This 21-message series from Pastor Jim consists of the following titles:Mark: A Man Changed Being A Witness Fishers Of Men Demons Are Real! Getting To A Cure What Is The Kingdom? The Heart Of The Matter The Turning Point The Transfiguration The Triumphal Entry The Glory Of The Resurrection Meaningful Relationships The Test Of Faith - Part 1 The Test Of Faith - Part 2 Good Mothering Jesus' Final Exam Mirror On The Wall, Who's Fairest Of All? A Faith-Full Father Be Alert! Is It Lawful To Give Tribute To Caesar? Living Significantly This series can be purchased as a CD boxed set for $73 by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen to the individual messages online or download them for free.

Is It Lawful To Give Tribute To Caesar?

The church, the state...and money! We can weave sophisticated theories about how to work out our dual citizenship - heavenly, and earthly. But when those theories hit our pocketbook, look out! The Pharisees and the Herodians had surely wrestled with the moral problem of supporting pagan Rome with their taxes. They couldn't answer it. Their mistake was believing that Jesus couldn't answer it.

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Catalog Number
CA-0707-96
Scripture References
Mark 12:13-17
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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Be Alert!

Jesus made one prophecy that was almost too easy! You don't exactly have to be sync'd up to God's day planner to predict that human monuments will fall. The atheist Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote a classic short poem about that. And to forecast the destruction of the Temple? Well, when Christ came on the scene, the Temple had been razed and rebuilt already. But Jesus got more specific. Jim will shine a light on the general and the particular prophecies about the End, as we continue in the Gospel of Mark.

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Catalog Number
CA-0623-96
Scripture References
Mark 13:4-37
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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A Faith-Full Father

Are we ready to dive back into the Gospel of Mark? The song counts "12 Days of Christmas," but our culture has expanded that to about 2 months. And we hope you had an excellent celebration yesterday. But... coming back down from the mountain, so to speak, our ordinary lives and challenges await us. So it was for the Disciples after the Mount-of-Transfiguration experience. We'll hear from Jim in Mark, chapter 9, after an associate pastor reads the scripture text.

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Catalog Number
CA-0616-96
Scripture References
Mark 9:17-24
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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Mirror On The Wall, Who's Fairest Of All?

When Muhammad Ali said, "I am the greatest!" he probably wasn't claiming to be the servant of all. The road to greatness in boxing, or in business, isn't the same as the path to prominence in the Kingdom. On the other hand, they do have similarities. Discipline, for one. And we can't achieve either kind of greatness without aspiring to it. Our Mark: Gospel of Action series continues with an overheard conversation. Jim will begin reading in Mark 9, verse 33.

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Catalog Number
CA-0609-96
Scripture References
Mark 9:33-48
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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Jesus' Final Exam

"When did you stop beating your wife?" Loaded questions are fun - when you're not on the receiving end of one, say in a courtroom or during a debate. The questioner has tried to conceal his false assumptions. He's sure he's caught you in his ingenious trap; he's already smirking as the question leaves his lips. The Sadducees thought they were going to humiliate Christ. But they would come to regret it pretty quickly. Here's Pastor Jim to open a sermon called, Jesus' Final Exam.

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Catalog Number
CA-0602-96
Scripture References
Mark 11:27-12:27
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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Good Mothering

"You're not all that and a bag of chips!" After enjoying some success in His ministry, Jesus returned home. And the reception in Nazareth was chilly. The general mood was, "Who does this guy think he is?" We know almost nothing about the Lord's boyhood years, but there's a clue here in Mark 6: When His neighbors saw Him grown up, they were not prepared to believe who He had become!

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Catalog Number
CA-0512-96
Scripture References
Mark 6:1-6
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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The Test Of Faith - Part 2

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose." I opened with a quote from another Jim, the martyr Jim Elliot, to contrast the Christian view against the view of the Rich Young Ruler. Jesus gave him a business proposition, if you will; an offer that a man of commerce should have been able to appreciate. Let's check that story again, as we continue through the Gospel of Mark. Here's Pastor Jim.

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Catalog Number
CA-0505-96
Scripture References
Mark 10; Luke 16
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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The Test Of Faith - Part 1

A gilded cage is still a cage. Today we'll meet a man trapped by his money - or rather, by his love for it. Everyone had applauded him when he attained success and wealth and power. No one told him that his golden idol was made of fool's gold. No one but Jesus. Today and Monday we'll look at Mark's account of the Lord's meeting with the Rich Young Ruler. It's a reminder to all of us who may be tempted to put something other than Christ on the throne of our lives.

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Catalog Number
CA-0421-96
Scripture References
Mark 10:17-31
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Mark: Gospel Of Action
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Meaningful Relationships

Can I call you "friend?" Yesterday, in our study in the Gospel of Mark, we saw the hostility of the Jewish leaders toward Jesus. Today we'll hear from one Scribe who's different. He's listening. His question about commandments will spark our discussion about relationships, and the very nature of God. We'll see that restored fellowship - between God and man, and among human beings - is the whole point of Jesus' mission. Here's Jim to open a sermon called, Meaningful Relationships.

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Catalog Number
CA-0414-96
Scripture References
Mark 12:28-34
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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The Glory Of The Resurrection

The first people to learn about Jesus' victory over death were actually dead. The Glory of the Resurrection didn't begin to shine on Sunday morning! It dawned at the Cross, and grew when Christ "preached to the spirits in prison," that is, in Hades. We're in Mark 15 and 16 for Part 2 of this message. Jim is thinking about the Lord's heart-wrenching cry....

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Catalog Number
CA-0407-96
Scripture References
Mark 15-16
Series
Mark: Gospel Of Action
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