{"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.E5. Running the Race (42:11)","slug":"s4-e5-running-the-race-42-11","published_at":"2025-03-23T21:52:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-upward-call-7023106/s4-e5-running-the-race-42-11","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-upward-call-7023106","url":"https://listen.hubhopper.com/episode/s4e5-running-the-race-4211/32864827","audio_url":"https://play.hubhopper.com/b57131426aa5ca028af0c7bef03b7ccf.mp3?s=rss-feed&v=a530dc7b4528","summary":"Qualifying for the Race — The single qualification to enter this race is having spiritual life; a man without spiritual life, zoe, has no vitality and is unfit and unable to run this race. For the believer, it is written in 1 Jn. 512 “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.” Therefore God has chosen us in Christ (Eph. 1.4), He is our sole qualification; and furthermore, it is written in Jud. 1.1 “we are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ ;” which may more broadly be interpreted as, “being called we have received an invitation to enter that race, and have been consecrated or set apart by God to be a runner in it, and that He watches over us attentively as we run the race before us, able to preserve us to the finish.” Heb. 12.1-2 continues, “let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus.” For other episodes, find us at https://ufsministries.com/podcast","meta_description":"Qualifying for the Race — The single qualification to enter this race is having spiritual life; a man without spiritual life, zoe, has no vitality and is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2531,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-upward-call-7023106/episodes/s4-e5-running-the-race-42-11/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-e5-running-the-race-42-11.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}