Becoming Like Jesus: The Object of Formation | Ep 114

What does it actually mean to become like Jesus?In Episode 114, Brian opens Season 6 of Soil & Roots: The Object of Our Formation. After five seasons exploring the Great Omission, the Three Primary Problems, Heartview, Greenhouses, and the need for deep discipleship, this episode turns toward the central question underneath it all: Who is Jesus, really, and what kind of people should we expect to become as we are formed into His image?The episode begins with a 30,000-foot recap of the Soil & Roots journey so far. Brian revisits the Great Omission, the Forgotten Kingdom, the Discipleship Dilemma, the Formation Gap, the Five Key Elements, hidden ideas and desires, and the Heartview process. Each of these frameworks points toward the same goal: becoming people who think, act, relate, and love more like Jesus from the inside out.But Season 6 also complicates the question. Becoming like Jesus does not simply mean asking, “What would Jesus do?” and then imitating His actions. Jesus is not flat, predictable, or one-dimensional. He is gentle and provocative, compassionate and confrontational, patient and disruptive, emotionally secure and deeply moved. He reveals Himself differently to different people, and He relates with perfect wisdom to the heart in front of Him.This episode launches a season-long exploration of Christlikeness, spiritual formation, and the surprising, beautiful, unsettling person of Jesus — the One into whose image we are being formed.Join us online! Web: ⁠⁠https://soilandroots.org⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠ https://soilandroots.substack.com/