The country singer known as Jerry Roll is open about his faith,say CCM Artist Brandon Lake With a new video He believes that God is working on him, and that he is trying to obey Jesus On his daily walk. Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley Deford, told Lake that she is wearing a WWJD bracelet as a teenager.
“We should get them back,” he said with a laugh.
“It was a really good way to be like, 'What is that guy doing?' ”
This month, Lake and Jerry Roll released a collaboration between Lake's hit songs. Hallelujah fought hard. Jelly Roll is a nominee for four Grammy Awards and eight Country Music Association (CMA) Awards, winning the New Artist of the Year in 2023.
Lake posted a conversation between the two singers on YouTube.
“I think God put you in my life for a reason,” Jerry Roll told Lake. “I think God has been circling my wagon for a while, and I think he is there. The seeds I started choosing me a little more every day. ”
Jerry Roll said he fell in love Hallelujah fought hard I didn't notice First It was a Christian song. Lake later invited him to cooperate.
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“I've never touched me that way in a long time,” Jerry Roll said. “…For me, it was like worshiping music for sinners, and I was saying it to people who didn't know it. [actual] I worship music. …Man, it's been years since I worshiped the road. That me I was worshiped by the song. ”
Hallelujah fought hard, Jerry Roll said he helped him grow in his faith.
“I hope this record connects people in a way that reconnects them. It's connected After a while he said. My own dogma. I was so bitter and hurt by the church and their doctrine that I created myself. that Really I started trying all of these things, but this was everything just I'll pass through. …God sends me records. ”
Much of Jelly Roll's country music is woven into the themes of autumn and red.
“I talk a lot about God in my music,” he says, adding that he and his band will pray before every show.
“[But] Sometimes I'm more ti-sick [it] More than me. I should be a little less embarrassed,” he added.
Country singers sometimes said Christians, I have it “It was the most welcoming and unattractive of my kind.”
“We got caught up in this Damascus Road Experience type of Christianity, so I think we lost sight of the gap between where I am and where you are.“ Jerry Roll told Lake. “And I The seeds In the middle of where I was and where you are, I'm trying to get closer to where you are. I I am trying to have the faith of Lake Brandon.
“I think so The gap is much greater than we admitted, as long as Christians were almost similar – we sometimes lost patience, and I lost my own patience. And I'm frankly speaking, I felt it Christian had lost patience with me. you know what i mean? I I've been called Lukewarm water, fence slider. I'm called a Christian“ Jerry Roll said. “…and I know God has It has something to do with me. I know that. I know I have come a long way. But I know my mind is in the right direction. I know I'm heading in the right direction I know that My heart was simply to share my life-changing faith. I might wear it a little differently than others. I might say things that I don't think other Christians are right say. But in the end, I have a heart for God, and I have a heart for Jesus. ”
Jerry Roll described music as “therapy.”“ For him.
“It's that container… I can take it to people….it's a gift That God He gave me specifically“ He said. “…I think there are a lot of people who feel like me. Follow what Jesus thinks in general.
“I'm trying to walk my faith.”
The lake also expressed its desire. Hallelujah fought hard Helps in building Fans' faith.
“I want to apologise on behalf of the church and Christians who hurt you, do not misunderstand you and give you grace,“ The lake said. “If someone called to expand grace, it's us. …I think we can combine music like you with a message like me with a message like us and our faith. The seeds It bridges the gap between these two worlds. ”
The lake was a good earthly father, comparing God to his father.
“He's certainly a good father and he cares. He said, “I don't want Jerry to be healthy in every aspect of his life, in his marriage, in his relationship with his children. I'm here.' Like every aspect of your life, he wants you to flourish. ”
Faith said, “It's sacrifices, but that's everything in life.”
Meanwhile, the two hinted at another future collaboration.
“I stopped trying to chase happiness a length time Previously, and I just want to be convenient,“ Jerry Roll said. “Man, I don't want to be happy. I want to be convenient. I want to be a purpose. I want to be a servant.”
clock: Outside the box: Conversation with Brandon Lake and Jerry Roll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-71nal06ceo
Photo credit: ©YouTube/Lake Brandon
Michael Foot For 20 years, I have covered the intersection of faith and news. His stories appear in the Baptist Press, Christianity Today, Christian Post, Leaf Leaf, Toronto Star, Knoxville News Sentinel.
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It was originally published on February 18th, 2025.
