Jul 20, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Clyde Copeland Grand Parkway Baptist Church What Kind of Love Is This? 1 John 3:1 1. "See…" 2. "…what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God…" -Five kinds of God’s love a. God’s love for God. b. God’s love for His creation c. God’s loving and salvific stance toward a fallen world d. God’s particular, electing, adopting love for his children e. God’s conditional love for his children 1 John 4:10 3. "…and so y...
Jul 20, 2025•13 min
Jul 13, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Ian Weber, Student Pastor Grand Parkway Baptist Church The Purpose of Salvation Titus 2:11 -15 1. What is the purpose of Salvation v.12-13 A. To renounce ungodliness and worldly passions v.12 ⁃ Isaiah 5:20 - moral confusion ⁃ Romans 1:18 - suppresses truth ⁃ Jude 1:4 - deny Jesus Christ ⁃ 2 Timothy 3:1-5 ⁃ 1 John 2:15 -17 B. To live in this age 3 ways Christians are to live in this age ⁃ Self controlled ⁃ Upright ⁃ Godly lives C. To wait for our blessed ...
Jul 13, 2025•37 min
Jul 6, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Julian Solis, Spiritual Formation Pastor Grand Parkway Baptist Church Created For Glory Genesis 1:26 -28 Embrace Dignity • Genesis 1:26 -28 • Psalm 8:5-6 Confront the Curse • Genesis 9:6 • James 3:9 Think I forgot how to be happy Something I'm not, but something I can be Something I wait for Something I'm made for Billie Eilish O'Connell / Finneas Baird O'Connell Find Restoration in Jesus • 1 Corinthians 15:49 Mental Worship 1. Has sin—either your own or ...
Jul 06, 2025•41 min
Jun 29, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Grand Parkway Baptist Church The Balance of God Jonah 4:5-11 1. The direction of disobedience, v. 5 Here are some examples from Genesis of how eastward movement symbolizes departure from God’s will… a) Adam & Eve are put out of the Garden on the east side b) Cain settles east of Eden c) The builders of Babel are headed east when they decide to build a tower so as to make a name for themselves d) Lot separated from Abram an...
Jun 29, 2025•48 min
Jun 22, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Wade Burgess Executive Pastor The Cure for Circumstantial Amnesia Psalm 136 His steadfast love endures forever His - God • Psalm 23 • Psalm 90 • Psalm 103 • Psalm 139 • Psalm 145 Steadfast - a firm, unwavering commitment and determination Love - God’s love is the only one experienced from a perfect being with perfect intent Endures - to withstand hardship, persecution, or adversity with patience and perseverance We cure amnesia by: 1 Giving Thanks - v 1-...
Jun 22, 2025•40 min
Jun 15, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Grand Parkway Baptist Church Jonah 4:1-5 God’s Freedom To Be God 1. God’s nature doesn’t conform to our emotions, v. 1 Four things about anger… a) anger is a secondary emotion b) anger doesn’t earn me the right to be in charge c) anger turned inward becomes depression d) anger is an invitation to identify your root idols Four root idols… Power: a longing for influence or recognition Control: a longing to have everything go acc...
Jun 15, 2025•42 min
Jun 8, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Essence of Biblical Repentance Jonah 3:3- 3:10 1. The message you preach informs the response, v. 3b-4 Romans 3:23 Romans 3:21 -25 2. There is a difference in repentance and appeasement, v. 5-9 Notice what they did… a) they believed God, v. 5 b) they were sorry, v. 5 c) they went into a complete fast d) they prayed, v. 8 e) they turned from sin and violence, v. 8 2 Corinthians 7:8-13 The fruit of repentance… 1 earnestness- ...
Jun 08, 2025•44 min
Jun 1, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Jonah 2:10 -3:3b God’s Commitment to the Message 1. God speaks to anyone who will listen, v. 2:10 Some of the ways God speaks to us… a) Creation Psalm 19:1-4 Romans 1:18 -20 b) Bible/the Word Psalm 1:1-3 c) prayer d) spiritual authority e) circumstances 2. God repeats Himself, v. 1-2 Three similarities between them… a) Peter ran from his calling, just like Jonah, and Peter got a second chance to submit to God. b) Peter is simil...
Jun 01, 2025•51 min
May 25, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Grand Parkway Baptist Church The Glory of Disobedience Jonah 1:17 - 2:10 Introductory thoughts… a) We have consumed Jonah upon our comfort theology b) The book of Jonah was not recorded as they were happening. The first part of our passage is descriptive and then there is this long psalm of thanksgiving from verses 2-9 which describes, after the fact, what Jonah went through. c) You have to pick your miracle. 1. A sovereign Go...
