{"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":"The Life and Legacy of John Bunyan (Champ Thornton)","slug":"the-life-and-legacy-of-john-bunyan-champ-thornton","published_at":"2026-04-20T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crossway-podcast-1166075/the-life-and-legacy-of-john-bunyan-champ-thornton","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-crossway-podcast-1166075","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CXW1332805181.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CXW1332805181.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Champ Thronton talks about the life of the author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress.' Champ Thornton is the director of children and family resources at Crossway and the author of numerous books for kids and families. He is also the author of 'The Story of John Bunyan: The Prisoner Who Wrote Pilgrim's Progress' from Crossway. ❖ Listen to “How to Answer the Hard Questions Your Kids Ask About God\" with Champ Thornton:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠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, Champ Thronton talks about the life of the author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress.' Champ Thornton is the director of children and family reso…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2012,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-crossway-podcast-1166075/episodes/the-life-and-legacy-of-john-bunyan-champ-thornton/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/the-life-and-legacy-of-john-bunyan-champ-thornton.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}