{"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":"The Anatomy of Simon Magus: The Sin of Simony Exposed","slug":"the-anatomy-of-simon-magus-the-sin-of-simony-exposed","published_at":"2026-05-30T03:36:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selling-jesus-6476854/the-anatomy-of-simon-magus-the-sin-of-simony-exposed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selling-jesus-6476854","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sellingjesus/episodes/The-Anatomy-of-Simon-Magus-The-Sin-of-Simony-Exposed-e3k3e40","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3894160/podcast/play/120747584/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-30%2F425165157-44100-2-c1f39f98e1d4.m4a","summary":"Read the book for free. This episode provides an overview of an anonymous work from 1700 called The Anatomy of Simon Magus . It's an examination of simony, defining it as the corrupt practice of buying or selling spiritual things or church offices. The author offers a "surgical exposure" of how corruption manifests through bribery, social favors, and self-interested service, warning that such actions invalidate the spiritual authority of the clergy. By dissecting both the historical context of the 1700s and modern analogs, the work serves as a moral autopsy intended to preserve the purity of the Church. It cautions that those who enter the ministry through financial or deceptive means are usurpers rather than true servants of Christ. Generated by NotebookLM, curated by Andrew Case. sellingjesus.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ thedoreanprinciple.org ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ copy.church","meta_description":"Read the book for free. This episode provides an overview of an anonymous work from 1700 called The Anatomy of Simon Magus . It's an examination of simony…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2588,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/selling-jesus-6476854/episodes/the-anatomy-of-simon-magus-the-sin-of-simony-exposed/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/the-anatomy-of-simon-magus-the-sin-of-simony-exposed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}