Are you interested in reading a book on racial issues with me? Join me as we read John Piper's book Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian....
We are supporting our community’s efforts to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus....
As the New Year approaches I’d like to encourage us a church family to plan our Bible reading....
SOMA is moving our Sunday worship service location. Continue reading to learn more....
If you would like to go deeper exploring some important aspects of Christmas, the following will provide you some excellent insights....
A brief review of the June 24th Weekend Worship Service from SOMA Church Community....
The fourth, fifth, and sixth "sleeping pill" from David Murray in his book Reset....
Jesus said that what matters most is loving God. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.This is the great and first commandment. - Matthew 22:37-38 To put it simply, the best way to grow in our love for God is to spend time alone with Him. How do we spend time alone with Him? By reading the Bible - His self-...
Keep ReadingReformation Day is the observance of the events of October 31, 1517. On that day, Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany. Buy why? ...
Keep ReadingFor this week's Thursdays are for Theology post I'm going to cheat by having you read a blog post from Tim Keller. On Sunday we conclude our Church Like We Mean It series with a look at being "An Evangelistic Church." Stated simply, to be an evangelistic church means to be a church that proclaims the good news of the work of Jesus Christ (through his life and death and res...
Keep ReadingThe Church exists as both a divinely created organism and as a human run organization. The balance between the two is difficult to maintain. This is critical if we will be and do "church like we mean it."...
Keep ReadingWhen it comes to what we believe at SOMA, one important truth is that we strive for "unity in essentials, dialogue in differences."...
Keep ReadingThis week we have a guest post on the Pastor-Elder Blog. __________ At the end of last year, SOMA selected a few people to form a "First Fruits Team". The point of this team is to discuss and prayerfully consider how SOMA can tithe 10% of all church giving in a way that helps ministries, both on a domestic and international level, as well as glorifies God and furthers Hi...
Keep ReadingGod's good word to us - the Bible - is utterly amazing. Psalm 19:7-8 describe some of these amazing aspects of God's self-revelation....
Keep ReadingAs the the New Year approaches I encourage you to be intentional with your Bible reading. There are so many tools and helps available for us to spend quality time alone with God in His Word. If you are not sure where in your Bible to read I highly recommend that you begin by reading this post by blogger Tim Challies. He provides links to many of the best reading plans incl...
Keep ReadingIn yesterdays post I encouraged you to be intentional in your time alone with God. I shared a simple and straight forward process called REAP (Read, Examine, Apply, Pray). I should note that REAP is not original with me. I first heard about it through the Verge Network and Austin Stone Community Church. Since tomorrow is January 1st I want to add one more component for yo...
Keep ReadingSeveral years ago I was doing a computer search for a 'tombstone picture' to be used in a Bible lesson; I do not recall why I decided to add my name to the search but there it was. The following concept is not original to me but it makes an interesting point. Tombstones generally show a birth date and a death date. While the dates are interesting the most important issue ...
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