Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher

Have you ever wondered why the sinless Jesus would need to be baptized? In this episode, Zach, Brandon, and Jill dive into this profound question, uncovering how Jesus’ baptism was both a moment of identification with humanity and a coronation as the King. They explore its connection to Old Testament themes of redemption and the great exchange of sin for righteousness central to the Gospel. The co...

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible reveals God’s plan to dwell with His people, culminating in the coming of Jesus Christ, the Savior who fulfills all things.  In this episode, we dive into Mark chapter one, where Jesus steps onto the scene as the fulfillment of God’s promises. This moment is rich with New Exodus language: Just as Joshua led the Israelites across the Jordan into the Promised La...

Many of us grew up with a reductionist view that the gospel is solely about the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. While these are central to the gospel message, we expand the definition by exploring Jesus’ own words in Mark 1, verses 14-15, where He proclaims, “The kingdom of God has come near.” We explore how the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus are not separate from the coming of...

Zach gets personal, sharing a pivotal moment in his life when he wrestled with doubt and faith — a season shaped in part by the work of his guest, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dr. Craig, a leading philosopher and theologian, has spent decades exploring the intersection of faith and reason. Together, they dive into deep questions, unpacking apologetics, the Kalam cosmological argument, and what it means...

Do you feel the pressure to be on the "right side of history" or caught in the fear of getting it wrong? In a world drowning in confusion, Zach and Brandon offer a refreshing call to clarity. This episode cuts through the noise, addressing critical theory, the traps of standpoint epistemology, and the role of local communities in finding real direction. With humility as the starting point, they po...

Resolutions can feel overwhelming — do we even keep them? Too often, they turn into a checklist rather than something that truly changes us. Zach, Jill, and Brandon explore how resolutions can go deeper, becoming rhythms that draw us closer to God and help us experience His goodness. From funny stories to an honest recount of a heated fight, this episode gets real about the struggles of busyness,...

The Dasher kids join Zach and Jill to share some memories, tell family stories, and get to the bottom of who the real culprit is behind the family’s tardiness! The conversation turns to what truly transforms everything — Emmanuel, God with us. The family shares what this truth means to them, reflecting on how the power of God's presence fills their lives with joy that far exceeds the excitement of...

Truth isn’t just an idea—it’s a person. We’ll explore how the church has often avoided the hard conversations about truth and why stepping into those discussions is vital for our lives and society. Through the beauty of creation and the authority of Scripture, we’ll see how God reveals Himself and invites us to know Him—not with blind faith, but with a faith that is tangible, real, and life-changi...

How do we know what we know? What are the implications of truth in a postmodern world? Zach and Brandon dive into the fascinating world of epistemology — the study of knowledge and truth. They tackle pressing topics like threats to the kingdom of God, the influence of naturalism on our understanding of reality, and the ongoing tension between subjective and objective truth. With a focus on alignin...

In this episode, Zach Dasher sits down with Jordan and Venessa Hall to share their incredible journey to discovering the beauty of life in Christ. From the high-tech hustle of Silicon Valley to the remote corners of Ecuador and the tranquil mountains of North Carolina, the Halls embarked on a relentless quest for a utopian way of life. Their search led them through every philosophy under the sun,...

Do you find it hard having conversations about controversial things? With the holiday season upon us, Zach and Jill Dasher and Brandon Hudson discuss how to have important conversations without dividing the family. Zach has a dream about Elon Musk and asks why Joe Rogan and the alternative media have been so influential. The discussion turns to the freedom only found in Christ. In this episode: 2...

Zach Dasher is joined by Brandon Hudson to welcome you into a life in God's kingdom. Humans are beings who desire. But what is desire? How does it shape us, and how are our desires shaped? Are some Christian beliefs just Buddhism by another name? Was C.S. Lewis right that our desires aren’t too strong but too weak? Why is suppressing desire unsustainable? What happens when we kick the demons out?...

What does a life in God’s presence look like? Zach Dasher and Brandon Hudson explore how our view of God affects everything about our imagination and how we move through this world. Is it biblical to separate oneself from the physical world? What is God’s intention for our physical bodies? Is the material world inherently evil? How does a failure to pursue God’s presence lead to a fragmented human...

Zach Dasher is joined by his wife, author Jill Dasher, to share a window into the spiritual conversations they’ve been having since she first fell in love with him at their college laundromat. Still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Helene, Zach and Jill pull back the curtain on the raw feelings they experienced, the questions they had for God, and how they’ve seen God’s Kingdom moving in...

Zach Dasher and Brandon Hudson plumb the depths of who God truly is and what it means to be a human being in a relationship with the triune God. They examine the difference between knowing about God and knowing him, where that knowledge leads, and how we know that God doesn’t call us to a numb and mundane existence but to abundance and life. Understanding what God was doing before Creation paints...

Are you searching for something real in a culture with ever-shifting realities? I’m Zach Dasher, and I’m letting you in on a conversation about everything from culture, technology, and politics to morality, church failures, and how we can know what’s true and what’s not. How do we participate in a kingdom that’s already here but also to come? How do we live in the here and now of God’s love, power...