We hope you enjoyed the Passion Week devotionals and had a wonderful Easter weekend! It's back to business as usual this week; well, kind of. Rich is taking a little break for the next few weeks and with that Steve and Sarah decided to invite a special guest host to join in for this discussion on witnessing and evangelism. There was not a better person to join in than Shawn Jones! Shawn works at Desert Springs as the Evangelism, Discipleship and Outreach pastor and also hosts a podcast called The Now Life which is linked below. Steve and Shawn quickly jump into the idea of witnessing, starting with Jesus' resurrection. We see in scripture that Jesus calls His people witnesses, emphasizing the importance of the death, burial and resurrection. The way that event spread was by His disciples sharing across nations. Shawn points out how clear this command is, not just to witness but to also make disciples. Jesus wanted believers living today to learn and know this! Steve talks about the purpose of believers throughout history and leading up to today. This all leads into living in the world but not of the world. With that in mind, it is important to be known for more than what Christians "don't do." Sharing Jesus with our lives and our lips is crucial. Shawn really drives home the importance of verbally sharing who Jesus is with those around us. A question arises; is there a difference between witnessing and evangelizing? What if someone isn't "gifted" in evangelism? Listen in to find out! Plan to come back next week as this conversation with Shawn is continued. 

The Now Life podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/2DLpahhlEwZvhqAs0GgKWt?si=681f8617dec64d57

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Shawn Jones' Stories Collective Episode 19 - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4OuNAKEDp73agvxkFVXevV?si=b12b43afbd6d4f7e

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Connect with Shawn - [email protected]

Desert Springs' Doctrinal Statement -https://www.dscchurch.com/values-beliefs

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