Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Zelwyn Heide, pastor at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Hannover, ND and Zion Lutheran Church in New Salem, ND, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Mark 12:13-17. Despite theological and political differences over paying taxes to Rome, the Pharisees and Herodians find common ground in their hatred of Jesus. During Holy Week, they come to Jesus in an effort to trap Him. As they flatter Him with words they likely do not mean, they end up speaking the truth about Jesus and His judgment. Their words prove true as Jesus skillfully evades their trap and teaches the truth of God’s Word. He forces them to produce the coin used to pay the tax, the coin that bore Caesar’s image and idolatrous inscription. Using His enemies’ answer against them, Jesus refuses to play their game as He upholds the God-give authority of earthly governments, all the while indicating the overarching authority that God has over everything and everyone. “The Gospel in Action” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel