{"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":"Reading the Bible Through the Jesus Lens","slug":"reading-the-bible-through-the-jesus-lens","published_at":"2026-03-15T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292/reading-the-bible-through-the-jesus-lens","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/719454/episodes/18832910-reading-the-bible-through-the-jesus-lens.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/719454/episodes/18832910-reading-the-bible-through-the-jesus-lens.mp3","summary":"One of the real challenges of studying the Hebrew Bible is figuring out how to make sense of stories of divine violence—where a God of love seems hard to find. These passages raise real questions about the nature of God and what it means for us as we try to live faithfully. Our guest today is Riley Risto, director of Latter-day Peace Studies, who joined the Church after a powerful mystical experience while praying about the Book of Mormon, an experience that centered his faith on Jesus and sh...","meta_description":"One of the real challenges of studying the Hebrew Bible is figuring out how to make sense of stories of divine violence—where a God of love seems hard to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3183,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-matters-329292/episodes/reading-the-bible-through-the-jesus-lens/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/reading-the-bible-through-the-jesus-lens.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}