# Applied Faith, Part 1 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/open-the-bible-uk-broadcast-6528644/applied-faith-part-1 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/open-the-bible-uk-broadcast-6528644/applied-faith-part-1.md Podcast: [Open the Bible UK Broadcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/open-the-bible-uk-broadcast-6528644) Published: 2026-05-12T00:15:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.openthebible.org.uk/applied-faith-part-1-2 Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/651aa13a-bcb3-4588-a3a1-ef2525795d8c.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/open-the-bible-uk-broadcast-6528644/episodes/applied-faith-part-1 Duration seconds: 1530 ## Resource Just as muscles grow through exercise, our faith expands when applied to life's challenges. Today, we delve into this fascinating analogy and explore how trials are vital for spiritual growth. Pastor Colin brings to light the importance of applying faith in real-life situations, using the tale of disciples facing a storm and Jesus's teaching as his focal point. Join us in Luke chapter 8, verses 22 to 25, as we discover the seventh strategy for fortifying our faith – exercise. Throughout this series, we've uncovered six previous strategies, but today we focus on exercising faith actively, akin to working out muscles, and why this is crucial for every believer. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/open-the-bible-uk-broadcast-6528644/episodes/applied-faith-part-1/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/open-the-bible-uk-broadcast-6528644/applied-faith-part-1.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.