Gospel Fluency
Brennan Cattani · March 31, 2025
Helpful Resources for Developing Gospel Fluency
Here are some resources we've found helpful in developing gospel fluency within our home and church. Special credit to our dear friend Jeff Vanderstelt of Saturate The World for his teaching, books, and lived example. Also, thank you to the SOMA Family of Churches for being one part of the Body of Christ where we have seen discipleship really take place as the gospel takes root.
What Is Gospel Fluency?
flu·en·cy / noun
the ability to speak a language easily and effectively
Even if they want to, many Christians find it hard to talk to others about Jesus. Is it possible this difficulty is because we're trying to speak a language we haven't actually spent time practicing?
To become fluent in a new language, you must immerse yourself in it until you actually start to think about life through it. Becoming fluent in the gospel happens the same way — after believing it, we have to intentionally rehearse it (to ourselves and to others) and immerse ourselves in its truths. Only then will we start to see how everything in our lives, from the mundane to the magnificent, is transformed by the hope of the gospel.
Saturate
What does living for Jesus look like in the everyday stuff of life?
Packed full of biblical teaching, compelling stories, and real-world advice, this book will remind you that Jesus is filling the world with his presence through the everyday lives of everyday people… people just like you.
Written by Jeff Vanderstelt, Saturate is one of the most practical resources we've encountered for understanding what it looks like to be a missionary in your own neighbourhood.
180: A Return to Disciple Making
Building on biblical foundations for who we are as disciples of Jesus and his Church, One Eighty: A Return to Disciple-Making both inspires and equips. With practical teaching and guided processing questions, you and your team will be able to develop your own working plan. This book is for anyone who wants to get back to what Jesus saved and called us to be and do.
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