In this sermon, Daniel Houck discusses Matthew 25:14-30 and the importance of taking risks to maximize returns on the opportunities God has given us.

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Jesus tells a story about five wise bridesmaids who were ready for the groom’s arrival at the wedding, and five foolish ones who weren’t. In this sermon on Matthew 25:1–13, Daniel Houck discusses the spiritual meaning of the groom’s arrival, the wisdom of the wise bridesmaids, and the mistake of the foolish ones.

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In our increasingly isolated culture, it is difficult to build any community—let alone a Christlike one. In this sermon, Daniel Houck discusses what Jesus’ healing of Peter’s mother-in-law teaches us about Christlike community. The fact that this healing happened in her home is not just an incidental detail of the story, but a clue to the meaning of a genuine Christian community.

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After predicting a series of disasters that would occur during “this generation”—during the lifetime of his original audience—Jesus then prophecies about his second coming. We don’t know when it will occur, but are freed to live every day in expectation.

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Jesus predicts that his church will face massive obstacles in the wake of his ascension into heaven: from false Messiahs to natural disasters, to the Roman Empire itself desecrating and destroying the temple itself. Yet he assures them, and us, that we will persevere by faith.

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The conclusion of the seven woes in Matthew 23 segues into Jesus’ prophecy of what is to come in Matthew 24. The Pharisees and teachers of the law will not heed his warnings, and the temple will come down. This sermon concludes Matthew 23 and the “Warning” series, and introduces our next series on Jesus’ prophetic words in Matthew 24.

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We don’t like hearing bad news about ourselves. It’s human nature to shoot the messenger. And yet God has given his people prophets to bring the word calling them back to him. Jesus rebukes the Pharisees and teachers of the law for rejecting the ultimate prophet: Jesus himself. In this rebuke, we are warned to have the humility to accept a prophetic word ourselves.

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We tend to be tempted by either shamelessness (refusing to admit when we’re wrong) or shame-filled, thinking our sin and wrongdoing have put us too far from God. In this sermon on Matthew 23:25–28, Daniel Houck discusses Jesus teaching on purity and the right response to shame: looking to Jesus and Jesus alone for cleansing. In Him, we can live unashamed: not because we are perfect in ourselves, but because he shares his perfection with us. 

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In this second sermon on Matthew 23:23–24, Daniel Houck discusses why following Christ isn’t reducible to filling a spiritual checklist of tithing, praying, and so on. Jesus commended the Pharisees to the extent they did these things, but challenged them—and us—to make a sacrifice of their entire life. 

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In this sermon on Matthew 23:23–24, Daniel Houck discusses part of Jesus’ fourth warning to the Pharisees. They neglected the weightier matters of the law, but they did not fail to tithe, even on spices that weren’t technically mentioned in the law. If we refuse to tithe—to give a tenth of our income to God—how are we any better than the Pharisees?

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