Christian Discipleship and the Great Omission
Season Overview
What does it actually mean to become more like Jesus?
Season 1 of the Soil & Roots Podcast explores one of the most important questions facing modern Christianity. Dallas Willard referred to it as The Great Omission—the reality that many churches affirm the Great Commission while struggling to make disciples who are genuinely transformed from the inside out.
In this foundational season, Brian Fisher introduces the core ideas that would eventually shape the Soil & Roots framework for deep discipleship. Together, we explore spiritual formation, the power of ideas, the nature of human transformation, the Kingdom of God, and why so many sincere Christians feel stuck despite years of church attendance, Bible study, and good intentions.
At the heart of the season is a simple but profound question:
How does one person become more like another?
The answer leads us beyond information, behavior modification, and religious activity into the deeper work of the heart. Along the way, we discover that our ideas about God, ourselves, others, and the world profoundly shape the people we become.
Whether you are new to Soil & Roots or looking for a place to begin, Season 1 provides the essential foundation for everything that follows in later seasons.
Key Themes
- The Great Omission and the crisis of discipleship
- What spiritual formation actually is
- The difference between information and transformation
- The Kingdom of God and the Gospel Jesus preached
- How ideas shape our lives
- Human identity, value, purpose, and flourishing
- Why Christians often struggle to change
- The lifelong journey of becoming like Jesus
Season 1 Navigation
Episode 1: What is Deep Discipleship?
Episode 2: The Idea of the Gospel
Episode 3: Seven Characteristics of the Kingdom
Episode 5: Christian Anthropology Explained
Episode 6: Stages of Spiritual Growth
Episode 7: A Review of the Deep Discipleship Framework
Episode 8: Ideas Shape Our Lives
Episode 9: Self-Awareness: Eight Ways to Discern Our Hearts
Episode 10: Comparing Ideas of Value from the Two Kingdoms
Episode 11: Spiritual Formation in Community
Episode 12: The Danger of Church Growth
Episode 13: Deep Discipleship Summary
