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September 10, 2019

Are Missional Communities Just a Passing Fad?

  I remember when one of the leaders in the Soma Family of Churches asked me if I thought missional communities would be a passing trend. He wasn’t questioning the validity of them, but he did wonder if this was…

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelSpiritual Growth

September 5, 2019

Loving God through Word and Prayer

  What are Missional Communities supposed to do? They exist, primarily, to grow in love for God. Missional communities are groups of people learning to follow Jesus. Meaning, people are being renewed by the gospel through abiding in Christ. They…

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by Josh Gores 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsMissionMissional CommunityMissionary

September 4, 2019

The Risk of Disciple-Making

  If God can remove walls through a bunch of people marching to the beat, what else will He do when the Bride of Christ remains faithful to Him and His disciple-making mission? Recently, as my wife and I laid…

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by Michael Lum 0

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFoundationsGospelIdentity

August 27, 2019

Gospel Clarity

  The story from Mark’s gospel goes like this, “And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told…

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ApologeticsBible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelSpiritual Growth

August 21, 2019

Listen To Your Heart

  Part of our job in growing in gospel fluency is paying attention to the overflow of our hearts. What comes out in the form of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors finds its origin inside of us. Too often, we focus…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Bible & TheologyCommunityDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissional Community

August 15, 2019

A Whole New People and a Whole New World

    This blog post is an excerpt from the introduction of our newest resource, an Everyday Discipleship Study on the book of Ephesians. This study launches Monday, August 19th but you can download the first chapter for free now!…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPastoringSpiritual Growth

August 12, 2019

Grace is Hard to Grasp

JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLW5vY29va2llLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGeWhwd1Y0Y3dCNG8lMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBhdXRvcGxheSUzQiUyMGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYSUzQiUyMGd5cm9zY29wZSUzQiUyMHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ== The Gospel of God is grace on fire. It’s love on full blast. It’s peace with power. However, it goes against everything we expect in relationships and even against everything we desire. We expect to have to earn belonging…

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by Daniel Maqueda 0

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ChurchCommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsGospelMissional Community

July 30, 2019

Loneliness is Poverty

  Early Death In 2010, Holt-Lunstad published a study on social relationships and mortality rates. The team’s research verified “that people with fewer social relationships die earlier on average than those with more social relationships.” They measured the influence of…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Bible & TheologyChurchCoachingDiscipleshipGospelLeadershipPastoringSpiritual Growth

July 25, 2019

5 Ways To Equip Disciples as Gospel Ministers

  Church leader? Your job is not to do the ministry for the church, but to equip the church to be gospel ministers. Habakkuk 2:14 speaks of a day when “The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the…

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by Brad Watson 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFoundationsGospelMissionMissional CommunityMissionary

July 11, 2019

Moving Forward On Mission

  Every Community and Mission is Unique The cookie cutter doesn’t exist. The best place to start is to listen to the people you are sent to and reflect on how their lives might intersect the gospel and community. Understand…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipGospelHoly SpiritSpiritual Growth

July 4, 2019

Making Space for Your Heart

  We’re not outside-in people but inside-out people. When we feel that something is wrong with us, most of try to fix the problem by doing. We change our schedule. We tell ourselves we’ll eat better, exercise more, or spend…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 24, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

  MONDAY   Who is God? God is generous. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or…

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by Todd Engstrom 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipFoundationsLeadershipMultiplicationPastoringTransitioning

June 20, 2019

The Tension between Organic and Structured Disciple-making

  This is an excerpt from a live Question + Response session in our newly launched Missional Church Transition Starter. Did your team ever experience tension between people who want to make disciples, but want it to be organic vs. structured?…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 17, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

MONDAY   Who is God? God is King. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. He subdued…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFoundationsGospel

June 13, 2019

Declaring the Gospel

  I’ve found that when we live our lives intentionally as display people, we get plenty of opportunities to talk about why we do it. Lives full of grace and love; schedules rearranged to make space to listen and serve;…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Arts & CultureDiscipleshipDomains of SocietyEveryday RhythmsGospelSaturate Podcast

June 12, 2019

Episode 82: Everyday Disciples in LA: Entertainment Industry

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Hope, Austin, and Jared about living out the gospel in everyday life within the entertainment industry. They share insights on the power of the gospel, community, and mission as…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 10, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

