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April 3, 2020

Discipling Our Kids at Home

When I moved to Los Angeles, I never thought I would have over two months of parenting that looked so much like Swiss Family Robinson and Little House on the Prairie. But, here we are. We’re working at home, eating…

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March 31, 2020

What’s the Point of the Resurrection?

We're about to embark on perhaps the strangest and best Easter of our lives. It will be an Easter without large brunches, egg hunts, and large worship services. In fact, it will be an Easter of sheltering in place, rising…

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Current EventsDiscipleshipGospelLeadershipLife IssuesSpiritual Growth

March 24, 2020

The Power of Waiting and Remembering

There’s a time to create content and build a resource. And then there’s a time to stop, wait, feel, listen, and pray. As a team at Saturate, we’ve felt the need to go slow and not rush. We believe we…

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by Ben Connelly 0

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GospelSpiritual Growth

March 20, 2020

Hearing Hope

My wife took our three young kids to her parents’ house this week to add some variety to the suddenly three-week spring break produced by coronavirus-related school closures. The kids are enjoying the longer break and playing with cousins, while…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFamilyFoundationsGospelIdentityMissional Community

March 17, 2020

Making Space for Friendship

  This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I…

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by Jayne Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityMissionMissional Community

March 10, 2020

Marked by One-ness

  Have you ever tried making a sandwich with one hand? We often take for granted that most everyday tasks are a whole lot easier with two. Our body is an amazing picture of what it looks like to need…

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by Carey Crawford 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsGospelIdentityMissional Community

February 27, 2020

Filling, Lengthening, and Multiplying our Tables

  Check out part one to this blog post here.  Our practice of Family Tables is certainly nothing new, but simply an expression of missional community for our context. Shared meals have been an important part of missional communities for…

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsGospelIdentityMissional Community

February 25, 2020

Meeting House to House

  When my wife was in high school, her house was the place where her friends all wanted to hang out. There were snacks aplenty; they had a pool table and big screen in their basement; so lots of great…

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

February 20, 2020

Engaging Lent Together

As Americans, we love innovation, planning, and strategy. We want to strip ourselves free of old traditions and boring practices that tie people down. Freedom is being able to work outside of the box. The missional community movement is the…

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityMissionMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

February 18, 2020

God’s Grace Interrupts Our Rebellion

  This blog post is an excerpt from a chapter of our newest resource, an Everyday Discipleship Study on the book of Jonah. Available now, you can download the first chapter for free! In our fifth year of marriage, God…

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by Carey Crawford 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFoundationsGospelLeadershipMissional Community

February 13, 2020

Family Tables

  The Backstory When we introduced missional communities to our church just over a year ago, the concept was new, not only to the members, but also to some of the leadership. People thought they had a basic idea of…

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by Jessica Jager 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFamilyFoundationsGospelIdentity

February 11, 2020

The Good News About Who You Are

  Words like son or daughter or even family bring up feelings that are personal to the stories in which we’ve experienced them.  To some son or daughter is a positive descriptor, one that tells you that you belong, that…

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ChurchChurch PlantingDiscipleshipGospelIdentityPastoring

February 3, 2020

The No. 1 Threat to Pastors and Church Planters

  One of the (innumerable) benefits of reading through the Bible every year is that God causes me to notice different things than in previous years. As most pastors acknowledge, there is no end to the depths to which we…

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January 8, 2020

Ministers and Messengers of Reconciliation

This blog post is an excerpt from a chapter of our newest resource, an Everyday Discipleship Study on the book of Jonah. Available TODAY, you can download the first chapter for free now!    The gospel saves us from sin…

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissionMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

December 27, 2019

What Is the Jonah Story About?

  This blog post is an excerpt from the introduction of our newest resource, an Everyday Discipleship Study on the book of Jonah. This study launches Monday, Jan 6th but you can download the first chapter for free now! Jonah…

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by Josh Gores 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelHoly SpiritSpiritual Growth

December 23, 2019

The Presence of God

  Do you want to have a life marked by a pursuit of holiness, a life of light and the presence of God the Father? Gather together with the church, pursuing intentional community and fellowship with other believers. The pursuit…

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December 19, 2019

Top 5 Podcasts of 2019

  I’m given the incredible privilege of talking with disciples across the globe about what Jesus is doing in their neighborhoods, churches, and cities. The power of the gospel transcends strategies, brands, and egos! I’m always amazed how a conversation…

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by Michael Lum 0

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DiscipleshipGospelHoly SpiritIdentitySpiritual Growth

December 17, 2019

How the Gospel Fights Against Our Busyness

  Are You Busy? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “busy” as “engaged in action” and for many church leaders and disciple-makers, there is a pride that comes from being engaged in the work of the kingdom for God’s glory. This isn’t a…

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by Duke Revard 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelGospel Shepherding

November 21, 2019

Our Father Comforts

  The Soma Family of Churches lost a leader, friend, brother, husband, and devoted father last week. Randy Sheets’ impact for Jesus’s kingdom will never be fully known until we are together again in the new heavens and new earth.…

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CommunityDiscipleshipGospelMissionary

November 5, 2019

The Gospel Isn’t a Cul-De-Sac

  The cul-de-sac was a phenomenal invention for the suburbs. It created a safe and peaceful place for families to raise children. No one passed through. In fact, the only time strangers can appear is after a wrong turn and…

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by David Achata 0

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October 29, 2019

Jesus Came Out to the Lawn

  “Dad, why do we have to do this? Why can’t we just sit inside the house?” My son was only eight years old at the time these words were uttered, and he didn’t want to meet new people on…

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by Josh Gores 0

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Church PlantingDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMultiplication

October 24, 2019

Gospel Goodbyes

  Saying, “goodbye” is a hard thing to do. Whether it’s dropping your children off at school, breaking the news to neighbors you have known for decades that you have accepted a job across the country and will be moving,…

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by Carey Crawford 0

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsGospelIdentityMissional Community

October 22, 2019

Seven Practices for Missional Hospitality

  The practice of hospitality is a mandate of scripture. Romans 12:13, Hebrews 13:2, and 1 Peter 4:9 all encourage us to “practice,” “show,” and “offer” hospitality. Opening your home to host gatherings like your missional community or a DNA…

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by Michael Lum 0

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October 15, 2019

Good Things and Good News

  “As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news! (Romans 10:15b)” How glorious a thought that God has invited us into His mission to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10) through the…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityMission

October 9, 2019

A Life of Discipleship

  Part of our own discipleship is “paying it forward”: seeing God not only work in us, for our own discipleship, but also seeing him work through us, for others’ discipleship The person and work of Jesus cannot remain as…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

October 1, 2019

The Vision of Every Church

  For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit…

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by Carey Crawford 0

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityMissionMissional CommunityMissionary

September 26, 2019

Mission Resistance

  Someone once said nothing reveals sin in the heart like calling people to mission. Opportunities for a missional community to serve and bless others often come into conflict with our schedules, preferences, convenience, or comfort. How we respond to…

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityKidsMissional Community

September 23, 2019

Adopted Child of God

  This post is an excerpt from a leader preparation article in Gospel Basics for Kids. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 1

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BaptismChurchDiscipleshipFamilyIdentityMissional CommunityMissionaryServant

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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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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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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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 David Achata 0

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GospelHoly SpiritLeadershipMissionMissional CommunityPrayer

August 6, 2019

Starting a Missional Community? Listen.

  Being faithful isn’t a daily grind we have to strategize. “For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing.” John 5:20 This text is one of the most compelling parts of scripture. It’s…

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