Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher

In Jesus’ final public teaching inside the temple, He exposes the scribes’ performance—long robes, public prayers, religious prestige—and then points to a poor widow with two small coins.

One is production. The other is posture.

In this episode, Zach, Jill, and Brandon walk through Mark 12:35–44 and ask what it means to follow a King who can’t be contained by religious systems or political power. The leaders clung to structure and status. The widow simply trusted and obeyed.

She had no leverage and no influence, yet Jesus calls her offering greater than all the rest. Faithful obedience. Open hands. Trust in a kingdom already reigning—even as the temple itself is about to fall.

Passage: Mark 12:35–44

What if the question “What matters most?” is actually a question about who God is—not just what we should do? In this episode, we discuss how easy it is to turn faith into a manageable system: doctrinal checklists, spiritual scorecards, and asking, "What's the minimum I have to get right?"” But Jesus pulls us into something deeper: not just knowledge about God, but communion with God that forms our loves, reshapes our desires, and makes obedience feel less like a burden and more like freedom.

The Sadducees try to trap Jesus with a “logical” argument about resurrection, but Jesus exposes the real problem: a closed imagination that can’t see beyond their system.

In Mark 12:18–27, Zach, Jill, and Brandon walk through why an argument can be coherent and still miss the truth. They also connect this moment to our current cultural shift: when information becomes infinite and "letter-only" thinking collapses. What remains is what was always important: communion, embodied life, the Spirit, and the resurrected Kingdom that cannot be shaken.

Mark 12 confronts us with a sobering warning: what happens when stewards start acting like owners?

In this episode, Brandon and Zach walk through the parable of the tenants and unpack the subtle drift that can happen in any church or heart. What was entrusted to us can slowly begin to feel like it belongs to us. And when that shift happens, reverence fades and control creeps in.

They wrestle with the difference between cultivating what God is growing and trying to manufacture what only He can move. Revival isn’t something we engineer. Real Kingdom growth is slower, smaller, and more faithful than we often expect.

We’re grateful for the big moments. We just don’t want to disciple people into believing that God only moves in the big moments.

Passage: Mark 12

Zach admits something right out of the gate: he doesn’t do well with passive-aggressive people—and then Mark 12 confronts us with a Jesus who can feel surprisingly aggressive.

But is Jesus being harsh, or is He being clear?

In this episode, Zach, Jill, and Brandon step into Mark 12 and talk about the tension every believer has to learn: leaving real room for the Holy Spirit to move, without trying to manufacture what only God can do.

They unpack how the parable in this chapter exposes a subtle drift: when people start acting like they own what they were only ever entrusted to steward, they forget where they came from.

They also talk about, why we have to learn to cherish the small moments of cultivation, not just the big, unforgettable ones

We’re grateful for the big moments. We just don’t want to train people to believe God only moves in big moments.

Passage: Mark 12