---
title: "Trust the Story"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings talk about the creation story in Genesis 1 and the foundation it lays for understanding the scriptural narrative correctly."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/1
published: 2016-09-08
---

# Trust the Story

The Creation Story of Genesis 1

- Published: 2016-09-08T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `1`
- Episode number: 1
- Session: 1
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings talk about the creation story in Genesis 1 and the foundation it lays for understanding the scriptural narrative correctly.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings talk about the creation story in Genesis 1 and the foundation it lays for understanding the scriptural narrative correctly. Presentation for Trust the Story (PDF) Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Brueggemann The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel BEMA Discipleship — Groups Join the BEMA Slack Brent on Twitter/X BEMA Discipleship on Twitter/X BEMA Discipleship on Facebook Marty on Instagram Brent on Instagram BEMA Discipleship on Instagram BEMA Discipleship — Subscribe (Recommended Apps) Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 1 The Companion for BEMA 1 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 1 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 6 January 2025 Original audio from 8 September 2016 Transcript for BEMA 1 of 8 September 2016

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/1)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/1)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/1)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/12e69976-b104-40bb-9876-025466d839f7.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSvmUpR45EmoLDho32o6oPgg91NXOb3wvCwSsdvJ6Y8wC-MruWpS7KVpiRAIjy7kAV4SCevEAznmm-b/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/1)