A man caught using counterfeit money is in trouble. But there's worse. Counterfeit gospels are in circulation, and maybe you've picked one up by mistake. It looks right, but it's worthless. How can we tell the genuine from a skilled forgery? Authentic bills have multiple security measures: watermarks, special inks, possibly even some we don't know about. Well, Jim has found 6 markers of the true gospel, and he'll share them now.

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You are out of this world - and that's the gospel truth! In Colossians, Paul is unmasking the "Jesus Plus" teachers. His strategy is as devastating as it is simple: He argues that a dead person has ended his relationship to the physical world - and we have died with Christ. So all the religious regulations involving material things like food and circumcision, can no longer apply. The false teachers are, essentially, trying to put a corpse on a diet! Jim's message is called, The Not-So-Tender Trap.

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Jesus doesn't need our help. We want to help - we want to fast, or do penance, or observe some rituals, something! - to have a hand in our own salvation. And that comes from pride. The devil knows all about pride, and he's got human minions who'll show us all kinds of ways we can give Christ a hand. Paul wanted to keep the Colossians out of the "Jesus And" trap. Here's Jim with the sermon, Motivated by a Mystery.

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What does the gospel do in our lives? And can it be undone? If you've responded to Jesus' call to "repent and believe the gospel," then several miraculous things have happened to you. You should be delighted to hear what Jim has to say in our inaugural message from the letter to the Colossians. But can salvation and its benefits be lost, or thrown away? Jim will weigh in on the controversy as he talks about The Gumption of the Gospel.

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God designed us to have needs. But why? As the computer programmers say, "That's not a flaw; that's a feature." But what possible purpose could it serve to build an entire planet where everyone is needy...all the time? Jim has found four reasons, and he'll share them today and tomorrow, as we finish our survey of Paul's letter to the Philippians. Even the title of the sermon challenges us to think differently about this. It's Freedom Through Co-Dependency. Here's Pastor Jim to explain.

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Who are the "enemies of the cross of Christ?" They're not who we might think! The enemies Paul warns of in Philippians 3 are not people openly hostile to the Lord, but those who pretend to be His followers. Those are always the worst, aren't they; the ones who betray Jesus with a kiss? And there are a lot of them. Their message will sound very attractive if we don't know what pattern of life we're to follow. That's our topic of study today. Here's Pastor Jim with the opening portion of his sermon, Pathway to Peace.

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Becoming a Christian isn't like joining a club; it's like plugging into a power plant! Saul of Tarsus went from Christian-killer to Christian, and it wasn't because he had learned a new philosophy; it was because he was "laid hold of." We know he's speaking from experience when he tells us that we can live a life of purpose, and power. We've been studying the book of Philippians. Now let's begin Jim's sermon called, Ride the Thermal.

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You know all those annoying people in your life? What if God sent them to teach you unselfishness? In Philippians, chapter 2, Paul challenges us to choose meekness. He goes so far as to say, "Regard others as more important than yourself." That's not something you're likely to hear from today's self-help gurus! How can we understand, much less adopt, this "me-second" attitude? Pastor Jim calls this sermon, Minding the Main Thing.

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If there's a storm, your attitude isn't nearly as important as your altitude. Paul was in a storm. He always seemed to be in the middle of controversy and conflict - we could say the storm followed him around. But above the tempest there is peace. And that's the perspective this Apostle of grace wants to give us. If you're feeling tossed and soggy in your own storm, turn up the volume for some advice from someone who has been there. From Philippians, chapter 1 Jim brings us the first part of his sermon, The Winning Altitude.

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