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Faith and Work Identity Life Issues Missionary

August 17, 2021

Our Greatness, God’s Glory, and Work

When my boys were small, I stenciled a black tractor and Colossians 3:23 on a burlap sign and propped it on their bookcase: “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” I wanted them to…

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Discipleship Family Mission Missional Community Missionary Servant

August 12, 2021

Safety Amongst the Thorns

“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your…

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Bible & Theology Discipleship Gospel

August 10, 2021

Humility is Better Than Rightness

Often we clarify our convictions hoping to strengthen unity—“Here is what I believe… Who’s with me?” But what if a doctrine becomes destructive or divisive not because of what it is, but because of how we hold it? Isn’t it…

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Discipleship Family Gospel Resources

August 5, 2021

Study Guides for Missional Communities

A missional community is a way to organize the church to gather and send groups of people on the mission of God. Simply put, a missional community is a group of people who are learning to follow Jesus together in…

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Discipleship Foundations Mission Missional Community

July 29, 2021

3 Key Environments to All-of-Life Discipleship

All-of-life discipleship—learning to follow, trust, and obey Jesus in the everyday stuff of life and training others to do the same—requires submitting to and obeying God’s Word in three key environments: life on life, life in community, and life…

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Discipleship Family Missional Community

July 27, 2021

Jesus is Both the Motive and the Goal

This is an excerpt of Chapter One from Ben Connelly's newest book A Field Guide for Genuine Community, © Moody Publishers, 2021. Get your copy here or wherever you buy books. “We've Filed for Divorce.” That bombshell froze…

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Discipleship Gospel Identity Mission

July 20, 2021

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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Discipleship Family Missional Community

July 15, 2021

We Are a Spiritual Family

This is an excerpt of Chapter One from Ben Connelly's newest book A Field Guide for Genuine Community, © Moody Publishers, 2021. Get your copy here or wherever you buy books. Throughout over twenty years of helping lead…

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Everyday Rhythms Gospel Missional Community Missionary

July 13, 2021

Hospitality As Mission

As we enter in and entwine our lives with others through the practice of hospitality we get to experience both the "sweet" and "hard" of following Jesus. We get a taste of the Kingdom and we get to show…

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Everyday Rhythms Family Mission Missionary Servant

July 8, 2021

The Trials of Incarnational Living

How many times have I thought, “Lord, why did you call me to this?” A little over a year ago my family moved into the overlooked neighborhood our missional community had been serving for four years—the same neighborhood where…

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Church Discipleship Family Gospel Missional Community

July 6, 2021

There Must Be Something More

This is an excerpt of Chapter One from Ben Connelly's newest book A Field Guide for Genuine Community, © Moody Publishers, 2021. Get your copy here or wherever you buy books. Most of the Bible’s commands that translate into…

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Bible & Theology Church Coaching Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 29, 2021

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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Church Family Missionary

June 24, 2021

From Spiritual Orphans to Spiritual Sons

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Church Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 22, 2021

Recovering My Humanity

This fall, Jeff Schulte, founder of Tin Man ministries and Jeff Vanderstelt will be hosting Gospel Fluency for the Heart events. These events are designed to help us learn how to re-engage our emotions, experience Jesus as the healer…

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Church Discipleship Foundations Missional Community

June 16, 2021

Why Join Soma School?

Soma School is a gospel-centered, missional ecclesiology immersion experience which exists to see pastors, planters, and leaders thoroughly gripped by the gospel. Soma School is a combination of white-board theology sessions, personal processing, and immersion within the life of a…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Holy Spirit Missional Community Spiritual Growth

June 14, 2021

How Do Spiritual Gifts Help Us Make Disciples?

Today we are releasing a sneak peek at one of four new videos in the Q+A series with Jeff Vanderstelt. We love getting to interact with your questions at live events, and want to bring that experience online through…

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Discipleship Mission Missional Community Missionary

June 10, 2021

Jesus’ Call to Come as We Are

Prior to meeting Jesus, we were lost and broken in desperate need for a Savior. However, such a necessity was not bound to our pre-salvific state. As believers who securely hold salvation by the name of Christ and are…

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Church Planting Everyday Rhythms Family Mission Missionary

June 8, 2021

Following God on Mission in Queretaro, Mexico

The Story of Soma Queretaro "How are we going to do this?" my friend asked after agreeing to join me in planting a church in Queretaro City, Mexico. It was clear that this was not a simple move from one…

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Mission Missional Community Missionary

June 3, 2021

The Call to Mission

Regardless of which ditch we have a tendency to fall in, regardless if we are more like Child 1 or Child 2, God in His love pursues us and sanctifies us with His grace and His truth as He…

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Church Discipleship Pastoring Spiritual Growth

May 27, 2021

We Choose Exhaustion

Throughout the years, I have come across a growing number of people on the cusp of burnout in communities and organizations across the spectrum of the gospel-centered discipleship movement. Many were close friends, few were acquaintances, and one of them…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community

May 25, 2021

How Do You Hear From God?

