Vantage Point

Episode Notes:

In today's episode, Pastors Stephen Law and Sean Clemons discuss racism in America, and share practical steps you can take if you are struggling with the question, "What can I do?"

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Practical Steps:

1. Have conversations with your African American friends, coworkers, and/or spiritual family.
2. Attend, participate and/or serve at a Black Lives Matter's protest.
3. Take time to educate yourself.
4. Use your voice on social media and/or through legislation and political change.
5. Take time to pray and share the Gospel.

Recommended Resources:

1 John 5:14

Jeremiah 5

Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison

Divided by Faith by Michael O. Emerson & Christian Smith

The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby

Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619 - 1962 by Leronne Bennett

Black Labor, White Wealth: The Search for Power and Economic Justice by Claud Anderson

Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch

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Would you like to learn how to manage your money better?

In today's episode, Pastors Sean Clemons and Stephen Law talk about managing money from a biblical perspective. They share a few personal stories from their financial journeys, and offer 3 tips to help you get started with your own.

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3 Tips on Managing Your Money Well:

1. Avoid the two extremes of the prosperity gospel on one hand, or apologizing for making money on the other.
2. Exercise your faith and trust in the Lord.
3. Seek counsel from a wise man of God.

Vantage Point Challenge:

1. Create a monthly budget.
2. Take Financial Peace class.

Recommended Resources:

Matthew 6:33

Psalm 37:4

The Story if Joseph: Genesis 37-50

Deuteronomy 28

Matthew 7:11

Matthew 6:24

Your15 on Prosperity by Stephen Mansfield

Dave Ramsey

John Wesley on Finances

Sex and Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies by Paul David Tripp

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Episode Notes:

In today's episode, Pastors Sean Clemons and Stephen Law have a conversation with Pastor Brett Fuller about the Ahmaud Arbery shooting.

Pastor Brett Fuller is the Senior Pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Chantilly, Virginia - a suburb of Washington, DC. He currently serves as the North American Leadership Team Director for Every Nation Churches, and as Chaplain of the Washington Redskins. From 2005 to 2014 he also served as Chaplain for the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

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Recommended Resources:

2 Corinthians 5:18

https://www.instagram.com/fullerlifetoday/

gracecov.org

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Have you ever wondered what it looks like to be a great man? Or have you ever wondered if you are on the right path?

In today's episode, Pastors Steven Law and Sean Clemons are joined by JT McCraw to talk about manhood from a biblical perspective. JT shares his personal testimony and talks about how manhood is a gift, and an accomplishment that is meant to be celebrated.

JT is the founder of the BE MEN Movement, a John Maxwell certified Life Coach & Speaker, an independent life coach with Stephen Mansfield's GreatMan Coaching team, the men's pastor at Bethel World Outreach and is one of the leading men's ministers in the United States.

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Recommended Resources:

https://www.jtmccraw.com/

https://www.time2bemen.com/

Twitter: @jtmccraw

21 Day Manhood Journey

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Have you ever wished you received a parenting manual when you left the hospital?

Whether you are a new parent, aspiring parent or a seasoned parent, this episode is for you.

Listen to Pastors Stephen Law and Sean Clemons have a conversation with Anica Ham who is the director of the Children's Ministry at Grace Covenant Church. They share their personal parenting stories and offer seven practical tips that parents can implement today.

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Seven Tips for New or Aspiring Parents:

1. Prioritize your spiritual growth.
2. Regularly eat meals together.
3. Have a consistent family devotional time.
4. Ask your children for forgiveness.
5. Cultivate an atmosphere of fun.
6. Develop a plan for discipline.
7. Have a strategy for education.

Recommended Resources:

Deuteronomy 11:18-20

Proverbs 13:24

Tiny Theologians

Jesus Storybook Bible

Hug a Bible

The Action Bible

The Bible App

Instagram @GCCKidbuilders

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Have you ever wondered if what you do for work truly matters to God?

In today's episode, Pastors Sean Clemons and Stephen Law talk with author and general pediatrician Dr. Ashley Tauriac about navigating faith and work simultaneously. They give some practical tips on sharing your faith at work.

