Welcome to Verity Podcast. I'm your host, Belizeha 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 every woman is a theologian. Hello friends, and welcome back to Verity

Podcast. This is episode 124, and I am so excited to be back in the saddle of

recording episodes for you. I did not intend to take as long of a break as I did

between our last official episode and this one, but with Verity Conference in

October followed by an illness that I had for over a month. I am now on the

moment. We kind of had to take a little bit of time off from producing new

episodes. But a benefit of this is that I had time to think and pray about what

direction to take the podcast over the next few months. And as I sought the

Lord about it, he made it clear that I should start a series on a topic that

you guys have requested for quite some time. That's right, church history. So

over the next maybe few months, maybe more than a few months, we are going to do

a deep dive into church history. We are going to be looking at how the church

has carried the gospel forward over the last 2000 years. I am super excited

about this series. And even if you aren't super into history, I think you're

going to find it fascinating and very applicable to your life today. So in

this quick introduction episode, I want to kind of make the case for church

history, why we need it, why we need history in general, and how it impacts

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