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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Family Foundations Gospel Identity Missional 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…

by Jayne Vanderstelt 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Mission Missional 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…

by Carey Crawford 0

Community Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Identity Missional 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…

by Ben Connelly 0

Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Identity Missional 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…

by Brad Watson 0

Discipleship Gospel Identity Mission Missional Community Spiritual 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…

by Jessica Jager 0

Bible & Theology Discipleship Family Foundations Gospel Identity

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…

by Ben Connelly 0

Church Church Planting Discipleship Gospel Identity Pastoring

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…

by Michael Lum 0

Discipleship Gospel Holy Spirit Identity Spiritual 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…

by Brad Watson 0

Community Discipleship Gospel Missionary

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…

by David Achata 0

Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Identity Mission Missional Community Missionary

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…

by Carey Crawford 0

Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Identity Missional 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…

by Michael Lum 0

Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Missional Community Missionary Pastoring

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…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Discipleship Gospel Identity Mission

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…

by Carey Crawford 0

Discipleship Gospel Identity Mission Missional Community Missionary

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…

by Brad Watson 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Kids Missional 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…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 1

Baptism Church Discipleship Family Identity Missional Community Missionary Servant

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…

by Josh Gores 0

Discipleship Foundations Mission Missional Community Missionary

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…

by Michael Lum 0

Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Foundations Gospel Identity

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…

by Brad Watson 0

Community Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Foundations Gospel Mission Missional Community Missionary

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…

by Brad Watson 2

Discipleship Domains of Society Faith and Work Gospel Identity Saturate Podcast

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,…

by Abe Meysenburg 0

Discipleship Gospel Identity Pastoring Spiritual 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…

by Brad Watson 0

Everyday Rhythms Gospel Identity Saturate Podcast

May 1, 2019

Episode 076: Everyday Intentionality: Speak

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Kevin Platt of Missio Dei in Arizona on the BLESS rhythm: Speak. How do we intentionally declare good news in all of life? One of the fundamental realities is…

by Jake Chambers 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Prayer Spiritual 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…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Mission Missional 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…

by Cassie Langford 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity

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…

by Brad Watson 0

Everyday Rhythms Identity Saturate Podcast

April 10, 2019

Episode 074: Everyday Intentionality: Eat

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about living everyday with intentional focus around meals. They share practical experience and their story of growing in this area as the front line of…

by Georgia Lee 0

Everyday Rhythms Family Gospel Missional Community Missionary Servant

April 9, 2019

Doing Justice & Loving Mercy

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have…

by Nathan Cedarland 0

Church Discipleship Family Gospel Leadership Pastoring

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…

by Ben Fort 0

Arts & Culture Community Current Events Everyday Rhythms Family Missionary Servant

April 2, 2019

What Do I Say?

“Hey, I listened to your podcast.” My fictional podcast had been released for weeks, and I could count on my fingers how many local friends had listened to it. This had been a sensitive source of tears, anger, and…

by Nathan Cedarland 0

Church Family Leadership Pastoring

March 28, 2019

Is Formal vs. Family a False Paradigm?

In part one, we evaluated some erroneous views of membership and aimed at a clear biblical definition. In this second segment, we'll explore the scriptural basis for a formal membership process and see how this fits within a family/missional…

by Ben Fort 0

Arts & Culture Community Everyday Rhythms Family Gospel Mission Missional Community

March 26, 2019

Accepting Ordinary Invitations

My wife Bethany and I are suckers for weird artsy puppet shows, so of course we were pumped to see that Fort Worth’s Amphibian Theater was producing just that with Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities. We grabbed a few friends and…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

Coaching Discipleship Foundations Gospel Leadership Missionary Spiritual 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…

by Jordan Elder 0

Everyday Rhythms Gospel Identity Mission Missional Community

February 26, 2019

Seasons of Mission

As Missional Communities are planted, it is important to understand mission as an ancient work empowered by the Holy Spirit. God has been doing this “work” throughout redemptive history and calls each new generation to join Him. Mission can be…

by Madalaine Horky 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Mission Missional Community

February 19, 2019

Elevating the Poor

Becoming a friend to the poor requires a recognition of the ways that Jesus invited us to sit with Him and be elevated with Him, even though we could never deserve it. Throughout the story of the Bible, it…

by Rachel Swartley 0

Discipleship Gospel Identity Life Issues Spiritual Growth

January 15, 2019

He is Always Calling Us Back

Read Part One Here. In no way is this meant to be a voice of condemnation, for I am the worst of us! However, I have personally come to a place of seeing my deep need for Jesus through…

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Identity Archives | Saturate

Making Space for Friendship

Marked by One-ness

Filling, Lengthening, and Multiplying our Tables

Meeting House to House

God’s Grace Interrupts Our Rebellion

The Good News About Who You Are

The No. 1 Threat to Pastors and Church Planters

How the Gospel Fights Against Our Busyness

The Gospel Isn’t a Cul-De-Sac

Jesus Came Out to the Lawn

Seven Practices for Missional Hospitality

Good Things and Good News

A Life of Discipleship

Mission Resistance

Adopted Child of God

Are Missional Communities Just a Passing Fad?

The Risk of Disciple-Making

Gospel Clarity

Moving Forward On Mission

Episode 81: Everyday Disciples in LA: Customer Service

Not Alone in Our Grief

Episode 076: Everyday Intentionality: Speak

Gospel Rooted | Day by Day

Gospel Advance in Russia

Are We Naive?

Episode 074: Everyday Intentionality: Eat

Doing Justice & Loving Mercy

Why The Family of God Needs Visible Definition

What Do I Say?

Is Formal vs. Family a False Paradigm?

Accepting Ordinary Invitations

Power for Salvation

Where the Immigrant, Asylum Seeker, and the Refugee Belong

Seasons of Mission

Elevating the Poor

He is Always Calling Us Back

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