Last Things First: The Last Word on the Church

Formation Lab Week 4 — Integration and Mission

Transformation was never meant to stay private. In this final session we ask what it looks like when formation actually works — in your home, your workplace, your neighborhood. We look at the local church as a Trinitarian community, not a service provider, and close with a reframe that might change how you think about your ordinary week. We often talk about taking Jesus with us places. What if we reversed that — and brought our lives to him instead? Formation Lab is a four-week course from Northminster Presbyterian Church on what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus — not just a believer.

Formation Lab Week 3 — How Transformation Happens

Nobody performs their way to mastery — they train their way there. In this session we explore Willard's VIM framework: the Vision that captures the heart, the Intention that turns admiration into decision, and the Means — the spiritual disciplines that arrange your life so God can do what only he can do. The goal isn't trying harder. It's training differently. Formation Lab is a four-week course from Northminster Presbyterian Church on what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus — not just a believer.

Formation Lab Week 2 — The Person, the Problem, and the Goal

To truly care for something, you have to understand it. In this episode of Formation Lab, Meshach walks through Dallas Willard's model of the human person — spirit, mind, body, social dimension, and soul — and explores why sin is harder to shake than we think. The problem isn't effort. It's that we've been working with an incomplete picture of what a human being actually is. If you've ever wondered why you keep running into the same walls in your spiritual life, this one is for you. Formation Lab is a four-week series from Northminster Presbyterian Church exploring what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus — not just a believer.

Formation Lab Week 1 — The Kingdom of God

Most of us grew up with a gospel built around one question: If you die tonight, where will you spend eternity? It's not a bad question. But the better question is, what if you wake up tomorrow morning? What does your gospel say then? In this session, we explore the gospel Jesus actually preached — the Kingdom of God. What it is, what it's like, and what it means that it's available now. Formation Lab is a four-week course from Northminster Presbyterian Church on what it means to be an apprentice of Jesus — not just a believer.

Last Things First: The Last Word on New Creation

Revelation closes with a tale of two cities. Babylon — the city of human achievement — lies in a pile of dust and ashes. The New Jerusalem — the city of God — descends as a gift from God. The enduring vision of both calls all of God's people to arrange their lives in light of the end of both cities. Resist Babylon, embrace the New Jerusalem. Revelation 21-22