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Grace Matters: Conversations establishing believers in the truth. These episodes will capture the live panel discussions and supplementary conversations held at Grace Community Church that occur as part of Grace Matters. Grace Matters is a ministry that seeks to cultivate gospel-centered critical thinking on cultural and doctrinal issues that affect the church.

Grace Community Church: Angier, NC


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    Grace Matters: Engaging Islam

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025


    This episode captures the conversation with two families on different ends of the missions experience - one family has returned home after 12 years overseas, and one family is preparing to go serve refugees. This conversation is a great encouragement to be a good neighbor as a means of sharing the love of Jesus.

    Grace Matters: Lifted commentary w/Roy Lytle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025


    This conversation picks up after a viewing of the documentary film Lifted: A Dying Tribe Encounters New Life. www.twr.org/lifted - https://youtu.be/5DjyBZdHoxY?si=uAnXsoXjwxYA8hsl

    Education Followup Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024


    Pastor David follows up with 3 of the panelists to answer questions that were submitted during the live discussion in the previous month.

    Grace Matters: Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024


    This panel discussion seeks to equip parents with information about the 3 main streams of education in our local context: Public, Private, and Home education.

    Grace Matters: Intergenerational Ministries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024


    In conversation with Keisha Culbreth (Children's Ministry Director) and Kyler Martin (Next Generation Pastor), Pastor David helps demonstrate the blessings of intergenerational ministry at GCC.

    One-Day Conference: Apologetics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023


    To supplement the teaching ministry of Grace Matters, the Young Adult team at GCC hosted a One-Day Conference on Apologetics. This is the opening session from that conference.

    Apologetics - Q&A Session

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023


    The Q&A session that ended the One-Day Conference on Apologetics

    Apologetics: A Reasoned Dialogue about Homosexuality

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023


    In this breakout session from the One-Day Conference, guest Pastor Don Sandberg demonstrates what a reasonable dialogue about a controversial topic might look like

    Apologetics - On Politics & Government: A Christian Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023


    Pastor Kyler Martin tackles the apologetic issues in a Christian's response to politics and government in this breakout session

    Apologetics: Finding Balance in (Defending) Faith & Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023


    Neal Manning leads this breakout session, considering the important balance between articulating faith and demonstrating faith in apologetics

    Apologetics: How Can a Loving God ...?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023


    Chris Kerns shares an approach to theodicy, or the problem of evil in the world, in this breakout session

    Apologetics: What's Going on in the Background?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023


    Dr. David Calvert gives some categories to help understand what is going on in the background of language and apologetics

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    Grace Matters: Mission Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023


    Conversations with the Young Adult team who went to Italy and the Student Ministry team who went to Cuba on short-term mission trips in July 2023

    Grace Matters: TWR

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023


    After viewing a short film developed by TWR Motion, David Calvert facilitates a discussion with TWR staff/missionaries on the ways media is changing, the ways we share the gospel, and what it's like in Bonaire. Check out the short film, The Best Possible Idea, on YouTube or by clicking the link in the description notes.

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    Grace Matters: Foster & Adoption Ministry Followup

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023


    David catches up with Stephen and Rebecca Kelly, members of the FAM Leadership Team, to talk about lingering questions from the FAM Panel Conversation and hear some of their story in the journey of fostering.

    Grace Matters: Foster & Adoption Ministry Panel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023


    This panel discussion introduces the FAM team, with special guests from Baptist Children's Homes of NC. More info will be coming for the Foster & Adoption Ministry throughout 2023

    Grace Matters: Who is my Neighbor?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022


    Neal Manning facilitates a discussion with Lee Williford and Mike Sowers (Great Commission Catalyst for NC Baptists) about the demographics in the specific areas around Grace Community Church. See the attached files for all the nitty-gritty details and numbers.

    Grace Matters Panel: Life after Roe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2022


    This Grace Matters panel discussion focuses on how our local church might respond to life after the Roe v. Wade and Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court. Guests include Tonya Baker Nelson, CEO of Hand of Hope Pregnancy Resource Centers, Mike Sowers, Great Commission Catalyst for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and Neal Manning, one of our elders and father to an adopted son.

    Grace Matters Panel: Ministry with other Ethnicities

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2021


    Our Grace Matters panel discussion welcomed Rick Gutierrez from Anthem Church and Dr. Edward Fubara from New Breed Church. Through our conversations, we challenged assumptions, questioned narratives, and sought to listen well to each other as we focused on the centrality of the gospel.

