Questioning Jesus on Politics - The Gospel According to Mark: Following Jesus (Ch 12:13-17)

Asking questions is a good thing when we are genuinely seeking to learn, to gain insight, and grow in understanding.  But questions can also be a tool by which we try to trip someone up, to catch them off guard, and seek to discredit them.  Such is the case in Mark 12 where Jesus is confronted with a series of questions, the first of which is a question about politics.  Jesus' answer reveals not only the hypocrisy of his critics but how Christians are to live in relationship to the civil authorities over us.