The BEMA Podcast 203: You Are Here
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Jan 21, 2021 Marty Solomon and Brent Billings dive into the essentials of faith, exploring the Four Pillars that shape community and discipleship. They emphasize the centrality of Scripture and the importance of radical, inclusive fellowship. The apprenticeship model of discipleship captures Jesus' immersive teaching style. Listeners are encouraged to embrace doubt and wrestling with Scripture as a path to deeper understanding. The discussion also highlights modern resources to cultivate these practices in today's complex world.
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Text As Living Power
- First-century Judaism taught a culture saturated with scripture memorization and living the text daily.
- Marty Solomon argues losing that embodied relationship to the Bible weakened the church's spiritual power.
Community As Subversive Fellowship
- Community in the early church was radical and inclusive, not merely friendship networks.
- Marty says modern consumerism and empire-shaped individualism have eroded that subversive fellowship.
Discipleship As Immersion
- Jesus modeled intense, lived discipleship by training a few people closely rather than founding institutions.
- Marty argues we abandoned that immersive method in favor of programs and conferences.
