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by Charlie Meo 0

Church Current Events Domains of Society Gospel Identity Missionary

November 13, 2018

Reconstructing Our True Identity

This is part two of this two-part series on deconstructed Christianity. If you haven’t read the first piece on the roots and ramifications of deconstruction, go back and do that first. The True Story Could it be that the…

by Charlie Meo 0

Church Current Events Domains of Society Gospel Identity Pastoring

November 8, 2018

Hope for Deconstructed Christians

Our hope is that through embracing the Bible as the True Story, followers of Jesus are given three new identities that reconstruct a flourishing faith. In the past couple of weeks, we have witnessed pipe bombs sent to prominent…

by Amy Lathrop 0

Community Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Family Foundations Gospel Missional Community

November 1, 2018

Flourishing at the Table

Hospitality is a practice to be cultivated for God’s glory, our good and the flourishing of others. It’s an invitation to worship the One who invites us in, feeds us, listens to us, knows us, and provides for our…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Mission Missional Community Missionary

October 30, 2018

Be With and Become

Eugene Peterson paraphrased John 1:14 – The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood. Jesus fully related to everything we experience by fully becoming human and dwelling in our space. I’ve been learning how to do…

by Brad Watson 0

Bible & Theology Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

October 25, 2018

Words Lived Out

I broke down last night. Hunched over our kitchen sink and weeping, my wife told me it wasn’t silly to grieve a person I never personally met. On Monday one of my heroes had died. As a sixteen-year-old preacher,…

by Tim Parlier 0

Discipleship Gospel Leadership Mission Youth & Teens

October 23, 2018

It Must Be Connected

If you haven’t read the prior articles in this series, it might be helpful to review to give you some context. This is a continuation flushing out the E.P.I.C. generation acronym. (Experiential, Participatory, Image-rich, Connected). The goal is to…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Community Everyday Rhythms Gospel Mission Missional Community Missionary

October 16, 2018

On Mission this Halloween

October 31st offers a great opportunity for many to engage in new relationships with those around us or to revisit some old relationships with new missional intentionality. Regardless of what you think of the holiday and it's roots, the…

by Rich McCaskill 0

Coaching Discipleship Gospel Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary

October 11, 2018

The Jonah Factor

What is Jonah doing in the Bible? He is such a different prophet from the others! I believe God put it there because Jonah opens our eyes to a hidden truth. It is the truth that God calls us…

by Jonathan Dodson 0

Bible & Theology Discipleship Gospel Holy Spirit Spiritual Growth

October 9, 2018

Sizing Up the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit. Three words couldn’t divide the church more. I suppose “I hate you” is up there, but that’s more of a division between people rather than churches. Entire swaths of Christianity have divided over the third person…

by Charlie Meo 0

Community Current Events Discipleship Domains of Society Gospel Gospel Shepherding Pastoring

October 4, 2018

The Disciple and Trauma

As Americans watch the unfolding drama of the Supreme Court hearings, you can almost hear the nation collectively sigh in frustration, sadness, and disbelief. In many ways, these hearings are a culmination of many cultural currents: partisan politics, Trump…

by Sondra Chamberlain 0

Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Identity Mission Missional Community Missionary

October 2, 2018

Digging In

Starting over is hard. Humans are creatures of habit - we like comfort. A year ago our family moved from Tacoma to Seattle. It was a quick decision but not one we took lightly. We had lived in Tacoma…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Kids

September 27, 2018

Gospel Parenting

Train up a Child Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. PROVERBS 22:6 This verse could be literally translated as “Train a child according to his…

by Brad Watson 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Gospel Shepherding Holy Spirit Spiritual Growth

September 25, 2018

All of Life is Worship

We were made to worship. We were made to adore, to long for, to delight in, to desire. We were made to have the deepest longings of our hearts met by someone or something outside of ourselves. Always Worshiping…

by Charlie Meo 0

Church Current Events Discipleship Gospel Identity Missional Community

September 19, 2018

Embodying a Justice-Saturated Gospel

This is the last part of this three-part series on the intersection of social justice and the gospel. If you have missed the last two posts, please go back and read part one and part two to give context…

by Brad Watson 0

Ethics Gospel Saturate Podcast

September 19, 2018

Episode 057: Sexuality, Identity, and the Gospel with Jackie Hill Perry

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with writer and artist, Jackie Hill Perry about her new book Gay Girl, Good God. Their conversation touches on topics related to her story, temptation, how the church can love homosexuals, and identity.…

by Charlie Meo 0

Church Current Events Domains of Society Foundations Gospel Identity

September 18, 2018

How the True Story Reforms our Conversation

In part two of this three-part series we will explore how the Story of the Bible reforms our previously mentioned cultural lenses and the American church’s historical context. True Story N.T. Wright says, “The Whole Point of Christianity…

by James Grout 0

Church Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Mission Pastoring Youth & Teens

September 13, 2018

Teenagers Are Not The Future of The Church

If the kingdom of heaven belongs to children and adolescents, then the church must believe and behave as if their presence matters. Regrettable Words When I was in full-time youth ministry I felt part of my job was to…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 1

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Mission Missional Community

September 11, 2018

Exposed by the Mission

Yes, we can pretend to have it all together while sitting in a pew on Sunday or while impressing one another with our knowledge of Scripture. But mission exposes our inadequacies and need for grace. If you are in a small Bible…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community Spiritual Growth

