Faith, Recovery and Fatherhood with Zach Williams| 419
Dad Tired
Jerrad Lopes
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Jerrad talks with Grammy-winning artist Zach Williams. They walk through Zach’s journey of addiction, identity, and coming to faith later in life. Zach shares how God pursued him, how that changed his family, and what parenting looks like now that grace is part of the picture.
What You’ll hear:
• How Zach went from a rock band and addiction to faith and family
• What changed when he gave his life to Christ in 2012
• How shame, fear, and regret showed up even after salvation
• Why grace became a key part of his parenting
• What he’s learning about raising teens in a distracted world
• The story behind his new children’s book and why it matters
This is an honest conversation about sin, surrender, and how God keeps writing your story no matter where you start.
Episode Resources:
- Zach Williams' children's book: A Little More Like Jesus, A Little Less Like Me
- Song: “Less Like Me” – Zach Williams
- Follow Zach's tour: zachwilliamsmusic.com/tour
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to the Dad Tire podcast. Hope you guys are having a good week so far. |
| 0:04.3 | Hey, I just want to say this right off the bat, whether you have been listening to the podcast |
| 0:08.4 | forever, we've been doing this for nearly a decade now, which is crazy. Some of you guys |
| 0:14.3 | been with us from day one or some of you guys just stumbled upon the podcast today. I just |
| 0:20.2 | want to say, dude, there's so many things you could be watching and listening to right now. |
| 0:24.5 | You could try to check out as a dude. |
| 0:26.5 | I've done that plenty of times. |
| 0:28.1 | There are podcasts that I subscribe to, literally just to like have a mental break from the world and the chaos of being a husband and a father and follower of Jesus and all the hard things in life. |
| 0:38.9 | So sometimes I just listen to a podcast to check out. |
| 0:43.0 | Anyway, so you could be doing that. |
| 0:44.4 | But the fact that you are listening to this podcast because you want to be a better man and |
| 0:50.1 | follow Jesus better and try to figure out what it looks like to be a husband, |
| 0:53.5 | I'm just really proud of you, bro. |
| 0:54.6 | I know that feels, hopefully it doesn't feel inauthentic or it doesn't, like, not resonate |
| 0:59.7 | with you because I'm not looking you directly in the face. |
| 1:04.3 | But I really mean that. |
| 1:05.9 | I'm not just saying that to, like, be fluffy. |
| 1:08.3 | You know, I really am so proud of you for listening and for trying your best |
| 1:12.2 | because there's a lot of things you could be chasing after right this moment. |
| 1:15.1 | And the fact that you're chasing after Jesus and the fact that you're chasing after |
| 1:17.8 | being a better husband and father is really, really cool. |
| 1:21.3 | So anyway, man, just wanted to say that. |
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