{"podcast":{"title":"The Crossway Podcast","slug":"the-crossway-podcast-1166075","podcast_index_feed_id":1166075,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CXW4883631318","website_url":"https://www.crossway.org/podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/232294e0-d811-11eb-ae8c-63810e671cfd/image/full_1550000346-artwork.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Crossway","episode_count":517,"summary":"This is The Crossway Podcast, a show where we sit down with authors each week for thoughtful interviews about the Bible, theology, church history, and the Christian life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T14:20:24.647735+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crossway-podcast-1166075"},"episode":{"title":"Misconceptions About Persecution in the Church  (Matt Rhodes)","slug":"misconceptions-about-persecution-in-the-church-matt-rhodes","published_at":"2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crossway-podcast-1166075/misconceptions-about-persecution-in-the-church-matt-rhodes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crossway-podcast-1166075","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CXW5358805751.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CXW5358805751.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Matt Rhodes discusses how to reorient our thinking about persecution in global missions. Matt Rhodes grew up in San Diego, California, and has lived in North Africa since 2011. He and his wife, Kim, serve as part of a church-planting team to a previously unengaged people group. He is also the author of 'Persecution in Missions: A Practical Theology' from Crossway. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Read the full transcript of this episode.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❖ Listen to “The Problem with Modern Missions\" with Matt Rhodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ | ⁠Spotify⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show.","meta_description":"In this episode, Matt Rhodes discusses how to reorient our thinking about persecution in global missions. Matt Rhodes grew up in San Diego, California, an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2229,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-crossway-podcast-1166075/episodes/misconceptions-about-persecution-in-the-church-matt-rhodes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crossway-podcast-1166075/misconceptions-about-persecution-in-the-church-matt-rhodes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}