September 4, 2018

Listening Well

I recently observed a conversation a few Christians were having with a man who has yet to come to faith in Jesus. It was amazing to me, and saddening, to watch the Christians missing the point of this man’s…

by Amy Lathrop 0

Church Mission Missionary Multiplication Pastoring

August 30, 2018

Both/And

This is a guest post by Chad Davis. Chad serves as Pastor of The Venue Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Venue Church is a diverse body of believers seeking to cultivate followers of Christ in Gospel-Centered Communities. He is…

by Brad Watson 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Mission Missional Community Missionary

August 28, 2018

Living on Mission

Most Christians have nagging thoughts that they “should tell people about Jesus” but they don’t know where to start. Honestly, the first dozen times I told people about Jesus was on a stage not a sidewalk. The stage’s safety…

by Tim Parlier 0

Everyday Rhythms Gospel Leadership Mission Missionary Multiplication Youth & Teens

August 23, 2018

Saturating our College Campuses

Saturate's vision is to see a gospel saturation movement happen in North America and beyond. We want to partner with God, like-minded churches, organizations, and individuals as He brings about the vision of seeing every man, woman, and child…

by Ryan LaTour 0

Church Gospel Identity Pastoring Transitioning Uncategorized

August 21, 2018

What Really Counts?

When your focus is activity, you can get people to do good things. But what happens when they are done doing those things? Our experience has been that they’ll come back for instructions on what to do next. In this…

by Brad Watson 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Gospel Shepherding Missional Community Resources Spiritual Growth

August 21, 2018

Discipling Each Other

The most meaningful relationships in life are symbiotic: the people involved mutually benefit, encourage, and foster growth in each other. Growing as a disciple requires this kind of relationship by the power of the Holy Spirit and through the…

by Donald Zimmerman 0

Church Discipleship Foundations Gospel Leadership Pastoring

August 16, 2018

Everyday Endings

If we are are a sent people, (which we are!), and we have been united with Christ (which we have!), then we undoubtedly can live as His sent people to bring the good news to those around us. A…

by Brad Watson 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Leadership Missional Community Resources Uncategorized

August 14, 2018

Leading a Missional Community

The Hard Part My wife and I started our first missional community nine years ago. In retrospect, starting it was the easy part. Co-leading a community toward health over the long haul was the hard part. See, there’s a…

by Ryan LaTour 0

Church Gospel Identity Leadership Pastoring Transitioning Uncategorized

August 9, 2018

He is Well Pleased with Us

Read Part One of this series here. I was sitting across the table from a sister in Christ, processing how life was going and how she was doing. During the course of our conversation, she shared a number of areas…

by Nathan Cedarland 0

Foundations Gospel Identity Mission Missionary Spiritual Growth

August 2, 2018

Sabbath Action

“Man was created on the sixth day right before God rested, so man was created as it were to enjoy the weekend with God.” – Michael Wilcock Summer Camp and the Already but Not Yet Reality During most of…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership Mission Pastoring

July 26, 2018

It Starts with the Life of the Preacher

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two, part three, part four and part five. You Must Be on Mission The only way to preach missionally is to have relationships with friends and neighbors who do not…

by Tim Parlier 0

Discipleship Gospel Leadership Life Issues Missional Community Youth & Teens

July 24, 2018

It Must Be Image Rich

by Ryan LaTour 0

Church Foundations Gospel Identity Pastoring Transitioning Uncategorized

July 19, 2018

Transitioning Church Culture

Our journey towards transitioning our church culture from activity to identity began over six years ago. Another pastor and I, both on staff at the same church, were wrestling through some troubling trends we each saw as we sought…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Church Discipleship Leadership Mission Missionary Pastoring Transitioning

July 17, 2018

Changing Your Preparation

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two, part three, and part four. Preaching to catalyze mission requires the preaching to be thinking about the mission of God, the particular nature of mission in their church,…

by David Achata 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Holy Spirit Identity Leadership Pastoring

July 12, 2018

Uniquely Positioned

“Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion… to his summons and service.” —Os Guinness, The Call In…

by Brad Watson 0

Identity Saturate Podcast

July 11, 2018

Episode 047: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 2: Identity

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Ben Connelly about the importance of rooting disciples in their identity in Christ as a community seeks to become a missional community.

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Church Gospel Leadership Mission Missionary Pastoring Transitioning

July 10, 2018

Preaching to Equip People for the Mission

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two and part three. When you preach to catalyze your congregation toward missional effectiveness, you are modeling what it looks like to speak the gospel to neighbors, coworkers, and…

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Gospel Archives | Saturate

Reconstructing Our True Identity

Hope for Deconstructed Christians

Flourishing at the Table

Be With and Become

Words Lived Out

It Must Be Connected

On Mission this Halloween

The Jonah Factor

Sizing Up the Holy Spirit

The Disciple and Trauma

Digging In

Gospel Parenting

All of Life is Worship

Embodying a Justice-Saturated Gospel

Episode 057: Sexuality, Identity, and the Gospel with Jackie Hill Perry

How the True Story Reforms our Conversation

The Intersection of Social Justice and the Gospel

Teenagers Are Not The Future of The Church

Exposed by the Mission

Listening Well

Both/And

Living on Mission

Saturating our College Campuses

What Really Counts?

Discipling Each Other

Everyday Endings

Leading a Missional Community

He is Well Pleased with Us

Sabbath Action

It Starts with the Life of the Preacher

It Must Be Image Rich

Transitioning Church Culture

Changing Your Preparation

Uniquely Positioned

Episode 047: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 2: Identity

Preaching to Equip People for the Mission

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