Real Faith for Real Life
In Real Faith for Real Life, hostsPastor Bill Whitt and Pastor Eric VanderWall take a look at the way faith intersects with everyday life. Real Faith for Real Life addresses issues head-on to help faith make sense by engaging with passages from the Bible and discussing how popular culture intersects the gospel. Bill and Eric discuss what it looks like to have an authentic faith story amid everyday life—by loving God, loving people, and making disciples.
Episodes
71 episodes
Vocation 6 - Staying Salty at Work
How can you bring glory to God in your daily work? Perhaps a good place to start is to focus on being salt and light. But what does that look like? In this podcast, we talk about how to avoid becoming a "diluted disciple." God wants us to stay ...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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43:04
Vocation 5 - Bridging the Gap Between Sunday and Monday
Sometimes, it can feel like there's a chasm between Sunday and Monday. We don't bring the sorrows and joys of our work with us before the Lord in worship, and we don't bring the worship of God out of the sanctuary into the rest of the week eith...
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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47:44
Vocation 4 - How to Serve God at Work
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you worked for the Lord? In Colossians, Paul says we should work as if we're working for the Lord because ultimately, we are! It isn't just pastors and ministry leaders who have a calling from God. The Bible says tha...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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40:00
Vocation 3 - Working Among the Weeds
Many people find work to be a place of anxiety, stress, burnout, and difficult people. Last week, on the podcast, we learned that God is a worker and gave work to humanity as a gift in paradise. But not many people perceive it as a gift today. ...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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47:07
Vocation 2 - Why Your Work Matters
Many think work is a necessary evil, just something we have to do to survive. But what if there is more to the story? In the Bible, the origin story of work starts on page 1, where we learn that God himself is a worker and created humans to wor...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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34:16
Vocation 1 - Can Work Be Worship?
We spend half our waking hour at work -- 96,000 over the course of a lifetime! And yet a new study found that almost half of people in the US hate work so much they wouldn't wish it on their worst enemy. A full 33 percent are disengaged, and 19...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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35:38
Vision 6 - How Can We Reach Our Neighbors?
In the final part of our series on mission and vision, Pastor Bill sits down with Connections Director Julie Beezhold to talk about community outreach. In the previous episode, we talked about who our neighbors are. In this episode, we talk abo...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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42:24
Vision 5 - Who Are Our Neighbors?
As we refreshed our church's mission and vision, it was critical that we learned about the intersection of our church's gifts and our community's needs. But who are our neighbors? To learn more about the people who live near us, we used a great...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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31:51
Vision 4 - Strength and Growth Areas
This season, we are talking about the health of our church. In this episode, Pastor Bill and Pastor Eric take a deep dive into data about the strength and growth areas of our congregation. Our vision consultant surveyed the congregation, called...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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43:04
Vision 3 - The Voice of the Congregation
As part of our Vision Refresh process, our consultant surveyed the congregation, called together various focus groups, and conducted a congregational meeting. We were very encouraged but the results, which depicted our church as thriving in alm...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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26:34
Vision 2 - Priorities for the Future
In part two of our series about the mission and vision of our church, we examine our priorities for the future and the next steps we are planning. Pastor Bill sits down to talk with Larry Doornbos, the consultant we used throughout the process,...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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37:36
Vision 1 - Our Church's Refreshed Sense of Mission and Vision
In the new season of Real Faith for Real Life, Pastor Bill will walk us through the newly refreshed mission and vision of Cascade Fellowship. We'll discover how the church discerned God's calling and how it is following the Lord's leading. We s...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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30:10
Sharing Jesus 5 - What Now?
If you've taken the step of starting a spiritual conversation with someone this holiday season, what comes next? If possible, it is great to keep the conversation goin, as you continue to develop your relationship. We have some practical tips o...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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15:35
Sharing Jesus 4 - Ask and Listen
Sharing your faith can be scary, but what if it all starts with listening well and developing a genuine friendship? In this episode, we talk about how important listening is in the process of sharing the gospel with people this holiday season.
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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15:26
Sharing Jesus 3 - Map Our Your Moment
This season, we're demystifying the process of sharing Jesus during the holidays with friends and family. If you want to have good spiritual conversations, it may be helpful to take some time and map out your moment. Consider what days and time...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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12:33
Sharing Jesus 2 - Pick Your Prompt
This season, we're giving you practical advice on how to share Jesus over the holidays. An important step is thinking about how you would start a spiritual conversation. In this episode, we talk about how questions can often be the best way to ...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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19:13
Sharing Jesus 1 - Make Your List and Check It Twice!
We all love giving and receiving meaningful gifts. This season, many of us want to give someone the gift of the gospel message, but we're not sure how to get started. In this five-episode mini-series, we'll demystify the process of starting spi...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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11:34
Questions 11 - How Were People Saved in the Old Testament?
In our season finale, we take on the most common questions you submitted -- How were people saved in the Old Testament? Pastor Bill interviews Old Testament Professor Wilson Cunha to answer this and related questions.
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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33:37
Questions 10 - How Do We Approach Different Views on Abortion?
As we continue with our series that seeks to answer your hardest questions, Pastor Bill and Pastor Eric address a very difficult issue on this episode. How do we approach different views on abortion? They outline legal, medical, logical, and bi...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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33:10
Questions 9 - How Can I Find Freedom by Trusting in God?
In this special episode, RaeAnne Porte shares her journey in finding freedom from eating disorders. She says she found freedom by trusting God rather than food or fitness. Only he can provide ultimate security, comfort, and meaning. Wherever yo...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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39:07
Questions 8 - How Should We Think About Events in the Middle East?
In this very special edition of the podcast, Pastor Bill interviews our missionary to Israel. He shares a bit about his calling and his perspective on current events.
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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24:38
Questions 7 - Why Do Christians Emphasize Certain Verses and Skim Over Others?
Why is it that Christians often strongly emphasize some verses while skimming over or skipping over others? Bill, Eric and JP have some ideas and practical examples in this week's episode. In addition, they engage with your feedback and see who...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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35:59
Questions 6 - How Do You Keep Going After Failure?
How can God judge us if we all sin? How do we know if our relationship with him is good enough to go to heaven? How do we keep going after failing? Bill, JP, and Eric address these important questions on this week's podcast!
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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24:04