Listen to the Be Bold for Jesus Podcast to be encouraged, inspired and empowered to go out and share your faith with others. Today we are hearing from Dr. Nelson Briggs of Nelson Briggs Ministries.

Dr. Nelson is an evangelist, teacher, and pastor who aims to help people find real hope in Jesus Christ, to know God at a deeper level, grow their faith, and live a fulfilling life. He completed the Doctor of Ministry program at Liberty University John W. Rawlings School of Divinity at the top of his class with a 4.0 GPA. His website offers a range of resources such as videos, blog posts, a podcast, and other content that provide inspiring and accurate preaching and teaching from the truth of God’s Word communicated in clear and relevant ways. You can also find out more about Nelson Briggs Ministries, who they are, what they are doing, and how to have Nelson speak at your church or event at nelsonbriggs.com.

“The story of my life… I was born. I was born again when I put my faith in Jesus. And now I serve my Savior, my Lord, my Brother, my Friend, my Prophet, my Priest, and my King. Jesus is all that! He is the “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” I am looking forward to one day meeting Him face to face on the other side of eternity. And until then, I am going to tell everyone in the world about Him.”

– Nelson Briggs

Listen to the Be Bold for Jesus Podcast to be encouraged, inspired and empowered to go out and share your faith with others. Today we are hearing from Keith Carpenter.

Keith is the Pastor of Epic Life Church in North Seattle, which he planted in 2009. He has been married for 32 yrs, with four sons, one daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter. Keith leads a pastor network in North Seattle of 23 churches and is highly engaged in the business district of Aurora Ave. N. in the NORA neighborhood, and has led Epic Life in starting a for-profit coffee business-as-mission, a food bank, and a non-profit organization that leads the neighborhood in bringing life to the community, called For North Seattle. 

Pastoring in North Seattle along the Aurora Corridor has been a daily challenge as Epic Life engages with marginalized people, crime, homelessness, prostitution, and businesses of ill repute. This challenge is also instrumental in a very diverse community of believers.

Keith also leads ministry trips into southern Peru, coffee-origin trips to Nicaragua, and prayer Hikes through western China’s Tibetan region in places where the Gospel has never been heard and there are no existing Christian witnesses.

Epic Life – John 10:10 (epiclifechurch.org)

Listen to the Be Bold for Jesus Podcast to be encouraged, inspired and empowered to go out and share your faith with others. Today we are hearing from Darin Patzer of Shine 104.9.

Darin Patzer:

I like the idea of “being a disciple of Christ…cleverly disguised as a radio station manager.”

One of my Favorite Bible texts is: Proverbs 3:5,6. I’ve seen in my own life how if I trust in the Lord with all my heart, and lean not on my own understanding, and in all my ways acknowledge Him…that He will direct my paths. I’ve seen how God has guided and blessed me and my family as we seek first the Kingdom of God. We try to seek God and spend some time with Him each morning, and then to try to recognize His presence with us throughout each day. What if a day is wasted if we have not spent some time seeking God?

With a couple of brief exceptions, I have lived nearly my entire life here in the Pacific NW, and consider Spokane my homeland, and my “mission field.” My goal is that Spokane be a Lighthouse to the rest of the country and to the world, for Jesus Christ!

I have been married to my best friend Natalie, since 1998 and we have a 20-something girl, a late-teen boy, a Cavapoo dog (Poco), occasionally some chickens and still one cat, last I checked.

I’m a sports and fitness enthusiast, and I enjoy hiking out around Spokane, like to Big Rock (which is also near where our Shine 104.9 tower is located). Summer is a favorite time of year as I enjoy golf, tennis/pickleball, softball, water sports, hiking, biking country roads. We enjoy the lovely seasons of the PNW.

Having experienced the loss of a much loved family member, and dear friends, I live in eager anticipation for the “second coming” of Jesus on resurrection morning. I am merely a traveler, this world is not my home. I know I am a broken sinner, but by grace I hope my life will give as many others as possible a happier picture of God our Father and his Son Jesus Christ - so they will want to join us in relationship in heaven, too!

I love to hear from listeners. Please send me an email at: manager@shine1049.org.