The sermon posted here comes from Romans 13:1-5.

Have you ever wondered about Christians, nations, and politics. Is the United States a Christian nation? Is it in the best interests for us to have a Christian president? Is a ruler's moral values indicative of his calling by God to be a leader?

I hope the sermon is thought provoking and gives you a deeper insight into the times we are living in.

Subject To Authority

Here are a few side notes that you might find interesting as well:

After covering 8000 miles teaching and preaching Paul was beheaded at Rome in AD 65 as was Peter the founder of the church of Rome during the reign of Nero.

But by this time Christian communities had been established in all the important cities in the Roman empire.

Now the Roman government tolerated any religion that did not disturb the status quo and Christianity was perceived as a subversive doctrine to both the society and the state.

The Christians refused to participate in the worship of the emperor and to Christians there was only one God and it was to his authority that they swore allegiance..

Many were pacifists who refused to serve in the army.

In the first 2 centuries AD persecution of Christians was sporadic, but by the 3rd and 4th centuries it became much more systematic as the empire weakened.

The worst persecution was under the Diocletian emperor from 303 to 311.

By 311 the emperor Galerius recognized that persecution had failed and was actually backfiring on the Romans and he issued an edict of toleration making Christianity a legal religion.