Know it. Apply it. Speak it.

I was just reading some stuff by Jeff Vanderstelt, a leader of Soma Communites (http://www.somacommunities.org/some-of-our-team/).

He regularly speaks of 'gospel fluency' and he suggests three ways in going about this.

Firstly he says we need to know the Gospel: not just the gospels but the good news of Jesus Christ as a whole, which saturates all of scripture.

Secondly he says that we need to apply the gospel: that just knowing the gospel isn't enough because for true transformation to take place it needs to be applied to our lives and those around us.

Thirdly he says we need to speak the gospel into each others lives regularly and naturally in a whole manner of different situations.

Here's what he says on a recent blog post...

"Shaping a Gospel Fluent Culture starts with you being regularly shaped by the truth of the Gospel. This means you have to KNOW it and APPLY it to everyday stuff, while asking others to SPEAK it into your life"

(http://soma-missionalmusings.blogspot.com/2010/03/training-on-gospel-fluency.html)

Let's put this into practice!