    Grace Matters Panel: Domestic Abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021


    In this month's Grace Matters panel discussion, Neal Manning moderates a discussion around the issue of domestic abuse. Jamie Criswell, Stacey Thompson, and Pastor Brad Talley are the panelists, who share personal and professional experience with the topic at hand. Attached to the episode on graceccnc.org is the PDF of the resources referenced and shared during the panel

    Grace Matters Panel: The Inerrancy of Scripture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021


    Now that we've moved to fifth Sundays of a month, we hosted the panel discussion on the week following Memorial weekend. Our panelists reflected on the importance of the doctrine of inerrancy for our church and for the believer.

    Grace Matters Panel update

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021


    A brief episode offering an update on the most recent Grace Matters panel and the upcoming episodes flowing out of it.

    Grace Matters: Conversation with Fr. James Gurgis, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021


    Neal Manning continues his conversation with Father James Gurgis, priest of the Eastern Orthodox church in Fuquay-Varina

    Grace Matters: Conversation with Fr. James Gurgis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021


    This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation between Neal Manning and Father James Gurgis. Neal is an elder at GCC and the content director for Grace Matters, and he sat down with Fr. James to explore Eastern Orthodoxy and its relationship with church history and evangelicals.

    Contextualization: Conversation with Rick Gutierrez

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020


    This episode continues our followup conversations from the panel on Contextualization. Pastor Rick Gutierrez from Anthem Church in Angier gives insight to his experience as a church planter and Angier native.

    Contextualization: Conversation with Geoffrey Thompson & Alaya Reynolds

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020


    Following up on the panel discussion on Contextualization, David sits down with Geo and Alaya who are both on staff with Campus Outreach, serving at Campbell University. They consider the kinds of contextualization that go into the task of being a domestic missionary.

    Grace Matters Panel: Contextualization in Missions and Ministry

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020


    July's panel discussion, held via Zoom, focused on the issues of Contextualization in various ministry contexts. Special guests included Rick Gutierrez from Anthem Church, Terry Manahan from Fellowship Bible Church, and Geoffrey Thompson & Alaya Reynolds from Campus Outreach at Campbell University.

    Why Grace Matters: Conversation with Neal Manning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020


    David Calvert and Neal Manning discuss the purpose of Grace Matters, where it came from, and where it may go over the rest of 2020 and beyond.

    Technology and the Family: Conversation with Griffin Gulledge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020


    David meets with Griffin Gulledge via Zoom - Griffin has given workshops for parents and youth groups on social media and app usage and provides a helpful theological perspective for technology and the family.

    Technology and the Family: Conversation w/Sarah Painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020


    In this follow-up episode, David sits down with Sarah Painter to get a parent's perspective on the place of technology in the family.

    Technology and the Family: Conversation with Jeff Kelly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020


    David Calvert sits down with Pastor Jeff Kelly to talk more about the theological background for engaging technology in our families. This episode follows the panel discussion on Technology and the Family

    Grace Matters: Technology and the Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020


    Our first virtual panel discussion - certainly appropriate since the panel discusses Technology and the Family. Hosted by Neal Manning, with David Calvert, Jeff Kelly, and Sarah Painter as contributing panelists. If you have any followup questions, send them to gracematters@graceccnc.org for supplemental episodes coming soon.

    The Christian and Mental Health: Conversation with David Dermott

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020


    In this episode of Grace Matters, David Calvert talks with Dr. David Dermott about the practice of psychology from the perspective of a Christian. This episode supplements the panel discussion on the Christian and Mental Health.

    Grace Matters: Conversation with Jamie Criswell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020


    To supplement our most recent panel conversation on the Christian and Mental Health, David met with Jamie Criswell to continue the conversation about her experience in marriage and family therapy. For more info, see www.foundationsft.com - and check out www.shorturl.at/mNOR1 for definitions to some of the key terms.

    Grace Matters: Conversation with Dr. Dan Clement

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020


    David sits down with Dan Clement, Associate Pastor at Triangle Community Church in Apex NC, to discuss "biblical counseling" and how to understand it in terms of discipleship.

    The Christian and Mental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020


    This episode includes the Grace Matters panel from 1-29-2020, featuring Ben McGuire (representing biblical counseling), Jamie Criswell (representing faith-based therapy), and David Dermott (representing clinical psychology) as they discuss the stigma of mental health and the various terms that need to be clarified.

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    Grace Matters: Judge Brian Ratledge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020


    Grace Matters: Conversations establishing believers in the truth. This conversation supplements the October 2019 panel discussion on adoption and foster care.

    Grace Matters: conversation with Tonya Baker-Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020


    Grace Matters: Conversations establishing believers in the truth. This conversation supplements the October 2019 panel discussion on adoption and foster care.

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    Grace Matters Panel: Foster Care and Adoption

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2019


    This Grace Matters panel discussion from 10-2019 features Donnas Kinton, Jessica Hughey, and Steven Eisenberg reflecting on the task and privilege of caring for orphans.

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