Welcome to episode 32, where we have a real-life conversation about growing up in church, tests of faith, and working in God's kingdom.

Welcome to Episode 31 discussing activities that are habit forming, and our routine is to turn to those things in moments of boredom or sadness, in search of happiness or fun. Those activities that are available to us are not all spiritually good for us and not all healthy. In fact the easiest sources of dopamine are likely those things that are actually not permitted under the perfect law of liberty. 

Too late you say? Already addicted? There's hope! Spiritual transformation is prevent to break addiction and put us back on the right path. Also, surrounding ourselves with a spiritually healthy environment can teach us how to have good clean fun.

We hope that you will find this challenging and encouraging! Visit us at www.avondalecog.org or email us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening to the Higher Calling Podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God.

Episode 30 is the 2nd part of Fighting Unbelief Through Trust and Confidence in the Word of God, a continuation from Episode 29. We are putting together some of the concepts from the fighting unbelief series here and isolating a factor or characteristic of truth and wisdom that we uncovered last episode that could work in favor of unbelief.

We trust that you'll find the discussion both challenging and encouraging. As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at [email protected]. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.

Welcome everyone to Episode 29 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! During the last couple of episodes we have been talking about an objective reality that we don’t always see due to illusions, or non-real things that we perceive, which can turn into delusions which are non-real things that we believe. In this episode we are putting together the concepts all the way back from Episode 22 through current and perhaps wrapping up the unbelief series. 

Discussing concepts like the Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Acts and Practices of the enemy, God's Credit Score, and the credibility of God.

We trust that you'll find the discussion both challenging and encouraging. As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at [email protected]. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.

Welcome to Episode 28 where we sat down for an hour-long conversation about life's trials, and the faithfulness of God. If you are in the Pacific Northwest, be sure to stop by! Learn more at www.northidahochurchofgod.com. 

Welcome everyone to Episode 27 of The Higher Calling Podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! During the last couple of episodes we have been talking about an objective reality that we don’t always see due to illusions, or non-real things that we perceive, which can turn into delusions which are non-real things that we believe. Demonstrating spiritual maturity means having attributes of carefulness, clearing, indignation, godly fear, vehement desire, zeal and revenging disobedience.

We trust that you will find the discussion both challenging and encouraging. As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at [email protected]. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.

Welcome everyone to Episode 26 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! During the last couple of episodes we have been talking about an objective reality that we don’t always see due to illusions, or non-real things that we perceive, which can turn into delusions which are non-real things that we believe. It is not possible to believe the lie, and also believe the truth at the same time, so typically the delusions cause the believer to become an unbeliever. The bible teaches us that to prevent unbelief we need to see and know truth and the knowledge of truth comes from preaching, and making sure that we are listening to the right voices. The last session explored the importance of the preached word and compared it to a nourishing and wholesome diet, and here we are looking into the idea of digesting the diet. Being willing to understand what we hear is critical to the spiritual health and well being of our soul.

As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at [email protected]. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.

Welcome everyone to Episode 25 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! During the last couple of episodes we have been talking about an objective reality that we don’t always see due to illusions, or non-real things that we perceive, which can turn into delusions which are non-real things that we believe. The bible teaches us that to prevent unbelief we need to see and know truth and the knowledge of truth comes from preaching, and making sure that we are listening to the right voices.

Alot of times, unbelief in the preached word happens due to some inner conflict and struggle about how it would still be best for someone to leave the Fair Havens of safety and all the while ignoring the counsel of their preacher and embark in pursuit of some more commodious goal.

The inspired message, the word of God nourishes, instructs and edifies. Shipwreck can be avoided if the hearer trusts the word, even if they don’t understand it right away. Unbelief will cause someone to throw out the truth that they know… their cargo of wheat, and cause them to be driven by storms and tempests away from the safe haven. In God’s great mercy, the word could come again to them, with instruction and help to rescue them out of shipwreck and get their life back on track. There is a danger of worship or religion that is hypocritical, in the fact that it can lead folks astray, and it happened during John’s time as prophesied by Christ. It’s happening around us today. Will you consume Barley along with your Wheat? Will you spit out the Wheat in favor of Barley? Would you reject the nourishing bread in favor of false religion?

We trust that you'll find the discussion both challenging and encouraging. As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at [email protected]. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.

Enjoy this remastered audio of Episode 24 of the Higher Calling Podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! In this episode we had a conversation with the pastor of the local Church of God conversation about current events, living by faith, and maintaining a close relationship with God! 

We trust that you'll find the discussion both challenging and encouraging. As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at [email protected]. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.

Welcome everyone to Episode 23 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! During the last couple of episodes we talked about the great lengths that God can go to in helping us to see reality. We know that where there is no vision, the people perish, so we’re going to keep studying there. A theme that has been present through all of this is that there is an objective reality that we don’t always see due to illusions, or non-real things that we perceive, which can turn into delusions which are non-real things that we believe. While ignorance is bliss, and avoidance might be a useful coping mechanism, the bible teaches us that to combat unbelief we need to see truth. Why combat unbelief? Wouldn’t it be more pleasant to live in ignorance? Because without faith it’s impossible to please God and unbelief is the opposite of faith.

Someone doesn’t become a quiet quitter overnight. They grow cold just like every other backslider. But once sin, transgression and iniquity has happened, they keep their flag up. The zeal that was once shown will be suspiciously slow or delayed, but it will be there.  The adherence to standards of modesty will start to slip, and more frequently immodest clothes will be worn in public and show up in social media posts but they will be modest and demure around the other saints in the congregation. 

Something caused the confidence to be cast away. Some event triggered a false disillusionment. The quiet quitter is still trying to preserve much of their status in church while they are waiting for the move to the next best thing. Maybe they have a social status to preserve, like a parental figure that they have to preserve their reputation for. Maybe it’s a small community and small social group and they don’t want their sins to be made known.

We trust that you'll find the discussion both challenging and encouraging. As always, thank you for listening, and if you have any comments or would like to contact us for any other reason please visit www.avondalecog.org or email us at [email protected]. We love to hear from our audience, and would be happy to further any discussion, or pray for a need you may be experiencing. See you next time on the Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God.