Grand Parkway Baptist Church
Messages from Grand Parkway Baptist Church in Richmond, Texas.
Episodes
Pastor Chris Brooks
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH
How the Spirit Helps us to Hope
Romans 8:22-30
(Place each of these 3 groupings of questions on their own slide i.e. fight questions, then flight
etc...)
Fight Questions
1. What emotion do you fear feeling?
2. What is this emotion trying to tell you?
3. What is one way you can fight to feel the emotion you fear the most?
Flight Questions
1. What...
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
Matthew 5:43-48
The Reassuring Power of Enemy Love
1. Enemy love is evidence of authentic faith, v. 43-45
2 Kings 6:20-23
2. Enemy love is how God loves, v. 45b-47
Two questions we have to answer today…
a) who do you love? v. 46
b) who do you greet? v. 47
3. Enemy love is God’s nat...
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Matthew 5:38-42
How The Violence of God Triumphs Over The Violence of Man
1. The insufficiency of proportionate justice, v. 38
The law did three things...
a) takes punishment out of the realm of private vengeance
b) gave judges a clear and just formula for punishment
c) it forbid vendettas and excessive retribution
“...I have killed a man f...
Nov 2, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH
Communioin
I Corinthians 11:23-26
1. Remember Jesus
2. There is a new way to relate to God.
3. We are proclaiming the Lord’s death.
Matthew 5:33-37
The Insufficiency of Swearing
1. We must reclaim a sense of our self, v. 33-36
Here is the progression in how we lose ourselves...
1)we become disillusioned with ourselves
2)we become distrusting of ourselves
3)we become destructive towards ourselves
Signs you are losing yourself...
a)seeking external validation
b)difficulty with decisions
Oct 19, 2025
Dr. Christopher M. Brooks
Pastor to Pastors | Local Church
Joy Is The Serious Business of Heaven
Abide in Love, Joy FULL
John 15:5–11
I. Key Theme: MENO AGAPE HARAH PLAYRAO
("Abide – Love – Joy – Full")
II. Abide (Meno) – Remain in Christ
Definition: To dwell, endure, make your home.
- Spiritual Practice:
Training t...
Oct 12, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
Matthew 5:31-32
A Gospel Informed Understanding of Divorce
Introductory thoughts…
1) read through the right lens
2) let Bible counsel Bible
3) seek to understand the cultural context
4) seek to understand the biblical context
Four questions we need to answer today….
1. Is ...
Oct 5, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
Matthew 5:27-30
The High Price of Lust
1. Jesus upholds the sufficient sanctity of marriage, v. 27-28
• Genesis 2:24
God’s design for marriage…
a) priority loyalty- “Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother…
b) lifelong loyalty- …and hold fast to his wife…
c) bodily loyalty...
Sep 28, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
The Inward Life of the Kingdom
Matthew 5:21-26
Four lenses for the rest of this chapter…
a) Jesus is more concerned with motive than checking the box
b) Christians are held to a higher ethical standard
c) The Gospel always invites us to think deeper
d) Truth turns radishes into carrots
Sep 21, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
Do you think living by the Ten Commandments is enough to be right with God? What about the other 603 laws in the Old Testament? In this powerful message, Pastor Neil McClendon unpacks Jesus's statement that He came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. The sermon reveals how a "rules-based" relati...
Sep 14, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
The Consequential Nature of Kingdom Faith
Matthew 5:13-16
1. There is a problem we have to overcome, v. 13
! Peter 4:1-4
Four ways salt loses its saltiness…
a) it is absorbed by its surroundings
b) exposure to moisture
c) confusion about the purpose of the church
d) churc...
Sep 7, 2025
Dr. Sam Storms
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
If The Kingdom of God is Here, Why Is The World Such a Mess?
Dr. Sam Storms
1. The Kingdom of God is the power of the Holy Spirit to bring forgiveness and salvation through Jesus Christ.
2. The Kingdom of God is the power and presence of the Holy Spirit to bring physical healing to our bodies.
Aug 31, 2025
Blake Hardcastle, Equipping Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
What’s it like in the New Kingdom?
Matthew 5:1-12
Intro - What is Jesus Doing v.1-2
1. Kingdom People are Aware They are Needy. v.3-6
• The Poor in Spirit
• The Mourners
• The Meek
• The Hungry and Thirsty for Righteousness
2. Kingdom People Choose to Live for God. v.7-
• The Merciful
...
Aug 24, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
God’s Timing, People & Power
Matthew 4:12-25
1. God’s timing, 4:12-17
• Isaiah 9:1-2
Biblical examples…
a) David & Goliath
b) Judges 5
c) Omer of manna
Exodus 16:31-32
d) Apostle Paul
• 2 Corinthians 1:8-10
2. God’s people, 4:18-22
What God looks at and for in p...
Aug 17, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
Matthew 4:1-11
Learning From Temptation
In the wilderness they should have learned three things:
1) not to depend on bread alone but on Gods’ word
2) not to put God to the test
3) to worship God alone
1. Temptation comes around our biggest appetites, v. 2-4
Our appetites do four things…
Aug 10, 2025 GRAND PARKWAY BAPTIST CHURCH
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
Thinking Through The Questions
Matthew 3:13-17
1. What does it look like to be missional? v. 13
2. Why does Jesus get baptized?
Four reasons Jesus gets baptized…
a) identifies with the people
b) submits to the will of the Father
c) practices what He preaches- Matthew 28:...
Aug 3, 2025
Neil McClendon, Lead Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
The Kingdom And The Power Thereof
Matthew 3:1-12
Purpose of Matthew
a) tell the story of Jesus
b) apologetic and evangelistic
c) explore the reality of the Kingdom
d) catechetical- to teach the truths of Christianity and their ethical implications
1. The proportionality o...
Jul 27, 2025
Blake Hardcastle, Equipping Pastor
Grand Parkway Baptist Church
Essentials of a Biblical Fit
Psalm 77
1. Put your heart in your mouth. v.2-5
Selah = pause, reflect, meditate.
2. Throw your fit to the right audience. v.1-2
3. Burn the house down. v.5-9
4. Borrow Hope. v.10-18
• v.10-12
• Psalm 46:1
• Hosea 11:8-9 ...
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 fa...
Jul 13, 2025
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....
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