Sermons from Grace Community Church of Smithville, MO

Titus 1:5-9

I. RECOGNIZING Good Leaders

A. The Absence of Leaders

B. The Appointment of Leaders

II. RESUME of a Good Leader

A. Good Leader

B. Good Life

C. Good Lover

D. Good Learner

III. RESPONSIBILITIES of a Good Leader

A. Encourage the Disciples

B. Education through Doctrine

C. Expose those who Dispute

Titus 1:1-4

I.  The LETTER to Crete

Responsible for the Letter

II.  The LAND of Crete

Postmodern Ideology

III.  The LORD of Crete

Changed Lives

Acts 20:1-6

I. When the Book was Written

A. He Planned to Go

B. He Penned the Book

C. His Purpose for Writing

II. When the Work Began

A. Pentecost and Persecution

B. Peter, Paul or People

C. Planning and Providence

Acts 18:18-20:36

I. The PEOPLE of Jesus

II. The PROCLAMATION of Jesus

III. The POWER of Jesus

IV. The PROBLEM of Jesus

V. The PRAISE of Jesus

Acts 18:1-18

I. THE CITY OF CORINTH

A. An Important City

B. An Industrial City

C. An Idolatrous City

D. An Immoral City

II. THE COUPLE FROM CORINTH

A. Coworkers with Paul

B. Companions of Paul

III. THE CONFLICT IN CORINTH

A. Jewish Pressure

B. Jesus’ Promise

IV. THE CONVERTS IN CORINTH

A. The Religious

B. The Resistant

C. The Reprobate

D. The Responsibility

V. THE COMMITMENT TO CORINTH

A. Duration

B. Discipleship

C. Departure

Acts 17:1-15

I. PERSUASIVE PREACHING (1-4)

A. Preaching in the Synagogue

B. Preaching the Scriptures

C. Preaching the Savior

D. Preaching for Salvation

II. PREDICTABLE PROBLEMS (5-9)

A. The Agitated Crowds

B. The Accused Christians

1. Too Close to Home

2. Too Committed to Him

C. The Arrested Criminals

III. PASTORAL PROGRESSION (10-15)

A. Paul Left

B. Paul's Legacy

C. Paul's Letters

Acts 16:6-15

I. PROBLEMS of Church Planting

A. Divine Obligation

B. Divine Obstacles

C. Divine Opportunities

II. PLACES of Church Planting

A. Place of Prominence

B. Place of Prayer

III. PEOPLE of Church Planting

A. A People to Go

B. A People of God

IV. PROCLAMATION of Church Planting

A. The Word of God

B. The Way to God

V. PRODUCE of Church Planting

A. We are Obedient

B. We are One

Today's sermon looks at church planting from the book of Acts.

Matthew 1:1-17

I. THE FAMILY TREE

A. Long History

B. Lost Hope

C. Legitimate Heir

II. THE FALLEN TREE

A. The Faithful

B. The Foreigners

C. The Females

D. The Failure

E. The Forgotten

III. THE FRUITFUL TREE

A. The Branch

B. The Believers

C. The Beginning

Matthew 1:1-17