Anthem Church Thousand Oaks Teaching

This week, Matt Larson teaches through Matthew 20:1-28. Jesus warns His disciples (and us) about the potential attitudes that can arise from life in the Kingdom of God. This is a call to lay down our lives and our "self" for the sake of the Kingdom.

This week, Matt Larson teaches through 19:13-30. Matt primarily focused on the story of the rich, young ruler and called each of us to examine our own hearts, and find the things that we are unwilling to hand over to God. Matthew 6:24 says that we cannot serve two masters.

This week, we follow up on our conversation that was started last week about singleness, marriage, divorce, and remarriage. We recommend listening to last week's message before listening to this week's message. Any questions? Please send us a text to (805)232-4318.

This week, Matt Larson teaches through Matthew 19:1-12, where we see Jesus talk about singleness, marriage, divorce, and remarriage. This week is part one of a two part message. Please feel free to send us any questions you may want to have answered in next week's message, by sending a text message with your question to (805)232-4318.

This week, Matt Larson teaches through Matthew 18:21-35, where we see Jesus talk about forgiveness. As we grow in our relationship with Jesus, our nature starts to shift to being one of unending forgiveness.

This week, Bert Alcorn teaches through Matthew 18:15-20, where we see Jesus give instruction on how you can respond when a brother sins against you. The end game is reconciliation and pointing others towards Christ.

This week, Chris Wienand teaches us through the second half of Matthew 17, and 18:1-14. In this four passages, we see Jesus as man, Christ, and Lord. We see the way that sin grieves the Father, and our call is to submit ourselves to the Lordship of Jesus.

This week, Bert Alcorn teaches us through Matthew 17:14-23, where we see that faith in this all-powerful king Jesus, even the littlest of faith, is enough to accomplish all that God has for you.

This week, Josh Lewis teaches through Matthew 17:1013, where we see the transfiguration of Jesus. This passage reminds us how important it is to have "mountaintop" experiences with Jesus, but also how we need to be able to bring those moments back to the rest of life with us.

This week, Josh Lewis teaches through Matthew 16:21-28, where we see Jesus give a very high calling for what it means to follow him.

This week, Josh Lewis teaches us through Matthew 16:13-20, where we see Peter profess that Jesus is, "the Christ. The son of the living God." Who we believe Jesus to be is the most important question we can answer. So, who do you say that Jesus is?

This week, Josh Lewis teaches us through the beginning of Matthew 16, where we see Jesus being confronted by the Pharisees and the Saducees, and also continue to develop and guide his disciples.

This week, Daniel Jansson (Lead Pastor of Imago Dei Church in Downey), teaches us through Matthew 15:21-39 where we see Jesus perform more miracles, and again, challenge the rituals of cleanliness and purification.

This week, Steve Larson teaches through Matthew 15:1-20, where we see Jesus confront the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. Steve also talks through the possible signs of hypocrisy in your life, as well as how to move forward from that place.

This week, Steve Larson teaches about how when Paul talks about "fighting the good fight," there is an inherent mention of an enemy to battle against. While we ultimately fight against Satan/demons, our own flesh, and the world around us, Steve takes this morning to focus on the first of those enemies, Satan.

This week, Steve Larson teaches through Matthew 14:22-33, where we see the story of Jesus walking on water, and the most direct example of Jesus calling himself God.

This week, Steve Larson teaches from Matthew 14:1-21, where we get two great looks at the humanity of Jesus. He is our perfect model of how to grieve, how to respond to the overwhelming nature of life, and how to minister to those in times of need.

This week, Steve Larson teaches us through Matthew 13:47-58, where we see Jesus related the Kingdom of heaven to a fisherman's net, and also see how Jesus was rejected by the town that he had grown up in. In his parable about the fisherman's net, Jesus is highlighting that there will come a day when He will judge all people.

This week, Matt Larson teaches from Matthew 13:44-46 on his last Sunday before a three month sabbatical. When somebody understands the Kingdom of God, it becomes the most valuable thing that they know of. It changes your value system, changes your purpose, changes your relationships, changes your goals. Nothing is left unaltered when you realize the true value of the Kingdom of God.

This week, Matt Larson teaches through Matthew 13:24-43, where we see Jesus teach about the Kingdom of Heaven using three parables.