May 25, 2025•45 min
May 18, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor How To Solve A Problem Jonah 1:4-2:1 1. What is the nature of the problem? v. 5-6 Jeremiah 23:18 -22 Three kinds of response to the problem… a) spiritual- “each cried out to his god” 1) polytheism- the belief or worship of more than one god. 2) monotheism- the belief that their is only one God. Dt. 6:4 3) henotheism- the belief that there are many gods who are the same but they are just called by different names. b) physical- ...
May 19, 2025•37 min
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Motivating Power of God’s Nature Jonah 1:1-4 Introductory thoughts on the book of Jonah… a) Jonah is a prophetic narrative b) Jonah is not an allegory c) Symbolic use of geography and climate 1. Hearing the Word of the Lord comes with a responsibility, v. 1 2. God sees things as they are and as they will be, v. 2 3. God can be patient in response to evil, v. 2 Psalm 103:8-14 4. There is no where you can go to get away from God, v. 3 Psalm 139:1-12 Two things this ...
May 11, 2025•42 min
May 4, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH How to change spiritual numbness 1Samuel 3:1-18 1. Believe that God wants to speak to his people. v.1-4 How God speaks A. The Spirit B. The Scripture C. The Church 2. Know God must reveal himself. 4-7 3. Remember God is patient but not a pushover. 11-14 Obstacles to hearing God A. Sin B. Inexperience C. Expectation 4. Accept that God does what he wants. v.16-18 Mental Worship How does God usually get your attention? Has God reveled himself to you? How do ...
May 04, 2025•42 min
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Holy Week Afterthoughts Romans 8:31 -39 1. God is for us, v. 31 Romans 1:1-7 2. The Cross is an indication of God’s posture towards us, v. 32 ”graciously”- to freely give and to give generously 3. God’s mind about me is unchangeable, v. 33-34a “There is unspeakable comfort – the sort of comfort that energizes, be it said, not enervates – in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me for my good. There is tremendous relief in kno...
Apr 27, 2025•45 min
Apr 20, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor God’s Big Picture Plan for Resurrection Sunday Luke 24:36 -49 1. That something hard to believe would happen, v. 36-43 Two responses to Jesus… a) doubt, v. 38 b) disbelieved for joy, v. 41 “"If Christ is not risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is risen, nothing else matters.” - Jaroslav Pelikan 2. That we would have a Bible we can believe, v. 44 3. That Christ should suffer, v. 46 Luke 9:22 Three reasons Christ had to s...
Apr 20, 2025•42 min
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Three Truths That Transform Luke 19:28 -44 1. God has a plan for everything and our lives find fulfillment in God’s plan, v. 28-35 • Zechariah 9:9 • Luke 19:32 2. Worship accompanies what God does, v. 35-40 • Three stages to worship… • what God does • who God is • what I do 3. Peace is found in a relationship with God, v. 41-44 • Luke 14:31 -32 Mental worship… 1. What area of your life feels like God does not have a plan for it? 2. Is your...
Apr 13, 2025•48 min
Apr 6, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. Chris Brooks, Pastor to Pastors | Local Church This sermon explores the “terrible word” of God’s judgment and the “terrific opportunity” of salvation, as seen in Zephaniah 3:14 -17. We often forget that God is not a distant deity, but a mighty warrior who saves, comforts, and delights in His people. The prophet Zephaniah reveals that God’s salvation comes even from His own wrath, described as “The Day of the Lord”. This sermon will dive into the signi...
Apr 11, 2025•41 min
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Cure For Church Hurt Ephesians 4: 1-15 1. This is what we do, v. 11-12 a) equip the saints for the work of ministry b) building up the body of Christ (church) 2 Peter 3:1 2. This is the goal for what we do, v. 13 a) to the unity of the faith b) knowledge of the Son of God c) maturity d) fullness 3. This is why we do it, v. 14-15 a) in true growth everything gets bigger, v. 15 b) we all have a part to play, v. 16 c) growth is the by-pro...
Mar 30, 2025•42 min
Mar 23, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Julian Solis, Spiritual Formation Pastor How Low Can Grand Parkway Go? Philippians 2:5-11 1. Think like Christ in your relationships (v. 5). "Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow.” A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God 2. Give like Christ, who gave His life for ...
Mar 23, 2025•34 min
Mar 16, 2025 Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor What Should I Do During Communion? I Corinthians 11:23 -34 1. Look back, v. 23-26 2. Look in, v. 28 3. Look around, v. 29-34 Means two things… a) it is a reference to the physical body of Jesus b) it refers to the body of Christ, the Church 4. Look forward Mark 14:25...
Mar 16, 2025•14 min
Mar 9, 2025 Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor How Do We Keep Going? Acts 28:17 -31 1. The corporate nature of faith, v. 17-22 Hebrews 11:6-13 Hebrews 11:17 -12:2 2. The sufficiency of Scripture, v. 23-27 2 Peter 1:16 -21 Three things we believe about the Bible… a) the Bible isn’t someone’s opinion b) people didn’t write the Bible c) he Bible is the product of divine inspiration 3. That there will always be an audience, v. 28-29 Revelation 7:9-12 4. Stay focussed, v. 30-31 The book of Acts ends with a ...
