Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss the rotem and acacia trees and what they teach us about living in our own deserts.<a target="_blank" href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/BEMA+027+Images+of+the+Desert+Rotem+and+Acacia.pdf">Images of the Desert — Rotem and Acacia Presentation (PDF)</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu3pZ2KZeN8">The Story #28: New Beginnings (‘Each One’ Rant) sermon — YouTube</a><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/2oq6N8b">Walking with God in the Desert — Ray Vander Laan (Amazon)</a><a href="https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/ttwmk" target="_blank">TTWMK Faith Lessons on DVD and Digital (Focus on the Family)</a><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem">Hebrew University — Wikipedia</a><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noga_Hareuveni">Noga Hareuveni — Wikipedia</a><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/2nGXl36">Written Works of Noga Hareuveni</a><a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200807042049/https://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/eng/vayera/evayera3.html">“The Broom Usually Grows in the Wilderness” — Bar-Ilan University</a> (via Jim Feicht and Internet Archive)

<h3>Study Tools</h3>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vRL5LoKx9s" target="_blank">Discussion Video for BEMA 27</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bit.ly/44vHohE" target="_blank">The Companion for BEMA 27</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-1vRp_Y_RJjmtx_5l0KL0TOz8UBvXai39oOFELbkdU2FS7SGtd3thwq_7RF5GNBYeFiHzPnpv1zAyjlXK/pub" target="_blank">Transcript for BEMA 27</a></li>
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<h3>Legacy Episode Content</h3>
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<li>Episode updated 7 July 2025</a></li>
<li>Original audio from <a href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s1v16/BEMA+27.mp3" target="_blank">13 April 2017</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ6VLo8MmtsYMslolJkRduETgrQmWxr2Okx3koFIzBTP19w2ijKn1K9djOJ72r7Njz9Xo9v5Hb17y0Q/pub" target="_blank">Transcript for BEMA 27</a> of 13 April 2017</li>
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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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