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Author Archives: Andrew Hoffman
Making Community Work: Part 3, Calling the Audible
For those less familiar with this football analogy, an “audible” is when the play caller decides at the last second that the play everyone was planning to execute is no longer a good one (usually because of something unexpected that … Continue reading
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Making Community Work: Part 2, Setting the Dials
Home groups are critical to the ministry of Solano Community Church. To be successful, however, a home group requires constant thought and intentionality. Leaders and home group members are continually balancing numerous “tensions” within the small community. If left unattended, … Continue reading
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Tagged admonishing, affinity, bearing, community, discipleship, discretion, diversity, mission, nurture, relationships, tension, transparency
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Making Community Work: Part 1, Constant Flux
Solano Community Church is emphasizing home groups this month. As we grow in numbers, home groups become more and more important to discipleship. We’ve never wanted to be that church where people merely “attend” on Sunday but see little impact … Continue reading
Thinking and Doing Equals Learning
I’ve spent most of these past few months checking off tasks from the myriad to-do lists that come with serving as pastor. It’s been a “doer” kind of a season. As we’ve launched certain initiatives and life rolls into a … Continue reading
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Gospel Power, Gospel Academy
I’m still growing. Recently, God brought an area of spiritual un-health to my attention and I began to pray for healing. With what I believe to be the insight of the Holy Spirit I was able to connect up some incidents in my … Continue reading
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Defining “the Gospel” Well.
Like most teachers of the Bible, I notice the word “gospel” comes out of my mouth with great frequency. Most of the time people seem to understand what I’m talking about but, in private moments I wonder if I’ve sufficiently … Continue reading
A Lesson on Radical Transparency from The Fall by Albert Camus
I’m just re-reading The Fall, by Albert Camus, the early 20th C. French Existentialist. Since High School it has been on my shelf of “great books.” A recent church leadership team discussion had us grappling with how we share our … Continue reading
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Which Bible Translation?
When the King James Version (KJV) was the only game in town, it must have been nice to have everyone literally “on the same page” during corporate Bible study. Things couldn’t remain that way, however, because the KJV was translated … Continue reading
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I’m a Christian, Now What? (Part 3)
You’ve just taken the big step. You placed your faith in Jesus Christ. You are probably wondering what’s next. The first answer is that there are a lot of things you could do. This is a relationship with a living … Continue reading
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I’m a Christian, Now What? (Part 2)
You’ve just taken the big step. You placed your faith in Jesus Christ. You are probably wondering what’s next. The first answer is that there are a lot of things you could do. This is a relationship with a living … Continue reading
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