Dr. Ashley Tauriac tells us her story of how she faced the struggle of maneuvering her faith and work at the same time and explains the foundation she leaned on through it. For the last ten years, she has been teaching and studying concepts concerning faith and health at work and has led medical mission trips all around the world.

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Vantage Point Challenge:

Take some time out this week to write out what success looks like for you.

Recommended Resources:

Genesis 1:26-29

1 Corinthians 3:9

Romans 8:17

In Between the Lines: Of Faith and Work by Dr. Ashley Tauriac

www.ashleytauriac.com

The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

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Title: Coronavirus

Episode Notes:

Almost overnight, our world has been flipped upside down by the spread of the COVID-19. In today's episode of Vantage Point, Pastors Stephen Law and Sean Clemons talk about what it looks like to have a posture of faith as we navigate these days with COVID-19. For the steps you can incorporate in your life, listen and tune in today.

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3 Action Steps in taking a posture of faith:

1. Listen to the Holy Spirit.
2. Listen to leaders of faith.
3. Find anchor passages in scripture.

Recommended Resources:

Exodus 7:1-13

Matthew 5

1 Kings 17 & 18

Psalm 91

Hebrews 11:6

2 Corinthians 5:7

Mark 9

The Gospel Coalition

Love in Time of Coronavirus

The Church and Coronavirus: Four Lessons From History

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Episode Notes:

Welcome to this week's Vantage Point podcast. In today's episode, Pastors Sean Clemons, Stephen Law and Kore Bendix talk about how Jesus was radical and how he drew near to the outcasts, disenfranchised, and misfits. Listen and tune in to hear helpful strategies on how to evangelize like Jesus today.

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Strategies to Evangelize:

1. Know God's story.
2. Know your story about who Jesus is to you.
3. Build and grow friendships with people around you.
4. Be patient and allow Jesus to move both in your life and theirs.

Vantage Point Challenge:

Have someone over to your house or take a co-worker out to eat and enjoy Jesus with them!

Recommended Resources:

Genesis 3:6

Revelation 19:6-9

Exodus 24

Luke 5

Luke 15

John 20

Luke 19:1-10

Luke 9:10-17

Luke 24:13-35

The Gospel Comes with a Housekey by Rosaria Butterfield

Making Room by Christine Pohl

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Welcome to this week's Vantage Point podcast. In today's episode, Pastors Sean Clemons, Stephen Law and Kore Bendix talk about the epidemic of loneliness and include personal experiences. How do you recognize loneliness in yourself or in others? Listen as the Pastors discuss the answer to both of these questions and a solution.

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Practical Applications of Loving Ourselves and Our Neighbors:

1. Receive the mercy of Christ by seeing yourself as the man on the side of the road in the story of the Good Samaritan.
2. Grow a deeper relationship with Christ through prayer, meditation on the Word of God and worship.
3. Be intentional in befriending and loving others around you.

Vantage Point Challenge:

Identify one "neighbor." Pray for them and ask God for a strategy to love them.

Recommended Resources:

Genesis 2:18

Luke 10:25-37

Luke 7:11-16

Luke 13: 10-17

Acts 8:26-40

Neighboring Journey - March 8th - March 22nd

Ellie Pollack, "New Cigna Study Reveals Loneliness at Epidemic Levels". May 1, 2018

Economist, "Loneliness is a serious mental health problem".

Eating Your Way Through Luke's Gospel by Robert J. Karris

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Welcome to Vantage Point Podcast. Listen as LeShara McCoy talks with Adam Mabry about the art of rest and how to have faith in a world that never stops. Listen and access the show notes below, search for Vantage Point on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or gracecov.org/vantagepoint .

Tips on incorporating rest into our lives:

1. Rest is time set apart to give to Jesus.
2. Rest is commanded in scripture, but is also a gift Jesus offers us.
3. Take a day off or pockets of time throughout the day to rest.

Resources:

The Art of Rest by Adam Mabry

Adam Mabry Instagram

https://www.adammabry.org/

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