Today we are offering a second sneak peek video into a new series with Jeff Vanderstelt that dives into your most asked questions. We love getting to interact with your questions at live events and have been encouraged by your response…

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Discipleship Gospel Shepherding Life Issues Spiritual Growth

May 20, 2021

Living on Mission This Summer

School is wrapping up, the days are getting longer, and with COVID restrictions easing, we are looking forward to making the most of this summer! Plans are being made for vacations, weddings, camping trips, family reunions, and playing in…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community

May 19, 2021

Are Missional Communities Just a Passing Fad?

We love getting to interact with your questions at live events and this year we are bringing that experience online in our new Q+A Series. How do you disciple in a busy, individualistic culture? How do you learn to…

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Gospel Leadership Spiritual Growth

May 13, 2021

Toss Your Net

After working tirelessly only to see so many potential hopes, dreams, and plans for ministry fall apart, this past year has left many burnt-out and tempted to question their direction from the Lord. Additionally difficult, our culture has fostered…

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Faith and Work Missionary

May 11, 2021

Gospel Saturation through Education

Do you want to see your community saturated with the gospel? A great place to start is considering how your vocation can promote the flourishing of your community and making disciples. In this guest blog post, Daniel McDonald shares…

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Discipleship Gospel Shepherding Life Issues Spiritual Growth

May 6, 2021

A Call to Taste the Bread of Life

“Who will help me plant my seeds?” asked the Little Red Hen. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the cat. “Not I,” said the duck. “Then, I will plant them myself,” said the Little Red Hen, and…

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Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership

April 19, 2021

Reframing Where We Are

This blog is an excerpt from our recently released Leader Cohort Series. We designed this series of videos and guides to help groups of pastors and leaders to meet together in cohorts for the purpose of growing in health, learning…

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Church Discipleship Foundations Resources

April 13, 2021

What Does Membership Have To Do With Gospel Saturation?

This year has left us all longing for more… more than pandemic fears and isolation, political unrest, racial injustices, economic challenges, and the weariness in our own souls. We long for hope, peace, and joy. We long for…

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Holy Spirit Mission Spiritual Growth Uncategorized

April 6, 2021

Missional Living Unhurried

One of the most powerful practices for the Church today is examining His purposeful, unhurried rhythms, and how He lived counter to the culture of this fast-paced world. Studying the ways of Jesus’ life on earth has led me…

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Gospel Spiritual Growth

April 1, 2021

A Sorrowful Good Friday

Jesus walked the earth as a man with flesh and bones. Take a moment to try to sense how real He is. Try to feel it. Picture His dark curly hair, His deep olive complexion, His eyes full of…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel

March 25, 2021

Gospel Fluency for Our Neighbors

This year has presented many opportunities to speak of Jesus with our friends and neighbors. After all we’ve gone through, our neighbors' needs and emotions create space to enter into their real experiences and point them to the truth…

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Discipleship Gospel Spiritual Growth Uncategorized

March 23, 2021

Hope in the Grave

There is always hope in darkness, because there was Hope lying in a grave for three days—He who now is seated at the right hand of the Father in Heaven. Can you imagine what it must have been like…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel

March 17, 2021

Gospel Fluency for Our Fear

Pastors and leaders, have you felt out of control over this past year? If we’re honest, many of us have been filled with fear about our churches, our leadership, and the future of pastoral ministry as a whole. In the…

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Gospel Leadership Missional Community Spiritual Growth

March 15, 2021

Communion in Community

Holy Week is almost here and we have the opportunity to remember in our missional communities that what Jesus accomplished for us two thousand years ago matters in our lives today. The gospel isn’t just the good news that…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel

March 11, 2021

Gospel Fluency for Our Sadness

The past year has been filled with loss, chaos, and sadness for many. How does the gospel speak to our sadness in this moment? In the video below, Jeff Vanderstelt shared how God has given us the gift of…

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Foundations Archives - Page 2 of 14 - Saturate

Our Greatness, God’s Glory, and Work

Safety Amongst the Thorns

Humility is Better Than Rightness

Study Guides for Missional Communities

3 Key Environments to All-of-Life Discipleship

Jesus is Both the Motive and the Goal

A Life of Discipleship

We Are a Spiritual Family

Hospitality As Mission

The Trials of Incarnational Living

There Must Be Something More

5 Ways To Equip Disciples as Gospel Ministers

From Spiritual Orphans to Spiritual Sons

Recovering My Humanity

Why Join Soma School?

How Do Spiritual Gifts Help Us Make Disciples?

Jesus’ Call to Come as We Are

Following God on Mission in Queretaro, Mexico

The Call to Mission

We Choose Exhaustion

How Do You Hear From God?

Living on Mission This Summer

Are Missional Communities Just a Passing Fad?

Toss Your Net

Gospel Saturation through Education

A Call to Taste the Bread of Life

What Are We Doing?

Reframing Where We Are

What Does Membership Have To Do With Gospel Saturation?

Missional Living Unhurried

A Sorrowful Good Friday

Gospel Fluency for Our Neighbors

Hope in the Grave

Gospel Fluency for Our Fear

Communion in Community

Gospel Fluency for Our Sadness

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