---
title: "Telling a Story"
description: "Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss what history is, what it isn’t, and give some disclaimers about the intentions of Session 5."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/192
published: 2020-10-22
---

# Telling a Story

The Narrative of Church History

- Published: 2020-10-22T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `192`
- Episode number: 192
- Session: 5
- People: Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss what history is, what it isn’t, and give some disclaimers about the intentions of Session 5.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon and Brent Billings discuss what history is, what it isn’t, and give some disclaimers about the intentions of Session 5. Discussion Video for BEMA 192 Making an Impact: Message — Covered in His Dust Constantine’s Sword by James Carroll Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelly The History of Christian Thought by Justo L. González Christian History Project The Fall of Rome Podcast Tikkun olam — Wikipedia Transcript for BEMA 192

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/192)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/192)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/192)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/196dc730-74f4-4e3e-9538-908cb42439d8.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQfePFM3foX0AWoUIvNQCnAW2DjDVIE9QPGUt5BNHuOdArDqzw6h-gDSN-Aon4vGnACkR49ijOfykFW/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/192)