Verity by Phylicia Masonheimer

By Phylicia Masonheimer

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The Verity podcast is hosted by author, speaker and public theologian Phylicia Masonheimer. Covering topics of faith and culture from a biblical perspective, through a historical lens, the podcast is designed to inspire you to ask better questions, go deeper in faith, and defend your beliefs with both grace and logic.

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122 | Levitical Purificatio...

09.13.2023

In this episode Phylicia breaks down the Levitical laws about purification after childbirth and answers the hard question of whether boys and girls were equal to God.

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09.13.2023 122 \| Levitical Purification After Childbirth In this episode Phylicia breaks down the Levitical laws about purification after childbirth and answers the hard question of whether boys and girls were equal to God.
08.23.2023 121 \| Supplication in Prayer In the final episode of our mini-series on prayer, we discuss prayer requests! How do we entrust our requests to God? What do we do when he doesn't answer, and do God's answers rely on our faith?
08.16.2023 120 \| Thanking God in Prayer Continuing our mini-series on prayer, this episode teaches why thanksgiving is an essential part of our prayer life and how to thank God when our life circumstances aren't what we hoped or dreamed.
08.09.2023 119 \| Confessing to God in Prayer What does confession look like in prayer? Rather than list out all we've done wrong or rack our brains for sins, confession is the grace of relationship. In this short episode Phylicia breaks down how to confess to God and ...
08.02.2023 118 \| Adoring God in Prayer In this mini-series on prayer for the month of August, you'll learn how to pray in unique ways. We begin the series with adoration: adoring God through thanksgiving and praise. Phylicia talks about how to do this with Scripture and ...
07.19.2023 117 \| Why Pray if God is Sovereign? After a short break Verity Podcast is beginning a mini-series on prayer! We begin with the big question: If God knows everything, why should we pray? Prayer is for communion, for transformation and for opportunity to partner with God. Learn ...
06.29.2023 116 \| What is Biblical Prophecy? In this episode Phylicia breaks down biblical prophecy: What is it? How do we identify it? How does it go astray and how do we discern a biblical prophetic word from a false one? We will look at modern false ...
06.21.2023 115 \| Desperate for God: My Testimony Phylicia's personal testimony has been shared in pieces via blog posts and social media, but never in one place. This week Phylicia shares her story of pornography addiction, theological wrestling, chronic illness and loss, and how the circumstances of the ...
06.15.2023 114 \| Reconstructing After Legalism In light of the Amazon hit series Shiny Happy People, this week's episode is about deconstructing legalism - and how to rebuild your faith when it all feels so messy. We look at progressive and conservative fundamentalism, why "check list" ...
06.07.2023 113 \| Should Christians Boycott Secular Companies? In this episode Phylicia discusses whether Christians should boycott Target or other secular companies when their values differ from the Christian worldview. We look at a history of pagan marketplaces and 1 Corinthians 8 to answer the question!
05.31.2023 112 \| Navigating Theological Differences in Dating It's not easy out here in these dating streets! How do you ask good theological questions of a potential date? When do you give grace for differences and when you do draw the line? We talk about all this and ...
05.17.2023 111 \| Does God Give Consequences to His Children? After receiving multiple questions about consequences in parenting (and asking them herself) Phylicia dove into Scripture to see what it said about consequences, condemnation and punishment. Are they the same? Different? If different, how? This episode looks at the Old ...
05.10.2023 110 \| How to Take a Shallow Bible Study Deeper After last week's episode about women teaching theology, a lot of questions came in about "shallow", pink fluff bible study settings. How do we take them deeper? Is it possible? In this episode Phylicia shares some practical ways you can ...
05.03.2023 109 \| Can Women Teach Theology to Other Women? In this episode Phylicia confronts a question that caused a tizzy on the internet: Can women teach theology to other women? We look at The definition of theology Whether men are the transmitters of spiritual authority What Scripture says about ...
04.12.2023 108 \| What is the Prosperity Gospel? How do I identify prosperity gospel, and what does it mean? This episode breaks down the true gospel v. the one presented by the "word of faith" movement, discussing how this theology misinterprets key passages of Scripture and how we ...
