![Ascetic Motherhood & Why Hard is Not More Holy [The Women’s Issues Series]](https://phyliciamasonheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/bethany-beck-82NHIKIvKNc-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
While hard things do come with motherhood, and hard is not bad, neither are we permitted to make new laws out of personal choices. If we make personal motherhood choices that limit our freedom and result in more difficulty than the choices another mom makes, that is not a higher and holier road. It’s simply a freedom issue.
![Relational Barrenness, Singleness, & Discipleship [The Women’s Issues Series]](https://phyliciamasonheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/jess-bailey-K9BOrwoFVYc-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
Why is singleness treated like a second class status? Or a holding pattern until life really begins?
Is contentment an equation to get a relationship?Â
Is singleness really a gift?
How can marrieds bless the singles in their lives?
After weeks of studying how the Bible came to be and how to study it, my followers still had a few more questions! In this episode of Verity I answered ten or so final questions that came up during the series, including topics like the church fathers, Amplified Bible, Book of Enoch, how chapters and verses were developed, and more.
![How God Sees My Body [The Women’s Issues Series]](https://phyliciamasonheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/septian-simon-OWSC2LRuO8U-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
In this episode of the women’s issues series on Verity, we talk about the biblical view of the body, why it plays into the theology of resurrection, and how it affects our view of female sexuality.
![Reframing Pregnancy and Birth [The Women’s Issues Series]](https://phyliciamasonheimer.com/wp-content/uploads/anna-hecker-wqcQ6ODwPxU-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
In this episode of Verity Podcast, we begin a new season! Each episode dives into a separate women’s issue and how the gospel addresses it. Pregnancy and birth are discussed at length here on the blog, and this episode outlines some of the most important points I’ve covered in posts.
How do we study the Bible effectively? If you’ve followed the Canon series on Verity podcast, you know a lot about the history and development of the Bible – which should enhance your appreciation for it! But when it comes to the day to day, how do we break down these words and learn who God is?
Is the King James Version the best or only version of the Bible we should use? It’s a question I’m sure we have all wondered as we discuss with KJV only friends. Or perhaps you’ve seen graphics going around Facebook saying certain bible versions are “missing” verses that the KJV includes.
In this episode of Verity, we talk all about the KJV: its history, how it developed, why its manuscripts were different, and more.
Have you ever wondered why and how so many English translations of the Bible came to be? Look no further! This episode of Verity digs into this topic, covering the styles and reasoning behind English translation, how it works, and why we see such diverse translations on our shelves. We also deep dive into the history of the English Bible and how it came to our hands today.
The Apocrypha is the set of books found in the Catholic bible but not in most Protestant versions of the Word. If you grew up non-Catholic (or even if you grew up Catholic) you might not know the history of these books or why the Catholic Church accepts them, and the Protestant does not. In this episode of Verity we delve into church history to explain how this difference came to be, and why!
The epistles – letters of Paul, James, Peter and others – reflect the daily walking out of the gospel as we learn it in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These books were quickly reproduced and distributed among the early churches. In this episode of Verity podcast, we discuss why the epistles can be trusted as authoritative and their importance to the whole canon of Scripture.