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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelPrayerSpiritual 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…

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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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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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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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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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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 Rich McCaskill 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsMissionPrayer

November 14, 2017

The Beauty of Rest

  Sabbath ceasing means to cease not only from work itself but also from the need to accomplish and be productive, from the worry and the tension that accompany our modern criterion of efficiency, from our efforts to be in…

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by Brad Watson 0

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Current EventsDomains of SocietyIdentityPrayerSocial Justice

October 24, 2017

Thy Will Be Done

  We pray for his resurrection hope in every moment of death. We pray for his great reconciliation in the face of every sin. We pray for his advancement and victory over every kind of evil. You don’t have to…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Bible & TheologyGospelPrayerSpiritual Growth

September 26, 2017

This is How We Go to War

  The Apostle Paul directs the church in Rome to not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of their minds (Romans 12:2). Then, while instructing the church in Corinth on how to engage in the…

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by Brad Watson 0

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September 4, 2017

Tools for The Upcoming Season

It's Labor Day, which means summer officially comes to a close, and we all gear up for the "normal" life that fall brings. The summer has been really busy for us, too, and we want to highlight a few of…

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by Jared Pickney 1

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ChurchGospelLeadershipPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 15, 2017

When the Real Jesus Comes To Town

  In 2012 I chose to plant a church in a part of the world where every corner hosts a church building and every person has prayed the “sinners prayer.” I chose to plant in the religious south because though…

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by Brad Watson 1

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Bible & TheologyHoly SpiritLeadershipPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 13, 2017

Relying on the Helper

  I often plead with leaders, coaches, and communities to depend on the Holy Spirit. I plead with Christians to rely on the Spirit, whom Jesus promised would be our helper. But what does that mean? With so much confusion…

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by David Achata 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFaith and WorkHoly SpiritIdentityLeadershipPrayerSpiritual GrowthUncategorized

May 4, 2017

Re-Ordering Your Loves

  Restlessness is an indicator that something’s gotten out of whack. (Part three in the Everyday Sabbath Rest series from David Achata.) About 1,600 years ago, Augustine of Hippo prayed to God, saying, “You have made us for yourself, and our…

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by Tim Parlier 0

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DiscipleshipHoly SpiritLeadershipPastoringPrayerSpiritual Growth

May 2, 2017

Take A Walk . . .

  About a year ago I picked up a book from Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola called Jesus Speaks – Learning to Recognize & Respond to the Lord’s Voice. It was ten dollars well spent. I enjoyed the first half of…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 1

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April 27, 2017

How Do We Transition from “Sunday” to “Everyday”

  Part 6 in the 6 Questions We Answer Again and Again series. If you fail to pray, you will have missed the most important element of transitioning from Sunday to everyday.  When we first began training leaders to start and…

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by Hannah Morr 3

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Bible & TheologyGospelLife IssuesPrayerSpiritual Growth

April 13, 2017

Mystified by Easter

  If I'm perfectly honest, I've always been somewhat mystified by Easter. While I understand the Scriptural truths behind it, I haven't been able to put a finger easily on why it is such a big deal for my own life…

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by David Achata 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipHoly SpiritIdentityLeadershipMissional CommunityPrayerSpiritual Growth

April 6, 2017

Making Space for Heart Renewal

  (Part two in the Everyday Sabbath Rest series from David Achata.) The Holy Spirit grows people so they can work from a rested place. We’re prone to unbelief. Doubting God is in charge and that He’ll care for the needs of…

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by David Achata 0

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Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsGospelIdentityLeadershipLife IssuesMissionMissional CommunityMissionaryPrayer

March 9, 2017

There Is Rest Waiting For You

A non-rested person has little capacity to live in Christ’s way. Like the first disciples, what many of us need is for Jesus to stand and still the storm (Mark 4:35–41). And like those first disciples, standing in awe of who…

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by Tim Parlier 0

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ChurchChurch PlantingPrayer

January 26, 2017

Funding: Working the Plan

  (Part six in Tim Parlier's series on Raising Financial Support. Read part seven here.) My wife and I spent this past week at our all-church family retreat with some amazing people from all over the U.S. and world. At…

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by David Achata 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsIdentityLeadershipMissionMissional CommunityPrayer

November 7, 2016

Prayerful Planning for the Extrovert (and Introvert)

  In the world of missional communities and church-planting, there’s a real misconception that to be effective you’ve got to be blowing the doors off your house every week. I wasn’t born a planner, but out of necessity I’ve gotten…

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by Brad Watson 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipFoundationsLeadershipMissionaryPastoringPrayerResources

October 24, 2016

Train, Model, Send

It’s one thing to teach people what to do and how, but it’s an entirely different experience to give them the equipment to do it on their own.  When I was 16 my grandfather invited me spend the summer working…

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by David Achata 0

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GospelHoly SpiritLeadershipMissionMissional CommunityPrayer

September 12, 2016

You’re 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 Steve Hart 0

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August 26, 2016

Leading From Your Own Need for Jesus

  We need people who have access to our lives, ask us hard questions, probe our motivations, and remind us of the freedom we’ve been given in Jesus.  In a post I wrote a few years ago, I discussed how the…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Bible & TheologyChurchGospelHoly SpiritIdentityLeadershipPastoringPrayerTransitioning

August 19, 2016

Is It Okay To Leave My Church?

  Have we finished the work you have for us to do in this place? Recently I was asked this question: How do you know when/if it's okay to leave a church? (My husband is a pastor on staff.) The…

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by Bucky Buchstaber 0

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ApologeticsArts & CultureChurchCommunityDiscipleshipFaith and WorkFamilyLeadershipMissionMissionaryPrayerSpiritual Growth

August 12, 2016

A Life on Display

  I live unbound to the ideas of who I think I should be; instead I choose to be who God created me to be. “Let your light shine before others so that they see your good deeds and glorify…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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July 29, 2016

“Undoing” Wrong Thinking

  Getting believers to obey God together in the midst of non-Christians is one of the most powerful witnesses to the gospel we have. I recently sat down with Brian Daniel from LifeWay's Groups Ministry blog to talk about helping churches and…

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by Hannah Morr 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipFamilyHoly SpiritMissionPrayerWomen

July 15, 2016

It’s Summer – Be a Friend

  Walking through life with people – sharing in the day to day. Several years ago we went to San Diego for three weeks to visit my family. While there, I kept thinking about my new friend, I missed her and…

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by Duke Revard 0

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Bible & TheologyCurrent EventsDiscipleshipDomains of SocietyGospelLeadershipLife IssuesPrayerResources

July 8, 2016

Dividing Wall of Enmity – REMOVED!

  Christians = ministers of the gospel. In light of the escalating racial tragedies in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, and Dallas, we as Gospel Ministers, have a responsibility to bring greater gospel clarity and comfort. The gospel makes it clear God…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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CommunityFamilyMissionMissional CommunityPrayerServant

July 5, 2016

Six Ways Not To Waste Your Summer

  Listen. Bless. Serve. Enjoy. July in Washington means the wet clouds have been chased away by longer sunny days, the Northwest hibernators are coming out of their caves. Summer in the Pacific Northwest is the best time to meet…

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by David Achata 0

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June 10, 2016

Making Decisions in Community

  Have you ever had to make a weighty decision on your own? It can be agonizing, wondering if you are going about it in the right way or not. Unfortunately, this is how most people make decisions in our…

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