May 12, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Causality of Faith Acts 16:25 -40 Causality is an influence by which one event, process, state, or object contributes to the production of another event, process, state, or object where the cause is partly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly dependent on the cause. 1. Faith empowers us to defy our circumstances, v. 25 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murd...
May 13, 2024•47 min
May 5, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor How To Enjoy Life More Acts 16:16 -24 1. Habits are the avenue of involvement, v. 16 The fruit of habits… a) habits move me beyond what I feel towards structures that I need b) habits facilitate exposure and exposure initiate change c) habits interrupt the status quo d) habits lesson our need of spiritual stimulation 2. Life is also spiritual, v. 16-19 There are three dimensions to life: physical, psychological, spiritual Syncr...
May 06, 2024•41 min
Apr 28, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Sam Storm, Pastor Emeritis at Bridgeway Church Matthew 8:1-4
Apr 28, 2024•38 min
Apr 21, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Lessons Along The Way Acts 16:1-15 1. Our experiences are not always intended for our benefit, v.1-5 2. God leads by closing doors as well, v. 6-10 God doesn’t always send you where you want to go. He puts you where you need to be in order to hear what you need to hear which prepares you for what you will need to do. This is so that when you get there, your faith is proportional to the task at hand. Three things about a closed...
Apr 21, 2024•45 min
Apr 7, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor How to Disagree to the Glory of God Acts 15:36 -41 1. Be aware of your assumptions Positive assumptions to shape how we disagree… a) not everybody has to think or act the way I do or would b) disagreeing with me does not deserve punishment c) them being wrong or doing wrong doesn’t give me permission d) it’s not different with family 2. Be clear about the principles you are standing on A principle is a fundamental truth or prop...
Apr 07, 2024•37 min
Mar 31, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Answering The Resurrection Question I Corinthians 15:1-24 1. The consequences of unbelief are increasingly personal, v. 12-18 a) not even Christ has been raised, v. 13 b) preaching is in vain, v. 14 c) faith is in vain, v. 14 d) we are misrepresenting God, v. 15 e) you are still in your sin, v. 17 f) those who have fallen asleep have perished, v. 18 g) we have hope in this life only, v. 19 2. The consequences of belief are increasingly helpful, v. 20-24 ...
Apr 01, 2024•41 min
Mar 24, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Trajectory of the Kingdom Luke 19:28 -40 1. It comes in God’s timing a) chronos- time runs out b) kairos- time fills up “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.” -Luke 9:51 “They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, for he was teaching his disciples saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and th...
Mar 25, 2024•44 min
Mar 17, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor Christian Essentials In An Ever Changing Culture Acts 15:22 -35 1. Gospel clarity, v. 24 Jesus + politics = not the Gospel! Jesus + Christian nationalism = not the Gospel! Jesus + prosperity = not the Gospel! Jesus + my preferred style of worship = not the Gospel! Jesus + socialism = not the Gospel! Jesus + cultural universalism = not the Gospel! Jesus + activism = not the Gospel! Jesus + nothing = Gospel 2. Decision making or...
Mar 18, 2024•45 min
Mar 10, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Leo Almeida, Teaching Pastor Salvation and Its Importance Acts 15:1-21 1. Salvation is a topic worth fighting about. Look at verse 1-2 Galatians 1:8-9 2. Salvation creates repetitive celebrators. Look at verse 3-4 Luke 15:32 3. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Look at verses 6-11 Romans 8:3 John 6:29 4. Salvation was God’s plan from the beginning. verse 12-21 ___________________ QUESTION: 1. All chapter long these men we...
Mar 11, 2024•46 min
Mar 3, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor A Snapshot of Effective Ministry Acts 14:19 -28 1. It is human nature to make principle out of your own experience, v. 19-20 2. The goal of the Gospel is making disciplines, v. 21 Three things they did as they ministered to the disciples… a) strengthening the souls of the disciples b) encouraging them to continue in the faith “Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to...
