---
title: "2 Peter — The Other Side of a Conversation"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the second letter from the Apostle Peter to see how he utilizes the Midrash to encourage the early believers to keep walking in faithfulness and not give in to the temptation to return to the cultural norms around them."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/169
published: 2020-05-21
---

# 2 Peter — The Other Side of a Conversation

Encouraging Early Believers

- Published: 2020-05-21T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `169`
- Episode number: 169
- Session: 4
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the second letter from the Apostle Peter to see how he utilizes the Midrash to encourage the early believers to keep walking in faithfulness and not give in to the temptation to return to the cultural norms around them.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings look at the second letter from the Apostle Peter to see how he utilizes the Midrash to encourage the early believers to keep walking in faithfulness and not give in to the temptation to return to the cultural norms around them. Discussion Video for BEMA 169 Sefaria: A Living Library of Jewish Texts The Bible as It Was by James L. Kugel Noah (2014 film) Transcript for BEMA 169

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/169)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/169)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/169)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/1adf9b7c-418b-4d9a-8c02-9d4ad867b102.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT-yBowb2rzfoZ3_tzWqbdQCyERcFd2-JBZ4VR1FPlqz1QcewEXS8MszJwbFgBMTbJLssM6hUAOKXD2/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/169)