Anthem Thousand Oaks Teaching

This week, Brad Sarian (Lead Pastor of Restored LA) teaches an incredible message on community.

This week, Steve Larson taught a second message on living a gospel centered life. He encouraged us to build our lives on the person of Jesus, the work of Jesus, and the word of Jesus.

On Sunday we started a new series called “This Is Anthem,” where each week we will teach through one of our core values. Matt preached on our value of being “gospel centered” as a church and that the gospel is the good news of Jesus. He became flesh, died for our sins, was resurrected thereby defeating death. Our goal is to be people who have our whole lives centered on the gospel. If we are going...

This week, Matt Larson finishes up our teaching series through 1 Peter. So how do we experience the peace that passes all understanding? We stand firm in the true grace of God, that is Jesus Christ. When the “who we are”, the “What we do,” and the “Why we’re here” are all answered in Jesus, it gives us a sense of purpose that produces peace in our souls. Life’s big questions are answered and there...

This week, Bert Alcorn teaches through the entire book of 1 Peter, refocusing us on the big idea of the book as making "resilient disciples, who are faithful in the face of cultural coercion, and live a vibrant life in the Spirit.”

This week, Matt Larson continued to teach through chapter 5 of 1 Peter. As Peter is preparing the church to go through suffering, he encourages the elders to care for the church. To the rest of the church, he says to submit not only to the elders but to one another. We are in a spiritual battle with the devil, so we must be alert and resist him. We can take comfort that we are not alone in this an...

This week, Matt Larson teaches through 1 Peter 4:7-19, where we see Peter saying that you have an opportunity to demonstrate through your life that you are a follower of Jesus. You do that by living faithfully regardless of the circumstances and when the fiery trials arise, you continue to live faithfully, even to the point of death.

This week, Matt Larson continues our series through the book of 1 Peter.

This week, Matt Larson teaches through 1 Peter 3:8-17. Jesus promised that He would be with us to the very end of the age. We have been set free to do the good and merciful will of God in the midst of a contentious world, and Jesus is with us in the fire. Even if doing good in a contentious world leads to suffering, Jesus is with us. He has not left us and he will not leave us. He is with us and i...

One of the great realities of the Gospel is that it impacts every area of our lives. As Paul has said in the previous two weeks’ passages, being a follower of Jesus affects our lives in politics, work and now marriage. Peter dives directly into the home life of believers and challenges them to a life of submission, honor, and inner beauty as the defining characteristic of their marriage life.

This week, Steve Larson continues our series in 1 Peter by teaching through 1 Peter 2:9-17. In this passage we see that God's call for us is to have a spirit that is distinctly different than the spirit of the world we live in. This is especially timely in this season of turmoil and angst in our nation and the world.

This week, Matt Larson continues in our series through 1 Peter, after taking a few weeks for Celebrate Generosity. Up until this point in the letter, Peter has been processing through identity with these Jesus followers that are mostly Roman citizens. He will soon get into the behavior that their new identity produces, but he has a bit more to say on the realities of who we are, because of all tha...

This week, Matt Larson begins our Celebrate Generosity teaching series by teaching about generosity, and explaining some of the groups that we will be supporting through our Celebrate Generosity giving this year.

This week, Matt Larson continues our series in 1 Peter, by teaching through 1 Peter 2:4-8.

This week, Steve Larson teaches through 1 Peter 1:22-2:3, where we are encouraged to continue to become people of the Word.

1 Peter 1:17-21 calls on those who are in the family of God to live a holy life in response to the righteousness of God and his sacrificial and costly offering of Jesus to die for us. How we live matters because we are now representing Jesus to the world and we want to give people the most clear picture possible of who Jesus is.

This week, Garrison Wash preaches from 1 Peter 1:10-12, encouraging us to embrace the mission of God in our everyday lives.

This week, Matt Larson teaches through 1 Peter 1:6-9, where we see Paul talk about how our current trials may lead to "joy inexpressible."

This week, Matt Larson teaches through 1 Peter 1:3-5, where Peter talks (amongst other things) about the amazing, living hope that we have found in Jesus. When you understand the theological reality that Peter has established, it gives you a true and deep sense of confidence. You are not living for the approval of man, but from the gift of God. That confidence allows you to live faithfully and eve...

This week, we dive into the first week of our teaching series through 1 Peter, and look at the idea of living as exiles.

This week we take a bit of a pause before we start into our series in 1 Peter next week to really dig into what it means for us to pursue unity in Christ.

This week, Matt Larson teaches through Proverbs 6:1-19. Jesus paved a way for us to cultivate the character of God in our own person through the power of the Holy Spirit. Proverbs provides insight into what that character looks like lived out.