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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…

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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 …

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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 …

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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 + socialis…

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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 verse…

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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…

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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. ResponsibilityBởi Grand Parkway Baptist Church

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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 yo…

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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 a…

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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…

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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 (v…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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 Fa…

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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 T…

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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. 1…

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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…

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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 motiva…

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 h…

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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 i…

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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…

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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 th…

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Oct 22, 2023 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. Sam Storms "Oh!" Romans 11:33-36Bởi Grand Parkway Baptist Church

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 o…

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