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- 1 hour 5 minutes488: Vice & Virtue — Courage
Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Reed Dent discuss courage. The regular episode is preceded by some thoughts on Josh Bossé from Reed and Brent.
Support for Sophia and Ronen after the loss of Josh — GoFundMe
Remembering Josh Bossé — Brent Billings
“When I Am Among the Trees” by Mary Oliver in Thirst
“The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry in The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community by Pádraig Ó Tuama
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
“Just Do It” Motivational Speech by Shia LaBeouf — YouTube
BEMA 39: A King After God’s Own Heart
11 December 2025, 9:00 am - 12 minutes487: Sitting Shiva for Josh Bossé
Brent Billings marks the beginning of our mourning by sharing a final update about our beloved Josh Bossé.
BEMA 465: Qohelet’s Reflection
BEMA 405: Practical Shabbat — Keeping
Josh’s Cancer Journey on CaringBridge
Support for Sophia and Ronen after the loss of Josh — GoFundMe
3 December 2025, 11:00 am - 47 minutes 42 seconds486: Vice & Virtue — Temperance
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Elle Grover Fricks talk about the virtue of temperance.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
“A Thousand No’s for Every Yes” — YouTube
Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
The Cardinal and the Deadly by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom
20 November 2025, 9:00 am - 59 minutes 22 seconds485: Vice & Virtue — Prudence
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé dive into the virtues by talking about prudence (or wisdom).
Teaching a Stone to Talk by Annie Dillard
Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon
The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent
Ordet (1955 film) — Letterboxd
13 November 2025, 9:00 am - 58 minutes484: Dallas Jenkins — It Would Have Been Enough (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are back again with Dallas Jenkins to mull over the questions that arose from Seasons 4 and 5 of The Chosen.
The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia
The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
This Is Not a Pipe — Wikipedia
Roundtable Discussion on the Women’s Supper
The Chosen Adventures (2025 TV series)
Dayenu in Many Languages — The Chosen, YouTube
Special Guest: Dallas Jenkins.
10 November 2025, 9:00 am - 53 minutes 42 seconds483: Annie F. Downs — That Sounds Fun
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings are joined by special guest Annie F. Downs, bestselling author, speaker, prolific podcaster, and “Queen of Fun.”
Annie’s upcoming events (Tour with Cain, etc.)
Let’s Read the Gospels Podcast
That Sounds Fun 965: Jonathan Roumie
Annie’s Recommended Episodes
- That Sounds Fun 906: Jonathan Merritt and Dr. James Merritt
- That Sounds Fun 964: John Eldredge
- That Sounds Fun 898: John Eldredge
- That Sounds Fun 388: John Eldredge
- That Sounds Fun 281: John Eldredge
- That Sounds Fun 210: John Eldredge
- That Sounds Fun 877: Esau McCaulley
- That Sounds Fun 485: Esau McCaulley
- That Sounds Fun 291: Dr. Matthew Sleeth
- That Sounds Fun 178: Dr. Matthew Sleeth
- That Sounds Fun 879: Dr. Scot McKnight
- That Sounds Fun 494: Dr. Scot McKnight
- That Sounds Fun 977: Lisa Harper
- That Sounds Fun 504: Lisa Harper
- That Sounds Fun 40: Lisa Harper
Remember God by Annie F. Downs
Where Did TJ Go? by Annie F. Downs
Special Guest: Annie F. Downs.
6 November 2025, 9:00 am - 35 minutes 51 seconds482: The Chosen S5E8 — “The Upper Room, Part 2” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings bring the analysis of Season 5 of The Chosen to a close with a discussion of the eighth episode.
The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia
The Chosen (2017 TV Series) — IMDb
Gethsemane — Blue Letter Bible
“Flee as a Bird” by Mary S. B. D. Shindler (1842) — A Cappella Hymns, YouTube
“Flee as a Bird” by Mary S. B. D. Shindler (1842) — The Cyber Hymnal
3 November 2025, 9:00 am - 1 hour 15 minutes481: Vice & Virtue — Sloth
Brent Billings, Reed Dent, and Josh Bossé talk about the capital vice known as sloth—or rather, acedia.
David Hume’s Moral Philosophy: The Natural Virtues — Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Making All Things New by Henri Nouwen
Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
Acedia & Me by Kathleen Norris
The Message in the Bottle by Walker Percy
BEMA 2: Knowing When to Say “Enough”
1 Corinthians 3 — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship
BEMA 400: Talmudic Matthew — Salt
BEMA 401: Talmudic Matthew — Light
BEMA 402: Talmudic Matthew — Lightly Salted
Mark 11 (aroma reference) — Reed Dent, Campus Christian Fellowship
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
“Patient Trust” by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“Followers, Not Admirers” by Søren Kierkegaard in Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter
Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila — Catholic Health Association of the United States
Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
Canada Geese and Diet Dr. Pepper — The Anthropocene Reviewed
30 October 2025, 8:00 am - 36 minutes 56 seconds480: The Chosen S5E7 — “The Upper Room, Part 1” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the seventh episode.
The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia
27 October 2025, 8:00 am - 1 hour 3 minutes479: Vice & Virtue — Wrath
Brent Billings and Reed Dent talk about wrath (and anger and revenge).
“Goodbye Earl” by The Chicks — YouTube
“Justice” by George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons — The Literature Network
Glittering Vices by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
The West Wing S1E3, “A Proportional Response” (Part 1) — YouTube
The West Wing S1E3, “A Proportional Response” (Part 2) — YouTube
23 October 2025, 8:00 am - 37 minutes 57 seconds478: The Chosen S5E6 — “Reunions” (Bonus Episode)
Marty Solomon and Brent Billings continue analyzing Season 5 of The Chosen with a discussion of the sixth episode.
The Chosen (TV Series) — Wikipedia
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