{"podcast":{"title":"Mountainview Church Audio","slug":"mountainview-church-audio-131","podcast_index_feed_id":131,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/405187.rss","website_url":"http://mountainviewwhitehorse.ca","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/dh2ahosxpvtdbnz2oeqy04lzbnv2?.jpg","author":"Mountainview Church","episode_count":622,"summary":"Every week we open God's Word to gain Biblical insight on how to encounter Jesus, share the Gospel, and face the challenges of daily life. Our focus is a literal interpretation of Scripture brought into the relevancy of our culture. Mountainview Church is a member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches (FEB). www.Mountainview.church","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T08:20:20.864175+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountainview-church-audio-131"},"episode":{"title":"Joy vs. Despair","slug":"joy-vs-despair","published_at":"2026-01-18T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountainview-church-audio-131/joy-vs-despair","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountainview-church-audio-131","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/405187/episodes/18528315-joy-vs-despair.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/405187/episodes/18528315-joy-vs-despair.mp3","summary":"Virtue & Vices What do you do when life just keeps getting harder? In Joy vs. Despair, we’re spending time in 2 Corinthians 4, where Paul writes from the middle of pressure, loss, and weariness. He’s honest about how hard things are, but he refuses to let despair call the shots. We’ll learn why despair doesn’t get the final word, and why God is still at work, even here. The goal isn’t to pretend things are fine or force a smile. We’ll focus on the quiet work God is still doing in ...","meta_description":"Virtue & Vices What do you do when life just keeps getting harder? In Joy vs. Despair, we’re spending time in 2 Corinthians 4, where Paul writes from…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1778,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mountainview-church-audio-131/episodes/joy-vs-despair/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountainview-church-audio-131/joy-vs-despair.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}