Speaker: Paul Christensen

Main Point: Because God is invisible, He gives visible people gifts to show what He is like.

1. God has gifted Christians with special grace gifts.
2. How do we know what our grace gifts are?
   1. Community
   2. Discovery

Speaker: Jackson Bowman

Main Point: God has a place for you in His grand story.

1. God's Story
   1. Creation
   2. Fall
   3. Redemption
   4. Restoration
2. Your Place In God's Story
   1. Blessing in Your Story
   2. Suffering in Your Story

Main Point: Following Jesus is an invitation to join a battleship focused on reaching the lost rather than a cruise ship focused on entertaining the saved.

1. Christians Live on Mission
2. Christians Place Jesus First
3. Christians Go All In

Main Point: Surrender involves dreaming about what God could do with our lives and running after that dream.

1. How do we let God build our dreams?
2. How do we stop those dreams from fading away?
3. How do we know we are following God's dreams wholeheartedly?

Main Point: We experience the pleasure of God when we live out the will of God.

1. The Pleasure of God
2. The Will of God

The Purpose of dating is marriage preparation: learning how to love another person while becoming a certain kind of person.

1. Dating begins by recognizing God's plan for marriage
2. Dating is about learning how to love another person
3. Dating is about becoming a certain kind of person and finding the right kind of person

God has built us a need for:

1. Physical Connection
2. Emotional Connection
3. Spiritual Connection

I. Jesus confronts the idols of comfort & control on the narrow road.

II. Jesus invites us to test our faith by losing everything and gaining him.

• What comfort do you run to when you feel out of control?

Passages: Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Psalm 42:5; 57:8-9; Matthew 11:28-29; Hebrews 6:19; 13:17; 1 Peter 2:11; Romans 12:1-2; Philippians 3:7-8; 1 Corinthians 10:23;

1. You have a soul
2. your soul has layers
3. you must tend to your soul

Main Passages: Acts 17:6, 22-23; Romans 8:18-25

Idols are objects of worship. They demand our time, money, and attention. How can we identify what our idols are? Why do they tempt us? How can we redirect our worship back toward God?

Passage: 1 John 5:18-20

Speaker: Paul Christensen

Main Point: Those who belong to God share a family resemblance with one another.

1. The family takes sin seriously (v. 18)
2. The family knows who they belong to (v. 19a)
3. The family knows where they belong (v. 19b-20)