Mar 09, 2025•45 min
Mar 2, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor How To Endure A Long Journey Acts 28:1-16 1. Kindness helps, v. 1-2 “Kindness is a language which the non-verbal can speak and the deaf can understand.” -C.N. Bovee Romans 2:1-5 2. No karma in the Kingdom, v. 3-6 Luke 13:1-5 Four core problems with karma… a) You are responsible for everything that happens in your life both good and bad b) You need neither prayer nor worship c) You have no explanation for trauma or tragedy d) Ka...
Mar 03, 2025•43 min
Feb 23, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. Christopher M. Brooks Pastor to Pastors | Local Church THE FOG OF WAR Ephesians 6:10 -18 New International Version “There are two equal and opposite errors to which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve their existence. The other is to believe and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally please by both or errors, and hail the materialist or the magician with the same delight.” - C.S. Lewis Th...
Feb 23, 2025•44 min
Feb 16, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor How To Survive a Shipwreck Acts 27 1. Have friends, v. 1-8 “I have many things to write you, but I don’t want to write to you with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends send you greetings. Greet the friends by name.” 3 John 13-15 "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’" C.S. Lewis 2. Follow truth n...
Feb 16, 2025•44 min
Feb 9, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Tyler Moffett Teaching Pastor at Grace Fellowship Church John 1:1-5 (ESV) LIGHT IS POWERFUL LIGHT IS REVEALING FIRST OPTION: HIDE John 3:16 -20 (ESV) SECOND OPTION: CONFESS John 3:21 (ESV) 1 John 1:5-10 (ESV) "Any acceptance of the gospel that does not lead to a life of ongoing confession and repentance is not actually a belief in the gospel. To be 99% known and 1% unknown is to be completely unknown. And if you choose to live your life that way, you'll n...
Feb 09, 2025•45 min
Feb 2, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Elements of An Effective Testimony Acts 26:1-32 1. A past, v. 1-11 The glory of your present life should always eclipse the shame of your past. If not, you will always fear your past. 2. A conversion experience, v. 12-18 Three things that are universal for every conversion experience… a) God appears to you, v. 16 b) God delivers you, v. 17 c) God sends you, v. 17-18 Four things happen when people’s eyes are opened… 1) they turn...
Feb 03, 2025•44 min
Feb 2, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH The Ordination of Ian Weber I Kings 19:19 -21 "God’s call is an inner conviction given by the Holy Spirit and confirmed by the Word of God and the body of Christ.” -Erwin Lutzer 1. You’ve got to understand some things, v. 19 Two things come with the Call to ministry… a) gravity b) gladness 2. You’ve got to say good-bye to some things and people, v. 20 3. You’ve got to sacrifice some things, v. 21 4. You’ve got to follow somebody, v. 21...
Feb 03, 2025•29 min
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Julian Solis, Spiritual Formation Pastor Gospel Perspective Philippians 1:3-11 1. Look, God’s good work is sure 2. Look, God will bring His work to completion Additional Verses Referenced: Philippians 1:9-10 Philippians 2:16 Philippians 3:20 Philippians 4:4-5 Mental Worship: 1. What in your life has been eclipsing the good news of Jesus? 2. How does knowing that, God never stops working to redeem you, strengthen your faith? 3. Name three people that regularly help yo...
Jan 26, 2025•33 min
Jan 19, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Big Picture Parenting Luke 15:11 -32 1. Always balance resource and relationship, v. 11-13 2. Consequences are necessary, v. 14-19 The Consequences of No Consequence… a) irresponsible adults b) more of the same c) difficulty with social norms d) impaired decision making ability e) over reliance on parents 3. Stay on the porch, v. 20 4. Beware of the style of relating, v. 21-24 Two dominant styles of relating: a) transactional ...
Jan 20, 2025•33 min
Jan 12, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Wade Burgess, Executive Pastor Character Matters Genesis 6:5-14, 17-22 and 8:20 -21 God’s Character: 1. More concerned about people’s hearts than creation - 6:7 2. Attention to details - 6:15 -23 3. Keeps His word - 6:18 4. Willing to Demonstrate His power - 8:21 5. He rarely works alone “God knew that my need as a sinner was so great that it was not enough for Him to just forgive me; He had to come and live inside me or I would not be what I had been re...
Jan 12, 2025•38 min
Jan 5, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor What Our Church Believes I Corinthians 6:1-11 1. Our fundamental problem is not being unwilling but being unrighteous, v. 9 Romans 3:9-19 What does this mean? a Religion won’t change you- Jews b Intelligence cannot excuse you- Greeks c Everybody does their own thing d Our preferred behaviors don’t bring us peace e Because we don’t know God we don’t fear God f Everyone has fallen short of God’s standard and is accountable to God...
Jan 06, 2025•44 min
