Marty Solomon and Brent Billings wrap up the introduction to God’s story and set up the narrative of the remainder of Scripture in an effort to understand what God is rescuing His people from.<a target="_blank" href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/BEMA+017+A+God+Who+Hears+the+Cry.pdf">A God Who Hears the Cry Presentation (PDF)</a><a href="https://bibleproject.com/videos/justice/" target="_blank">Biblical Theme: Justice — BibleProject</a><a href="https://bibleproject.com/videos/vocab-insight-tseaqah-outcry" target="_blank">Vocab Insight: Tse’aqah / Outcry — BibleProject</a><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/2kjSf7N">That the World May Know — Faith Lessons, Volumes 1–12 (Amazon)</a><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/2kU8Hil">God Heard Their Cry — 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>

<h3>Study Tools</h3>
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrKz3Yula2Y" target="_blank">Discussion Video for BEMA 17</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bit.ly/42R2LJC" target="_blank">The Companion for BEMA 17</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-1vTK8JLVp2LBkX42Z3KVTdZwTpMKjCGL6KcLkqycZNmjemCIqSyiWxAV5QP4wgU43KAUUudxo_bnHGDD/pub" target="_blank">Transcript for BEMA 17</a></li>
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<h3>Legacy Episode Content</h3>
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<li>Episode updated 28 April 2025</a></li>
<li>Original audio from <a href="https://bemadiscipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s1v16/BEMA+17.mp3" target="_blank">2 February 2017</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQJ2e_xnOSXj8jZBKRKNxc1kLNnZACOMWlkUGcc9sMXqE7wam4cAbaS53nPt478fSExdj1W03CYsw6V/pub" target="_blank">Transcript for BEMA 17</a> of 2 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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