<p>Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Josh Bossé set up the narrative of God’s story as a contrast between Empire and Shalom.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/2kjSf7N">That the World May Know — Faith Lessons, Volumes 1–12 (Amazon)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/2kU8Hil">God Heard Their Cry — Ray Vander Laan (Amazon)</a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/ttwmk" target="_blank">TTWMK Faith Lessons on DVD and Digital (Focus on the Family)</a></p>

<p class=""><h3>Study Tools</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq7mmnsDRI8" target="_blank">Discussion Video for BEMA 18</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bit.ly/3RQuWTU" target="_blank">The Companion for BEMA 18</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/thecompanion/notes.pdf" target="_blank">Take Your Own Notes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQSJq8bhJHBLO3WauiEHDnxtEpPGnh7qhOnC2sNDCeHm63wr_3YYtXzAuPOws7DLJWcHAOCwP8qPNGq/pub" target="_blank">Transcript for BEMA 18</a></li>
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<p class=""><h3>Legacy Episode Content</h3>
<ul>
<li>Episode updated 5 May 2025</a></li>
<li>Original audio from <a href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s1v16/BEMA+18.mp3" target="_blank">9 February 2017</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQggOTmn9TvaBbaUBQnat3qX-70A2ysI3QReZoLbMDx4IfbU2pbR7jmuuTClpjVLVy4fe3pzOjTA2MO/pub" target="_blank">Transcript for BEMA 18</a> of 9 February 2017</li>
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BEMA Discipleship

The BEMA Podcast is a walk-through of the context of the Bible and the Text itself, as well as surrounding history. We deconstruct our common readings of the Bible and attempt to reconstruct them through the lens of historical context. The main body of work is contained in Seasons 1–5, and we encourage you to start with episode 0 (or even -1) and continue in order through episode 204. Beyond that, we explore new topics, revisit old topics, and dive deeper into practical ways of living out the things we have learned together. BEMA Discipleship is a ministry of Impact Campus Ministries.

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