Saturate
Many Christians have unknowingly embraced a lie the idea that church is a once a week event rather than a community of Spirit empowered people that ministry is something pastors do on Sunday morning rather than the 24 7 calling of all true believers and that discipleship is a program rather than the normal state of every follower of Jesus Drawing on his experience as a pastor and church planter, Jeff Vanderstelt wants us to see that there s much to the normal Christian life than merely sitting in a pew and listening to a sermon once a week Rather, God has called his people to something bigger a view of the Christian life that encompasses the ordinary, the extraordinary, and everything in between. Read Saturate by Jeff Vanderstelt – kino-fada.fr This book is essentially everything Jeff has ever said condensed in a way that almost everyone can understand If you are a fan of SOMA, been to a training, this book will feel very elementary in that you have heard it all before, but if you are new to the idea of...I wanted to give this 3.5 stars but rounded down instead of up I need to separate my thoughts about the book itself and my thoughts about his ideas.THE BOOK The reason I rated this 3 5 stars is because of the book itself Most of the information in this book is simply repeated This could ve been 3 although longer blog posts It did not require a whole book, or one of this size, to tell.I also felt he highly disliked the word church I only remember hearing it once in the whole book Usuall I wanted to give this 3.5 stars but rounded down instead of up I need to separate my thoughts about the book itself and my thoughts about his ideas.THE BOOK The reason I rated this 3 5 stars is because of the book itself Most of the information in this book is simply repeated This could ve been 3 although longer blog posts It did not require a whole book, or one of this size, to tell.I also felt he highly disliked the word church I only remember hearing it once in the whole book Usually they are called missional gatherings or something hipster like that lolThe final big thing I did...My three year old spills things My almost one year old spills things too Because of this I have a good idea of what the word saturate means.1 to cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.2 to soak, impregnate, or imbue one thoroughly or completely.In Jeff Vanderstelt s book, Saturate Being Disciples of Jesus in the Everyday Stuff of Life, he is talking about somethingspiritual than kids who sp My three year old spills things My almost one year old spills things too Because of this I have a good idea of what the word saturate means.1 to cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.2 to soak, impregnate, or imbue one thoroughly or completely.In Jeff Vanderstelt s book, Saturate Being Disciples of Jesus in the Everyday Stuff of Life, he is talking about somethingspiritual than kids who spill things He is referring to our life with Christ spilling over into our everyday mundane lives It has always been God s intention to choose normal, everyday people, and to show his amazing power and glory through them Vanderstelt isn t talking about another church program based out of a c...I will have to admit when I got into Jeff s journey of missions, I thought here we go again Another book about missions that is pragmatic and has no life The deeper I got into the journey, theit spoke life into me and that is what the gospel does Jeff s background began in the Mega of Mega churchesWillow Creek and it was leaving the mega that opened his...Wordy is a strange adjective for a book, don t you think And yet that was my feeling throughout this book No, the prose isn t flowery or poorly constructed It s just that this book uses so much boilerplate it s difficult to strain out its unique contribution There must be a way for the Gospel centered, missional camp to say what we need to say without saying the same things every single time Like maybe referring to a confessional document of some kind I don t know what the solution is Wordy is a strange adjective for a book, don t you think And yet that was my feeling throughout this book No, the prose isn t flowery or poorly constructed It s jus...Theologically rich, helpfully practical Full of encouraging real life examples of what it can look like to be disciples making disciples not just through church programs and Sunday mornings, but through the church community living and doing everyday life together This is a book about God doing big things through normal people, by the power of His Spirit.For me personally, this book engaged with a lot of my fears of getting close to people in community both with the church and unbelievers a Theologically rich, helpfully practical Full of encouraging real life examples of what it can look like to be disciples making disciples not just through church programs and Sunday mornings, but through the church community living and doing everyday life together This is a book about God doing big things through normal people, by the power of His Spirit.For me personally, this book engaged with a lot of my fears of getting close to people in community both with the church and unbelievers alike The fear is that things will get messy sin will be exposed and what then Then the GOOD NEWS meets us The truth of the Gospel can be spoken to each other...I have long known of the passion that Jeff Vanderstelt has for seeing communities of believers spread out across cities, states, nations, and the world to display the beauty, love, and worth of Jesus Saturate is a labor of love from Vanderstelt to the church at large, especially those who have adopted a small group meeting through the week model of church, although this would be easily applicable to a Sunday School model as well Jeff walks the reader through the life of his church through the I have long known of the passion that Jeff Vanderstelt has for seeing communities of believers spread out across cities, states, nations, and the world to display the beauty, love, and worth of Jesus Saturate is a labor of love from Vanderstelt to the church at large, especially those who have adopted a small group meeting through the week model of church, although this would be easily applicable to a Sunday School model as well Jeff walks the reader through the life of his church through the eyes of their missional communities and all the myriad ways opportunities are present to be the Church to our neighborhoods and cities I was grateful for the second part of the book, Jesus , where Jeff walks through the supremacy of Jesus and how he has saved, is saving, and will save us and this reality serves as the foundation for healthy biblical communities that are focused o...recommended by ChristianneI appreciate all of Vanderstelt s stories of real life examples of how we can be Jesus hands and feet to the world I am inspired to a pray that the Holy Spirit will convict others before I confront them myself, b pray every day that the Father will give me an opportun...Read it for my church s community group There is a lot to learn from here Small group gatherings are really important, and meaningful, exhortative, missional friendships with other Christians are vital means of grace Vanderstelt is right to point these things out Moreover, the Lord is evidently doing a great work out in Tacoma, as Jeff s stories bear witness Nevertheless, there were three big drawbacks to this book 1 He writes like he talks So there are lots of stories, chapters that read Read it for my church s community group There is a lot to learn from here Small group gatherings are really important, and meaningful, exhortative, missional friendships with other Christians are vital means of grace Vanderstelt is right to point these things out Moreover, the Lord is evidently doing a great work out in Tacoma, as Jeff s stories bear witness Nevertheless, there were three big drawbacks to this book 1 He writes like he talks So there are lots of stories, chapters that read like sermons, colloquial speech, a number of one sentence paragraphs that sort of thing This format can make it a bit difficult to piece together what he is really arguing for It also ends up making things feel repetitive I am also not a fan of books that dedicate a large amount of space sometimes spanning multiple chapters to explaining the gospel before getting to whatever the book is actually about I m all for making the gospel explicit, but I think unpacking it in th...Most American Christians still believe they have to bring their friends to hear their pastor teach the Bible proclaim the gospel But a large percentage of people in our country will never go to a gathering on Sunday to hear someone preach If we are going to every place with the gospel in word and deed, we need to take seriously ...
- 22 November 2017 Jeff Vanderstelt
- Hardcover
- 256 pages
- 1433545993
- Jeff Vanderstelt
- Saturate