04.05.2023 107 \| How Not to Be A Christian Bully Phylicia discusses why Christians who are into theology can become so "mean" by looking at the call to both sound teaching and gracious delivery. We look at the three tiers of doctrine, the goal of maturity, and how to understand ...
03.29.2023 106 \| How Do I Know I Am Truly Saved? In this episode Phylicia looks at the three primary doctrinal stances on assurance of salvation, the primary texts regarding our eternal security, and then walks listeners through HOW to walk in true confidence that you are saved rather than doubt ...
03.22.2023 105 \| Ten Ways to Integrate Prayer Into Your Day Struggle with prayer? This episode is for you! Phylicia shares ten practical ways we can integrate prayer into our daily lives. She also discusses the need to pray specifically and why prayer is not a formula to move God's hand. ...
03.15.2023 104 \| Bible Study for Your Learning Style In this short episode, Phy discusses how to customize bible study to your unique learning style and find ways to make the Word a priority for your personality. More on this topic can be found in Ep. 93: How to ...
03.10.2023 BONUS \| A Conversation About the Holy Spirit with Matt Jacobson This bonus episode may sound a little different because it is a conversation that Phylicia had with Matthew Jacobson live on Instagram. To watch this interview (and others) head over to Phylicia's instagram channel: @PhyliciaMasonheimer Can I Really Say No ...
03.08.2023 103 \| Does the Bible Condemn Tattoos? In this episode Phylicia discusses Leviticus 19:28 and how to interpret tough passages in Leviticus in light of today's culture. You can watch the video breakdown of this topic on her Instagram highlight, Leviticus, and grab the book Every Woman ...
03.03.2023 BONUS \| Every Woman a Theologian Preview \| Chapter 5 Get your copy of Every Woman a Theologian today! Every Woman A Theologian book: https://everywomanatheologian.com
02.24.2023 BONUS \| Every Woman a Theologian Preview \| Chapter 6 Every Woman a Theologian is launching soon! Pre-order your copy today! Every Woman A Theologian book: https://everywomanatheologian.com
02.22.2023 102 \| End Times Hope v. End Times Fear Many Christians suffer intense fear and anxiety over the end times. But Revelation is a book of hope and victory - so where does this come from? In this episode we talk about persecution, God's wrath, and why God's loving ...
02.18.2023 BONUS \| Every Woman a Theologian Preview \| Chapter 2 Every Woman a Theologian is launching soon! Pre-order your copy today! Every Woman A Theologian book: https://everywomanatheologian.com
02.15.2023 101 \| Why Bother With the Church? What did Jesus intend when He founded the church? Is American Christianity "it"? In this episode Phylicia breaks down chapter seven of Every Woman a Theologian and how the church in Acts functioned - and how that translates to today. ...
02.08.2023 100 \| The Holy Spirit for Dummies Our listeners aren't dummies - but sometimes we need a super simple, practical, manual for understanding theological things! That's what today's episode is about: Pneumatology, or the theology of the Holy Spirit, and how He impacts our daily life. If ...
02.01.2023 099 \| Is God Choosing Who Will Be Saved? In this episode Phylicia discusses soteriology - the perspectives on salvation within Christianity. We talk about what it means to be "justified", why changed identity is central to salvation, and the four major viewpoints about being saved. Is God choosing ...
01.25.2023 098 \| Did Jesus Really Claim to Be God? In this episode of the systematic theology mini-series, Phylicia looks at christology. Why does it matter that Jesus is human AND divine? Did He exist before He came to earth, and if so why? Did Jesus make a claim to ...
01.18.2023 097 \| Did God Set Humans Up to Fail In this episode based on chapter 3 of Every Woman a Theologian, we look at cosmology, anthropology and hamartiology: theologies of the universe, humanity and sin. You'll learn about the actual nature of the serpent in the Garden, why humanity ...
01.12.2023 096 \| The Mean Old Testament God In the second episode of this mini-series on systematic theology, Phylicia digs into the "mean" Old Testament God and why we need a biblical view of both God's love and holiness to understand salvation through Christ. We talk about God's ...
01.04.2023 095 \| How Do I Know I'm Interpreting the Bible Correctly? In this first episode of a mini-series on systematic theology, Phylicia discusses why we need theology, what to do if you think it's "boring", and how NOT checking our theology impacts our lives. Then we begin a deep dive into ...
12.26.2022 094 \| How to Read the Whole Bible in 2023! In this special episode we're sharing a brand NEW opportunity to read the entire bible chronologically in 2023! You'll join Phylicia and the Every Woman a Theologian community to read through the whole Bible in the new year. You'll get ...
