{"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":1444,"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":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774"},"episode":{"title":"The Independent God (Part 2 of 2)","slug":"the-independent-god-part-2-of-2","published_at":"2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/encounter-the-truth-1283774/the-independent-god-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-Independent-God-Part-2-of-2-e3hhq3i","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2ed4a174/podcast/play/118072882/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-7%2Fa9ca4516-291b-39c0-1218-36d8ae16038b.mp3","summary":"Everything in this world draws its strength, integrity—its very existence—from something else. Everything, that is, except God himself. He truly is independent of all other things. He needs nothing for anything; he depends upon no one and no thing. He is entirely self-sufficient.","meta_description":"Everything in this world draws its strength, integrity—its very existence—from something else. Everything, that is, except God himself. He truly is indepe…","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-independent-god-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-independent-god-part-2-of-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}