Mar 04, 2024•45 min
Feb 25, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Be and Become of the Atonement 2 Corinthians 5:21 1. Relief 2. Responsibility
Feb 26, 2024•14 min
Feb 18, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Leo Almeida, Teaching Pastor FUEL FOR THE MISSION Acts 14:1-18 1. They Believed God Matthew 28:19 -20 Acts 4:29 -30 1 John 5:14 -15 2. The Power Of Grace Acts 3:4-6 _________ QUESTIONS 1. Do you consider yourself someone who prays with high expectation? 2. What courageous thing would you finally get done if you trusted that God was really with you? 3. If you were given the ability to see God’s throne next to You this week, what would be the obvious diffe...
Feb 20, 2024•44 min
Feb 11, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Always Ever Consequential Word Acts 13:44 -52 1. We all have appetites that can only be awakened by the Word, v. 44 “Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them. The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments.” -Psalm 119:129-131 Five question we have to answer concerning the Bible… a) Is the Bible divine? b) I...
Feb 12, 2024•41 min
Feb 4, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Chris Brooks - Pastor, Local Church Repentence - Finding The Right Tool for Righteousness Matthew 4:17 NIV Mental Worship Questions: 1. What do you think of when you hear the word “Repent?” 2. When is the last time you repented? 3. If Jesus was sitting right next you and offered you a chance to change, would you take it? 4. By the grace of God, if you could change one thing in your life right now, what would it be? 5. If absolutely nothing changes in your...
Feb 05, 2024•39 min
Jan 28, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Leo Almeida, Teaching Pastor When the Gospel Steeps in Your Mind Acts 13:13 -43 1. YOU GO FROM BEING RIGHT TO BEING READY! 2. YOU GO FROM CHRISTIANESE TO GOSPEL FLUENCY! chose our fathers made the people great (verse 17) with uplifted arm he led them out of it (verse 17) put up with them in the wilderness (verse 18) (destroyed) seven nations in the land of Canaan (verse 19) he gave them their land as an inheritance (verse 19) he gave them judges (verse 2...
Jan 29, 2024•42 min
Jan 21, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor What Makes a Great Church? Acts 13:1-12 1. A variety of giftedness, v. 1 “For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in hi...
Jan 22, 2024•43 min
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor God’s Will For Our Church I Thessalonians 5:12 -24 1. Leadership v. 12-13 a) “those who work hard among you” b) “are over you (care for you) in the Lord" c) “admonish you” 2. Fellowship, v. 14-15 Types of people we need to engage… a) "admonish the idle” b) "encourage the fainthearted” c) “help the weak” d) “be patient with them all” Be patient vs. suffer long Patience has to do with situations and circumstances. Suffering long has to do wi...
Jan 15, 2024•41 min
Jan 7, 2024 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor GOD’S INVITATION TO OUR CHURCH Psalm 95 1. Come on a) Worship is proportional to our understanding of God b) Sanctification is a process not an event Three things you want to outgrow this year… 1) your marriage 2) yourself 3) your knowledge of God 2. Come in “Truth without emotion produces dead orthodoxy and a church full of artificial admirers. On the other hand, emotion without truth produces empty frenzy and cultivates shall...
Jan 08, 2024•39 min
Dec 31, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Wade Burgess, Executive Pastor Consistency is Key Daniel 1:1-16; 6:1-4, 12-23; 9:1-19 In Youth: 1. Respect for Authority - 1:8 2. Confidence in his Belief - 1:12 -13 When in Charge: 1. Trustworthy - 6:4 2. Consistency - 6:9 Overall: 1. Never wavered from what he knew to be True 2. Raised Right 3. Kept the Faith Mental Worship Do you find that you are respecting authority or pushing against it? What are the moments/events that you might find yourself losi...
Dec 31, 2023•45 min
Dec 24, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Full of Wonder Love of God I John 4:7-12 1. The love of God has a source and an order, v. 7-8 2. The love of God is demonstrated, v. 9 “…was made manifest among us”- to make actual and visible Importance of the incarnation… a) the incarnation halides the teaching of the Old Testament b) the incarnation shows us that God loves us enough to make a way for us through Jesus “The Son of God became man to enable men to become th...
