Welcome to Verity Podcast. I'm your host, Felicia Mason-Himer, and I am here to

teach you how to know what you believe, to live it boldly, and to communicate it

graciously to the world around you. I believe that women are ready to go

deeper in their faith than ever before, and they don't have to go to

seminary to do it. I am so glad you're here, and I hope you'll join me on this

journey, because everyone is a theologian.

Hi, friends, and welcome back to Verity Podcast. Today, we're going to be talking about how to

identify a prosperity gospel. So, if you are new to Christianity, or even if you've been around

Christianity for a while, you may be familiar with this phrase, but not know exactly what it is,

what it means, or how to identify it. Now, there are a lot of great speakers and writers who

have addressed this topic at link. They have covered it in depth. I'm thinking of

Ali Stucky, Kosti Hin, have both spent a good deal of time on their podcasts, and in their works,

discussing the prosperity gospel, but I have not had a resource on my podcast, so we're going to

dive into it today as well. So, before we can address what prosperity gospel is, why it matters,

how it impacts you. First, we have to talk about what the gospel is. You won't know the false

version, the fake, unless you know the true version. So, we're going to first look at what the

gospel is and what gospel means. So, very simply, the Greek word for gospel means good news.

In Mark 115, Jesus says, the time has come. The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe

the good news. His use of the phrase good news here is taken from Isaiah 52 7 through 10,

which says, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,

who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion,

your God reigns. The voice of your watchman, they lift up their voice, together they sing for joy,

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