{"podcast":{"title":"Encounter the Truth","slug":"encounter-the-truth-1283774","podcast_index_feed_id":1283774,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2ed4a174/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://encounterthetruth.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/7756869/7756869-1596212727874-88b5fe9fdfdfa.jpg","author":"Jonathan Griffiths","episode_count":1519,"summary":"Through faithful teaching of the Scriptures, we seek to facilitate encounters with the truth of God’s Word – and ultimately, with the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Truth that came down from heaven. Our prayer is that those who do not yet know Jesus will come to a saving knowledge of the truth, that believers will be grounded in the truth, and that local churches will be encouraged in their witness to the truth.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T12:22:44.298871+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774"},"episode":{"title":"The Cost of Self-Reliance (Part 2 of 2)","slug":"the-cost-of-self-reliance-part-2-of-2","published_at":"2026-07-10T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774/the-cost-of-self-reliance-part-2-of-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/encounterthetruth/episodes/The-Cost-of-Self-Reliance-Part-2-of-2-e3lbpi6","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2ed4a174/podcast/play/122070022/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-27%2F45aaa302-950b-9846-87b6-329f20a205a9.mp3","summary":"Abram and Sarai knew the promise of God, but grew impatient with God’s timeline, not seeing how the promise could be fulfilled. They took matters into their own hands to further God’s agenda—and the results were disastrous. In this messy incident, we see the cost of sinful self-reliance and the abundant grace of God.","meta_description":"Abram and Sarai knew the promise of God, but grew impatient with God’s timeline, not seeing how the promise could be fulfilled. They took matters into the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1498,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/encounter-the-truth-1283774/episodes/the-cost-of-self-reliance-part-2-of-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774/the-cost-of-self-reliance-part-2-of-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}