{"podcast":{"title":"The Upward Call!","slug":"the-upward-call-7023106","podcast_index_feed_id":7023106,"rss_url":"https://feeds.hubhopper.com/9a12b264092c2ab892df10bd0585ef11.rss?_gl=1*1a8zvlp*_gcl_au*MTY3NzkwMTIxNy4xNzIzMDg5NDA2*_ga*MTE3ODg5OTg0NS4xNzIzMDg5NDA1*_ga_T1RRNQRP1D*MTcyNTY1OTAwMS44LjEuMTcyNTY2MDU4MC42MC4wLjA.","website_url":"https://ufsministries.com/podcast","image_url":"https://files.hubhopper.com/podcast/451264/1400x1400/the-upward-call.jpeg?v=1725661174966587618","author":"Dan DeVitis at UFS Ministries","episode_count":47,"summary":"Welcome to The Upward Call Podcast! For far too long, the Christian Church has settled for the most fundamental Gospel of salvation and eternal life. It has failed to recognize the Gospel’s call for maturity as sons and daughters of God and for spiritual preparation for the Kingdom to come. This podcast lays the foundation for understanding the ultimate purposes of God in salvation. It will then endeavor to build upon that foundation toward the upward call of God to spiritual maturity. If this is your heart’s desire, too, then listen on, More here: https://ufsministries.com/podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T02:18:42.786022+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-upward-call-7023106"},"episode":{"title":"S4.E1 Settling for Less","slug":"s4-e1-settling-for-less","published_at":"2025-02-24T11:17:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-upward-call-7023106/s4-e1-settling-for-less","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-upward-call-7023106","url":"https://listen.hubhopper.com/episode/s4e1-settling-for-less/32847482","audio_url":"https://play.hubhopper.com/fd68ac00e472a56471cb5a5c5f1a33e2.mp3?s=rss-feed&v=032f70447525","summary":"In a divine covenant, God sovereignly establishes the nature of the relationship between Himself and man. God binds Himself by His own oath to keep His promises set forth under the covenant. Still, there are conditions attached to the oath on the side of man; if he does not keep the covenant’s conditions there will be consequences . A clear distinction must be made between the conditions, promises , and consequences under the Old Covenant cut in the blood of goats and bulls and the conditions of the New Covenant cut in the in the blood of Christ. It is as Jesus said at the last supper, “For this is My blood of the ‘ new’ covenant,…” Mt. 26.28 By emphasizing the word “ new ” He was affirming this divine covenant did not just add to the Old Covenant but it superseded it and was to completely replace the Old Covenant. The New is not the reconditioning of the Old like one reconditions a house, but is a replacement of the Old, a house built upon a new foundation, not one of “the Law” but a foundation which is Christ. It is confirmed again in scripture, Heb. 13.8 “In that He says, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.”","meta_description":"In a divine covenant, God sovereignly establishes the nature of the relationship between Himself and man. God binds Himself by His own oath to keep His pr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2553,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-upward-call-7023106/episodes/s4-e1-settling-for-less/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-upward-call-7023106/s4-e1-settling-for-less.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}