God and Caesar
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Should Christians pay taxes to wicked rulers? From his sermon series in the gospel of Mark, today R.C. Sproul unfolds Jesus' teaching about the responsibilities we have toward the state.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | This is Caesar's coin. |
| 0:02.0 | This is Caesar's tax. |
| 0:04.0 | You pay your tax to Caesar. |
| 0:06.9 | But you have even a higher responsibility that even Caesar has. |
| 0:12.4 | You render to God the things that are God's. |
| 0:28.8 | Today, oning your mind, God and Caesar. Jesus said that we have obligations to both, but is it right to pay taxes to an unrighteous |
| 0:34.3 | government? |
| 0:35.4 | It was a question the Jews argued over in Jesus' day, |
| 0:38.3 | and they used it to try and trap him. |
| 0:41.3 | We're starting a series today in the Gospel of Mark, |
| 0:45.3 | and over the next few Sundays, |
| 0:47.3 | R.C. Sprawl will consider some of the questions that were posed to Jesus, |
| 0:51.3 | some questions to try and trap him. |
| 0:54.9 | If you'd like to study more of Mark with Dr. Sprawl, |
| 0:58.7 | you can also request his hardcover commentary when you donate before midnight tonight |
| 1:03.4 | at Renewing Your Mind.org. |
| 1:06.3 | Well, here's R.C. Sprawl in Mark Chapter 12 |
| 1:09.1 | to show us the futility of their attempt to trap |
| 1:12.0 | Jesus and the great and high a calling you and I have as Christians. |
| 1:20.2 | The Gospel according to St. Mark, Chapter 12, verses 13 through 17. Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians |
| 1:33.6 | to catch him in his words. When they had come, they said to him, teacher, we know that you are true |
| 1:43.0 | and care about no one. For you do not regard the person of men, |
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