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Church Community Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Missional 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…

by Atanasio Segovia 0

Church Church Planting Domains of Society Gospel Pastoring

July 18, 2019

The Gospel Must Happen to Me

“Mexicano, que tu hace aquí”, the boy yelled from twenty feet away. The question hit me like a train. For the first time in three decades the question was not framed in a way that brought me shame, guilt,…

Discipleship Gospel Holy Spirit Spiritual 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…

Bible & Theology Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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…

Bible & Theology Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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…

Church Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Foundations Gospel

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;…

Arts & Culture Discipleship Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Gospel Saturate 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…

Bible & Theology Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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…

Church Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Mission Missional Community Pastoring

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…

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,…

Bible & Theology Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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…

by Abe Meysenburg 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Pastoring Spiritual 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…

Bible & Theology Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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 …

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…

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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…

by Atanasio Segovia 0

Church Church Planting Discipleship Gospel Missional Community Pastoring

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…

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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…

by Abe Meysenburg 0

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community Spiritual 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…

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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…

Discipleship Foundations Gospel

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…

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…

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Prayer Spiritual 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,…

by Madalaine Horky 0

Everyday Rhythms Foundations Gospel Mission Missional Community

April 25, 2019

Missional Community Life as Newlyweds

Living missionally in marriage causes us to remember that marriage was meant to express God’s character and grace in everyday life. As we prepared for marriage, Schuyler and I went through premarital counseling. Every meeting we had with the…

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…

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…

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…

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…