---
title: "The Hardest Story in the Bible (for me)"
description: "Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks address the nagging questions about the book of Joshua and its stories of mass slaughter and genocide."
canonical: https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/34
published: 2017-06-01
---

# The Hardest Story in the Bible (for me)

Joshua, Part 1

- Published: 2017-06-01T08:00:00.000Z
- Episode slug: `34`
- Episode number: 34
- Session: 2
- People: Elle Grover Fricks, Marty Solomon, Brent Billings

## Description

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks address the nagging questions about the book of Joshua and its stories of mass slaughter and genocide.

## Show notes

Marty Solomon, Brent Billings, and Elle Grover Fricks address the nagging questions about the book of Joshua and its stories of mass slaughter and genocide. Presentation for The Hardest Story in the Bible (for me) (PDF) The Gospel of Being Human by Marty Solomon and Reed Dent BEMA 240: Sin and the Archaeology of Joshua w/ Elle Grover Fricks Stele — Wikipedia Stele of King Sennacherib — World History Encyclopedia The Forest in the Trees: Jesus — Woodland Hills (Greg Boyd) What Is the Bible? by Rob Bell The Source by James A. Michener The Gifts of the Jews by Thomas Cahill Study Tools Discussion Video for BEMA 34 The Companion for BEMA 34 Take Your Own Notes Transcript for BEMA 34 Legacy Episode Content Episode updated 11 May 2026 Original audio from 1 June 2017 Transcript for BEMA 34 of 1 June 2017

## Sources and machine-readable records

- [BEMA Podcast Explorer episode page](https://bema.jpamorgan.com/episodes/34)
- [Official BEMA source page](https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/34)
- [Episode JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/episodes/34)
- [Audio](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7d8cc2be-fe66-43fb-ada4-e62e2f8c00e7/88726eba-748f-4e3c-99b6-8281c58e80ad.mp3)
- [Official transcript source](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS0g5oLE3hnV85YI5YmAawGrIKvQlgStcGK_Md49gw34Z66GXtSvjx1Uko2Z-oZM4R4aPze9PgyXcvu/pub)
- [Transcript JSON](https://api.bema.jpamorgan.com/v1/transcripts/34)