12.21.2022 093 \| How to Succeed at a Bible Reading Plan Ever started a Bible reading plan only to give up in Leviticus? We've all done it! In this episode you'll learn why consistent exposure to the Word of God is so important and get a look at five reading plan ...
12.14.2022 092 \| What is Biblical Repentance? In this episode we look at Scripture's definition of repentance and Berkhof's threefold approach of intellect, emotions and will in the repentance process. Phy also answers five questions about repentance: how to know your repentance is genuine what to do ...
12.07.2022 091 \| Can God Satisfy My Heart? Can God truly satisfy? In this episode Phylicia talks about envy, discontent, and why the desire for satisfaction transcends our life stage. You'll learn why the affection of God frees us to live as satisfied people even when our circumstances ...
11.30.2022 090 \| Discerning Christmas Is Christmas a pagan holiday? What about Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and the advent of... Advent? Get answers to all these questions in this episode, which is an excerpt from the new holiday guide, Seasonal Celebrations. Grab Seasonal Celebrations in ...
11.23.2022 089 \| Phylicia's Advent Recommendations In this episode Phylicia shares five Advent devotionals and a few Advent and Christmas picture books just in time for your Black Friday shopping spree! Grab Seasonal Celebrations here: https://phyliciamasonheimer.com/product/seasonal-celebrations-paperback/ Adult Devotionals: The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp Unwrapping the ...
11.17.2022 088 \| How to Find Freedom from Legalism In this episode Phylicia breaks down the importance of laying aside legalism while also sharing her own journey. She also explores how legalism can come from places you may not expect.
11.09.2022 087 \| Panel Discussion from the 2022 Verity Conference This week's episode is the audio from the Verity Conference 2022 Q/A Panel with Phylicia Masonheimer, Pricelis Perreaux-Dominguez, and Jeremy Jenkins. Next year's conference will be in October 2022 in Petoskey, Michigan! Recordings of the full conference will be available ...
11.02.2022 086 \| The Ultimate Church History Book List At long last Phylicia compiled ALL her favorite church history books into a massive book list - for adults and kids! From Butler's Lives of the Saints to Foxes Book of Martyrs and everything in between, you'll find a book ...
10.26.2022 085 \| Why We Need to Pray (and How to Do It!) In this episode, we look at what Scripture says about prayer, why it is essential to Christian life, and how to begin cultivating a persevering practice of prayer.
10.19.2022 084 \| How to Walk by the Spirit Galatians 5 tells us to walk by the Spirit - but what does that look like practically? And why do we need to do it? This episode is a quick dive into pneumatology and why the Christian life is absolutely ...
10.12.2022 083 \| What I Read This Year Who doesn't love a good book recommendation?? In this episode Phy shares the highlights of her book list from 2022, including theology, nonfiction and fiction reads. Theological Books If You Will Ask St. Thomas Aquinas Warefare Prayer The Lord's Work ...
10.05.2022 082 \| Discerning Theology in Worship Music How do we know if what we're singing to God is truthful and good? In this episode, Phy explains the regulative v. normative principle of worship and breaks down four popular hymns/worship songs, comparing them to Scripture.
09.28.2022 081 \| Discerning Halloween Every fall the posts and hot takes are flying: Should Christians celebrate Halloween? In this episode, Phy breaks down the history of Samhain and All Hallowed's Eve, then discusses how to discern the celebration of this holiday and the options ...
09.22.2022 080 \| Five Christian Creeds The early church fought to defend the core doctrines of Christianity, and one of the ways they did this was through the creeds!These statements of faith have been handed down over centuries. Learn how these creeds impact us and what ...
09.14.2022 079 \| How to Hear God’s Voice In this episode we look at how Scripture describes God's voice and how to hear Him in prayer. We discuss the Spirit's role in speaking, how to check a voice against God's word, and how God's nearness invites us to ...
08.31.2022 078 \| My Favorite Children's Books & Bibles Who doesn't love a book recommendation? A new monthly episode of book recs is coming to Verity and we're starting with children's faith based books and bibles! Phy shares her top seven books for discipling her own kids, ages 2, ...
08.24.2022 077 \| How to Choose a Church What do you look for in a church when moving, switching to a new gathering, or visiting for the first time? This episode breaks down just a few things to keep in mind and questions to ask during the church ...

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