Dec 24, 2023•37 min
Dec 17, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Encouragement of the Second Advent I Thessalonians 4:13 -18 1. What we believe informs our emotions, v. 13-14 2. What we believe is clarifying, v. 14 What beliefs are in the text? a) Jesus died- b) Jesus rose from the dead- c) Christians who have died will be resurrected- v. 14 “even so" “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” -I Corinthians 15:20 3. There is an...
Dec 18, 2023•36 min
Dec 10, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH THE WORK OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE ROMANS 5:1-5 1. He came to give us peace with God. You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” - St. Augustine of Hippo 2. He came to give us the peace of God. ___________________ QUESTIONS Which type of conflict can keep you up at night the most: inner conflict, interpersonal conflict, or international conflict? What would change first in your life if you gave yourself more spa...
Dec 10, 2023•32 min
Dec 3, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH 1. Hope is born of consideration and comparison, v. 18 consider- “to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over to take into account, to make an account of and mediate on.” 2. God does what He does in hope, v. 19-21 Three things that sustain creation… a) there is Someone behind it all, v. 20 b) His motivation is hope, v. 20 c) He is redeeming everything He created, v. 21 3. You need the right hope, v. 22-25 We don’t experience power in relation to our ...
Dec 04, 2023•34 min
Nov 26, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor How God Glorifies Himself Acts 12:20 -25 1. Whoever you depend on has power over you, v. 20b 2. We must understand what motivates God, v. 21-23 The glory of God is the total manifestation of all of His attributes. Three things about the glory of God… a) the glory of God is God’s highest motivation b) the glory of God is intrinsic and extrinsic c) God will not share His glory with another “I am the Lord; that is my name; my glo...
Nov 26, 2023•40 min
Nov 19, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Leo Almeida, Teaching Pastor When God’s Kingdom Moves Forward Acts 12:1-19 1. We should expect resistance from the enemy. 2. We should expect earnest prayers to be required and answered. 3. We should expect that God will not be stopped. _______ Questions: Have there been moments in your walk with the Lord in which growth caused an attack from the enemy? Are you the type of person that can grieve a shut door and still trust God? What area of your life req...
Nov 19, 2023•45 min
Nov 12, 2023 Acts 11:19 -30 1. THEY SAW DARKNESS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LIGHT 2. THEY HAD A HAND IN CONSISTENT CONVERSIONS TO CHRIST 3. THE SAW CRISIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMPASSION ___________________ QUESTION: What are some typical Christian reactions to the darkness of our world? When you look out over the darkness of our world, what does it stir in you: hopelessness and anger or eagerness to share Jesus? When did God open your eyes to the filth of sin and the necessity of Jesus? How did...
Nov 13, 2023•40 min
Nov 5, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon Lead Pastor Gospel Momentum Acts 10:24 -48 1. God orchestrates all things, v. 1-33 2. What you do when no one is looking matters, v. 30-31 “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.” -Malachi 3:10 v. 32- “Send therefore…” 3. The Gospel is su...
Nov 06, 2023•45 min
Oct 22, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. Sam Storms "Oh!" Romans 11:33 -36
Oct 22, 2023•42 min
Oct 15, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH The Gospel Goes Global Acts 10:1-23 1. He Uses Devout Men 2. He Uses Confused Obedience 3. He Uses Barrier Climbers ___________________ QUESTIONS Has there been a time when you can definitively say that you were used by God in advancing His cause? What type of person typically comes to mind when you think of the word devout? Are they different than you? Has there been a group of people that you did not want receiving the grace from Jesus that you enjoy n...
Oct 16, 2023•46 min
Oct 8, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor The Power of Healing Acts 9:32 -43 In this next section of Acts, chapter 9:32 - 12:25 , three things happen… focus shifts from Peter to Paul from Jerusalem to Antioch from outreach to the Jews to the inclusion of the Gentiles..this story is the first step in that direction! 1. Establishes the Gospel 2. Demonstrates the Kingdom “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” -Matthew 4:17 “And he called the twelve together and g...
Oct 09, 2023•46 min
