Brainerd Students

Text: Jonah 4:4-11 MAIN POINT: Pouting reveals our idols and restricts us from celebrating God's work in the lives of others.

Main Point: God cares more about our transformation than our destination.

Main Point: Before Jonah can extend God's grace toward Nineveh, he must experience God's grace personally.

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Passage: Jonah 1:1-3

Main Point: Jonah is like a mirror reflecting who we are and what God is like.

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Passages referenced: Hebrews 11-13

Main Point: Enduring faith is an invitation that moves us towards a greater hope, dependence, and enjoyment of God.

1. Faith invites us to believe in a better reality.
2. Faith invites us to race, not just run.
3. Faith invites us to imitate our leaders.

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Passage: Hebrews 13:7-16

Main Point: Remembering God's work in the past fuels our hope for God's work in the future.

1. Remember your leaders
2. Remember Jesus
3. Remember the Gospel
4. Remember to serve others

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Passage: Hebrews 12:25-29 (John 15:2-8)

Main Point: Once saved, always remaining and always serving.

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Passage: Hebrews 12:18-24 (with John 15:2-8)

Main Point: Spiritual highs can't sustain enduring faith in God — only abiding in Christ can.

1. God was unapproachable in the Old Testament because of our sin.
2. God is approachable in the New Testament because of Jesus, who bore our sin.