  MONDAY   Who is God? God is a Good Shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsGospelMissionMissional CommunityPastoring

June 6, 2019

Rethink the Ideal Missional Community

  The way the Spirit leads us and uses us will vary, but we can all participate in gospel communities on mission.  When our missional community was just Mirela and me, mission was pretty simple. We shopped, ate, and recreated locally within…

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by Brad Watson 2

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June 5, 2019

Episode 81: Everyday Disciples in LA: Customer Service

In the first installment of a new series on the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with three disciples at Soma in Los Angeles about living life with gospel intentionality as they work in customer service jobs. They discuss the challenges,…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 3, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

  MONDAY   Who is God? God is gracious. The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God…

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by Abe Meysenburg 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPastoringSpiritual Growth

May 30, 2019

How Do I Grieve?

Evidently, it matters how we grieve. Paul mentions a godly grief and worldly grief (2 Corinthians 7:10). Believers are not to grieve “as those who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Not Alone in Our Grief was on open invitation to…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

May 27, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

  MONDAY   Who is God? God is light. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” - John 8:12 …

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by Abe Meysenburg 0

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityPastoringSpiritual Growth

May 23, 2019

Not Alone in Our Grief

  A Gospel Guide Our theology does more than an adequate job of explaining the reality of the broken world in which we find ourselves. We know that God didn’t design the world to work this way, that sin has…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

May 20, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

MONDAY   Who is God? God is our perfect Father. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we…

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by Atanasio Segovia 0

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ChurchChurch PlantingDiscipleshipGospelMissional CommunityPastoring

May 16, 2019

Gospel Saturation in Mexico

  Seems like the perfect place to get carjacked or kidnapped”, I thought while driving down the street. In the distance, dozens of apartment buildings pierced the skyline. A single street to get in or out. It’s the area of…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

May 13, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

MONDAY   Who is God? Jesus is the way, truth, and life. “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have…

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by Abe Meysenburg 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

May 9, 2019

Preaching the Gospel to One Another

  Regular encouragement from our brothers and sister is a vital weapon against the onslaught of lies and unbelief with which we are assaulted. A Timely Question in a Tough Moment I can’t remember exactly why I was so angry, but I…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

May 6, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

  MONDAY   Who is God? God is holy. Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospel

May 2, 2019

We Talk About What We Love

What Do You Love? I’m often asked why it’s so hard for many people to talk to others about Jesus... I have come to believe that the main reason people don’t talk about Jesus isn’t that they lack training. I am…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

April 29, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

  MONDAY   Who is God? God is love. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God,…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityPrayerSpiritual Growth

April 22, 2019

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

  We want to grow in gospel fluency and have it deeply planted into our thoughts, words, and actions. Where do we start? God Himself; growing in our intimacy with Him, letting the roots of His love grow deeper and…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityMissionMissional Community

April 16, 2019

Gospel Advance in Russia

  It's super encouraging to read about how Christians are persevering in Russia under oppression - their boldness for the gospel and in prioritizing training for their missional communities in the face of violence and arrest. K.G. came to Soma…

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by Cassie Langford 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentity

April 11, 2019

Are We Naive?

  I would dare say we have cheerfully cast off many Christian stereotypes.  We have consigned our culottes and cut our hair (or grown it or colored it).  We have become the partiers instead of the buzzkills. We have set…

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by Nathan Cedarland 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipFamilyGospelLeadershipPastoring

April 4, 2019

Why The Family of God Needs Visible Definition

  A Formal Agreement about Gospel Partnership Matters We’ve explored official church membership from a fresh angle and looked at a biblical precedent for the formal process of recognizing gospel partners. Now, let’s survey some of the key reasons this…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsSaturate Podcast

March 21, 2019

Episode 071: Intentional Rhythms of Life

    In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson introduces our newest series on daily gospel rhythms. He talks about the importance of the truth of the gospel and our identity and then outlines how the gospel connects…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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CoachingDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelLeadershipMissionarySpiritual Growth

March 19, 2019

Power for Salvation

  When people say they are saved, what do they mean? Think of this blog post as a vocabulary lesson. To become fluent in any language, you must develop your vocabulary. So let’s delve into the aspects of the gospel…

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