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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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July 25, 2019

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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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…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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by Abe Meysenburg 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPastoringSpiritual 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…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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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 …

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by Abe Meysenburg 0

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityPastoringSpiritual 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…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual 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…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual 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…

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by Abe Meysenburg 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissional CommunitySpiritual 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…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual 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…

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by Jake Chambers 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual 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,…

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityPrayerSpiritual 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…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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CoachingDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelLeadershipMissionarySpiritual 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…

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by Nate Parry 0

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March 7, 2019

Observing Lent

  I am often reminded by one of my friends that the ultimate prize for Christians is simply that we get Jesus. This is the ultimate aim and reward of Lent. The season of Lent is upon us. My first…

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by Rachel Swartley 0

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityLife IssuesSpiritual 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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by Rachel Swartley 0

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January 8, 2019

Enduring Trials Well

  Measuring Suffering The aching desire for a spouse, the pain of losing a friend, the uncertainty of finding a job...these things all produce pain. Why is it, though, that we tend to compare our suffering to the next person,…

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 25, 2018

Arrival of Enough

    A few years ago, I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving with my whole family - three kids and two strollers. As we crossed the finish line the announcer said, “Welcome the stroller team!” The race was through the…

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December 24, 2018

Gospel Feast

    Our Advent traditions have become numerous: we cut down our tree at the Beck family farm in the shadow of Mt. Hood; we make cinnamon rolls for our neighbors; we go ice skating at the mall; I take…

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 23, 2018

Lasting Redeeming Love

      On these last days of Advent, we turn our gaze to the love embodied in the crib. The incarnation carries into our world not just hope, peace, and joy, but Christ brings with Him a love of…

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentitySaturate PodcastSpiritual Growth

December 22, 2018

Loved from the Beginning

    One of my favorite Christmas memories came five years ago when Mirela told me she was pregnant with our second child. I was overjoyed, amazed, and humbled. When that daughter was born we named her “Maitê,” which means…

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