{"podcast":{"title":"Selling Jesus","slug":"selling-jesus-6476854","podcast_index_feed_id":6476854,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3894160/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://sellingjesus.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38074232/38074232-1686262588902-e1fa313e761ec.jpg","author":"sellingjesus.org","episode_count":68,"summary":"We want to highlight and exalt the radical generosity of God’s heart, confront the commercialization of Christianity, promote the biblical teaching that ministry should be supported but never sold, explore the history of how we've gotten to this point where it's a respectable sin to monetize ministry, and take a deep dive in the Scripture’s teaching on the subject. Our evangelical cultural moment has a serious blind spot in this area, and we hope to be a voice of reform. And our priority is to take seriously what Jesus commanded in Matthew 10:8: “Freely you have received; freely give.”","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T12:19:41.267341+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selling-jesus-6476854"},"episode":{"title":"Debate: Is Selling Licenses to Bible Translations a Sin?","slug":"debate-is-selling-licenses-to-bible-translations-a-sin","published_at":"2025-10-23T02:45:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selling-jesus-6476854/debate-is-selling-licenses-to-bible-translations-a-sin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selling-jesus-6476854","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sellingjesus/episodes/Debate-Is-Selling-Licenses-to-Bible-Translations-a-Sin-e39u1iq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3894160/podcast/play/110085146/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-23%2F409802496-44100-2-ad7fef39d303b.m4a","summary":"Conley Owens takes the affirmative position, and Jonathan Melin takes the negative in this debate hosted by #doreancon 2025 on "The Stewardship of Scripture" at Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church in Sunnyvale, CA."For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ" (2 Corinthians 2:17).The best way to translate καπηλεύοντες in the phrase “peddlers of God’s Word” is with a word that carries the primary meaning of commercial action and intent, such as “retailers,” or “merchants,” or simply “sellers.” Paul is contrasting his own free ministry with the commercialized ministry of false teachers, and using this distinction to show God’s seal of authenticity on him as a true servant of Christ. For more on this, see " 2 Corinthians 2:17: Commercializing the Word of God ". RELEVANT ARTICLES Does Jesus’ Command to “Freely Give” Apply Today? Bible Publishers: Stewards or Gatekeepers The Bondage of the Word: Copyright and the Bible SIGN THE STATEMENT on the stewardship of Scripture ⁠⁠⁠ sellingjesus.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ thedoreanprinciple.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ copy.church","meta_description":"Conley Owens takes the affirmative position, and Jonathan Melin takes the negative in this debate hosted by #doreancon 2025 on \"The Stewardship of Sc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7105,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/selling-jesus-6476854/episodes/debate-is-selling-licenses-to-bible-translations-a-sin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selling-jesus-6476854/debate-is-selling-licenses-to-bible-translations-a-sin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}