The Higher Calling by Avondale Church of God Podcast

The Higher Calling by Avondale Church of God Podcast

The Higher Calling is a podcast covering biblical principles and Christian ethics as preached in church services at the Avondale Church of God in Avondale, AZ. The purpose of the podcast is to deliver meaningful biblical concepts that address the human condition and its relationship with God to anyone looking for a supplemental bible study. As the apostle Paul wrote in a letter to a young minister named Timothy: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. (The Holy Bible, KJV, 2Ti 3:16-17). The scriptures of the Old and New Testament, rather than popular cultural attitudes, or the ideas of some particular religious organization should be applied as a template for correct moral conduct addressing all areas of life. This podcast can compliment your religious activities but is not intended as a substitute for personal devotional exercises, or church attendance.

Episodes

June 7, 2025 27 mins

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 ...

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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 cur...

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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

 

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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, g...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 o...

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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 t...

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Welcome everyone to Episode 22 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 at least one more session. A theme that has been present through all of this is that there is an objective reality tha...

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January 11, 2025 25 mins

Welcome everyone to episode 21 of The Higher Calling Podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! The last episode covered some types of the delusions that we can suffer from, and how those delusions shape our perceptions and become our personal reality. This episode is going to speak to the great lengths that God can go to in helping us to see Him and His truth and explore the antidote to delusional thinking.

God’s reality is ...

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December 27, 2024 29 mins

Welcome everyone to Episode 20 of The Higher Calling Podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off our last episode covering the idea of the church’s mission of bringing needy people to Christ, and the subsequent decision that they make to accept help or not. Part of that podcast had an observation that those in need don’t always know how bad off they really are. This episode is going to cover the delusions that we c...

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Episode 19 of The Higher Calling Podcast covers: the mission of the church in terms of bringing our neighbor to Christ for healing, both spiritual and physical needs, and the personal choice to accept the help that is being offered. 

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 biblestudy@avondalecog.org. We love to ...

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Welcome everyone to Episode 18 of The Higher Calling Podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off our last episode concluding the letter to the Hebrews, with themes such as: the establishment of the Church, the necessity of a God called pastor, brotherly love, holiness in the home and abroad, endurance, and self-denial. This episode is going to cover our personal responsibility in keeping our heart, the church and t...

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January 27, 2024 14 mins

Welcome everyone to episode 17 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off our last episode talking about the great cloud of witnesses, the heritage of faith, and keeping faith in God's plan.. Hebrews 13 is a conclusion of the letter to Hebrews, and includes themes such as: the necessity of a God called pastor, brotherly love, holiness in the home and abroad, endurance, and self-denial.

We tru...

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November 11, 2023 28 mins

Welcome everyone to EP 16 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off our last episode talking about Jesus Christ and the new covenant perfecting, being the end of, resolving, or fulfilling the faith of those who lived at the beginning of, and during the old covenant, or the Law. Hebrews 12 is a chapter of self-reflection, and we’re going to spend some time thinking about what our personal mot...

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September 10, 2023 24 mins

Welcome everyone to Episode 15 of The Higher Calling Podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off our last Episode 14 talking about the Just shall live by Faith which sets up the Faith Chapter which we’ll cover now, Hebrews 11.

Some key points included in Hebrews chapter 11 are:

  1. Definition of faith
  2. The founding fathers of our faith
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Welcome everyone to episode 14 of The Higher Calling Podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off our last episode talking about Jesus Christ as our high priest. We’re using Hebrews 10 as a transition from establishing the Christian faith in general, to establishing our personal, individual faith.

Some key points included in Hebrews chapter 10:

  1. Benefit of the second covenant made pos...
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March 20, 2023 16 mins

Welcome everyone to episode 13 of The Higher Calling presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off our last Episode talking about: Christ compared to Melchizedek; and perfection possible due to a priesthood after the order of an eternal life. Hopefully that conversation paved the way for this session which combines Hebrews 8 and 9.

Some key points included in Hebrews chapters 8 and 9 are:

  1. Jes...
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December 5, 2022 15 mins

Welcome everyone to Episode 12 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off in our last episode 11 talking about sacrifices and offerings, and the roles and responsibilities of a priest, by reading through the story of King Hezekiah’s reign. Hopefully that conversation paved the way for this topic which is the long anticipated Hebrews 7.

Some key points included in Hebrew chapter 7 are:

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September 24, 2022 29 mins

Welcome everyone to EP 11 of The Higher Calling podcast presented by the Avondale Church of God! We left off in our last episode 10 discussing sacrifices and offerings, and the roles and responsibilities of a priest. And have every intention of continuing and finishing the Hebrews study next up would be Hebrews chapter 7, however will extend this interlude by at least one more podcast by discussing the value of the voice of God and...

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