lionof.christ/video/7365825629138291973] “‘Flying Priest’ Marks Holy Saturday’s Liturgy in Greece” by Nick Kampouris — Greek Reporter [https://greekreporter.com/2023/04/15/flying-priest-holy-saturday-resurrection-greece/] Support The BEMA Podcast [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/support]

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Karen Stiller, author of Holiness Here and the author and editor of many other books, magazines, essays, and more. Holiness Here by Karen Stiller [https://amzn.to/4hVgtQT] Review of Holiness Here — Marty Solomon, Goodreads [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6452893840] Review of Holiness Here — Brent Billings, Goodreads [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7189112829] Meadow Lake Progress — Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_Lake,_Saskatchewan#Newspapers] Books by Frederick Buechner [https://amzn.to/4ce2oNg] Books by Anne Lamott [https://amzn.to/4jgXVfb] The Minister’s Wife by Karen Stiller [https://amzn.to/41Tt1DM] Craft, Cost & Call by Patricia Paddey & Karen Stiller [https://amzn.to/4ldVH1L] Karen Stiller’s coaching [https://karenstiller.com/coach/] Faith Today Podcast [https://soundcloud.com/faithtoday] Karen Stiller’s website [https://karenstiller.com/] Karen Stiller on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/karen.stiller/] Karen Stiller on Substack [https://karenstiller.substack.com/] Additional audio production by Gus Simpson Special Guest: Karen Stiller. Support The BEMA Podcast [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/support]

Brent Billings and Elle Grover Fricks investigate Jesus’s teaching on oaths. “Greek Oath-Rituals” by Irene Berti — OpenEdition Books [https://books.openedition.org/pulg/1142] “The Greek Oath in the Roman World” by Serena Connolly — Oxford Academic [https://academic.oup.com/liverpool-scholarship-online/book/43315/chapter-abstract/363083366?redirectedFrom=fulltext] “Loosing Vows and Oaths in the Roman Empire and Beyond: Authority and Interpretation” by Moshe Blidstein — De Gruyter [https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/arege-2018-0016/html?lang=en] “The Kinyradai of Paphos” by John Curtis Franklin — The Center for Hellenic Studies [https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/16-the-kinyradai-of-paphos/] Support The BEMA Podcast [https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/support]