This 30-message series from Pastor Jim consists of the following titles:Wanna Be Like Dad The Election Of The King Thy Kingdom Come Called To The Good Life - Part 1 Called To The Good Life - Part 2 Being Good For Nothing Promises Made To Be Kept Principles, Applications and The Prophets Values Worthy Of Death Eye To I Communication Divorce: Guilt By Association Adultery & Divorce Talk That Shapes The World The Power of Language Balancing The Wheels Of Living Salt & Light Where The Salt Hits The Tongue Living the Christian Life The Quick Fix Fasting & Rewards God's Secret Promise Why Pray? Balancing Your Portfolio Managing Your Stress The Goal Of Education Don't Ask Choose Your Career A Very Present Danger In That Day The Rock Holds This series can be purchased as a CD boxed set for $104 by calling +1 (800) 984-2313, and of course you can always listen to the individual messages online or download them for free.

The Power of Language

If "sticks and stones may break my bones," imagine what words can do! In the beginning, remember, it was through the power of words that God created the universe. And at the end, Christ will return and defeat the armies of the Antichrist with the sword that comes from His mouth - with words. All through the Scriptures we're warned to be careful about what we say. Words shape reality. Jim will expand on that theme a bit with a new message called, The Power of Language.

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Catalog Number
CP-0313-00
Scripture References
Genesis 11; Acts 2; Rev 7; Mark 7
Series
What A Way To Live!
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Talk That Shapes The World

Murder, adultery and... language? Up to this point in our study of the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord has addressed some monumentally important issues. Now He turns to the subject of oaths - you know, those promises with a little extra "kick" to them? And again we'll see that what was allowed under the Old Covenant is not considered kosher in the New. Pastor Jim's message is, Talk that Shapes the World

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Catalog Number
CA-0312-00
Scripture References
Matthew 5:33-37
Series
What A Way To Live!
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Adultery & Divorce

"Are you saying...?" If you heard the broadcasts Monday and Tuesday, and you're just about finished composing a long letter to Jim, don't mail it just yet! That sermon prompted questions from the congregation, and maybe from listeners, too. Jim will give some answers in a new sermon called Adultery and Divorce. We always want to "speak the truth in love" - both together - and we know that when we uphold God's standard, the devil will try to slither in, to discourage folks. So here with some clarification is Pastor Jim.

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Catalog Number
CP-0306-00
Scripture References
Matthew 5:31-32
Series
What A Way To Live!
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Divorce: Guilt By Association

Which comes first: adultery, or divorce? Most people would say that a divorced person cannot, by definition, commit adultery. But Jesus is not most people! And from His perspective, the perspective of heaven, there's a whole lot more immorality going on than we have even imagined. The Sermon on the Mount is powerful; it will realign our worldview - if we'll heed it. Today Jim opens a message called Divorce: Guilt by Association.

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Catalog Number
CA-0305-00
Scripture References
Matthew 5:17-32
Series
What A Way To Live!
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Eye To I Communication

What happens in "the privacy of your bedroom" concerns all of society - and God! For 60 years we've been conducting an experiment - or rather, we've been experimented upon, by those who told us that the long-accepted rules of morality were silly, and even oppressive. That experiment has failed, and has taken countless lives with it. Marital fidelity is simply not a disposable notion. But we didn't have to learn that by trial-and-error; Jesus said as much, in His Sermon on the Mount. Here's Jim with Part 1 of Eye to I Communication

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Catalog Number
CA-0227-00
Scripture References
Matthew5:27-30
Series
What A Way To Live!
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Values Worthy Of Death

Jesus wasn't "lowering the bar," but He wasn't raising the bar, either. Before our "Christmas break" we were studying the Sermon on the Mount, and we noticed how emphatically the Lord spoke about the Law and its precision, and its permanence. As we move forward in Matthew 5 we'll see Him expound and expand on the Law, but we mustn't get the idea that He's making the "narrow way" even narrower. Some serious discussion on tap today, as you can tell by Pastor Jim's title, Values Worthy of Death.

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Catalog Number
CA-0220-00
Scripture References
Matthew 5:17-26
Series
What A Way To Live!
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Principles, Applications and The Prophets

Jesus wasn't spouting greeting-card platitudes with the Sermon on the Mount. Today we'll hit two troublesome verses. The challenges the Lord laid down for His followers are so daunting, some say they're impossible in the present world. What will we say? Here's Pastor Jim with Part 1 of Principles, Applications and the Prophets

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Catalog Number
CP-0214-00
Scripture References
Matthew 5, 6, 7
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What A Way To Live!
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Promises Made To Be Kept

The Pharisees and other religionists offer a system. Jesus brings a gift. People today are just like the people of the first century: we can't believe that God is serious about His standards. He must be grading on a curve, He must be exaggerating for effect - or else no one could measure up. And that doesn't make sense. The Pharisees thought their rules had raised the bar of holiness, but Jesus said they had actually lowered it. Let's join Jim in Matthew 5 for Part 1 of the sermon, Promises Made to be Kept.

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Catalog Number
CA-0213-00
Scripture References
Matthew 5:17-20
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What A Way To Live!
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Being Good For Nothing

Salt. It's a life-sustaining nutrient, it makes things taste good...and it raises some people's blood pressure. Jesus uses metaphors not just to explain the Kingdom, but to explain us to ourselves. We disciples, He said, are the "salt of the earth." In that time and place, salt was as vital as water - and, as many have pointed out, it was used as a preservative. But even in our hypertensive times the comparison still works; our saltiness will cause an adverse reaction in some. Jim's new sermon is called Being Good for Nothing. He's in Matthew, chapter 5.

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Catalog Number
CA-0206-00
Scripture References
Matthew 5:13-16
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What A Way To Live!
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Called To The Good Life - Part 2

Some people read the Sermon on the Mount as if Jesus was giving out a new set of Rules. He wasn't! First of all, there's nothing wrong with the old Rules. But that's not the purpose of the Beatitudes and what follows. We needed to have our aspirations recalibrated! We needed to see the situation as God sees it. The only way we'll live a life of significance is to find out what's really significant. We're in Matthew 5 as Pastor Jim begins a new sermon: Called to the Good Life, Part 2.

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Catalog Number
CP-0117-00
Scripture References
Matthew 5:1-12
Series
What A Way To Live!
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