{"podcast":{"title":"Faith Matters","slug":"faith-matters-329292","podcast_index_feed_id":329292,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/719454.rss","website_url":"https://faithmatters.org","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/lwd42a1zmrnfjefpv214abb0jouj?.jpg","author":"Faith Matters Foundation","episode_count":333,"summary":"Faith Matters offers an expansive view of the Restored Gospel, thoughtful exploration of big and sometimes thorny questions, and a platform that encourages deeper engagement with our faith and our world. We focus on the Latter-day Saint (Mormon) tradition, but believe we have much to learn from other traditions and fully embrace those of other beliefs.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292"},"episode":{"title":"Jeff Strong: Un-Sifting the Saints","slug":"jeff-strong-un-sifting-the-saints","published_at":"2026-01-25T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292/jeff-strong-un-sifting-the-saints","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/719454/episodes/18207488-jeff-strong-un-sifting-the-saints.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/719454/episodes/18207488-jeff-strong-un-sifting-the-saints.mp3","summary":"We’ve all heard it called a sifting—the language that sometimes surfaces when someone is struggling or steps away from the Church. Wheat from tares, sheep from goats, a sorting in the last days that reveals truly elect. But today, our good friend and contributor Jeff Strong is back to invite us into a deeper reflection on that idea—and what he sees as the more essential question: Who is the Church for? Jeff shares how the way we answer that question has real implications—shaping how we resp...","meta_description":"We’ve all heard it called a sifting—the language that sometimes surfaces when someone is struggling or steps away from the Church. Wheat from tares, sheep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4066,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-matters-329292/episodes/jeff-strong-un-sifting-the-saints/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292/jeff-strong-un-sifting-the-saints.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}