How are believers to cope with trials, grief, pain and suffering? When suffering comes into a believer's life, where do they turn their thoughts? Is God sovereign even over the suffering that believers endure in this life? This message is meant to encourage believers to rest in the providence of God and His orchestrating of all events for His glory and our good.

Do you think rightly? If not, then how do you behave rightly? Do you put on the Lord Jesus Christ and restrain your fleshly desires, or do they rule over you and control your behavior? This expository sermon is the final segment of a 9-part series titled A Manifesto for Christian Citizenship.

Do you know how and do you pursue the biblical love of your neighbor? Did you realize that Scripture requires Christians to love their neighbor? Further, love is to regulate our relationships with others. Most of us fail at this; repeatedly. The unregenerate human heart is a place of hostility, not love. It is only as we rely on Christ, and submit to His Spirit that He will slowly transform us into the likeness of Christ - the One who loved supremely.

Do you understand the biblical purpose of government, and that human government was established by God? Further, did you know that Scripture teaches us to pray for our leaders?

Satan has used science to dismantle the church's belief in the work of God. In our day science and the wisdom of man have absolutely had a field day with the church in regard to what we are to believe about the creation. The errant facts of many of those in the field of astronomy causes many to doubt God's revelation to us and to actually misunderstand the purpose of God's general revelation of the heavens and sun.

What do you think when you look up at the stars? The person of faith looks at the sun and the stars, and they see the handiwork of God. One of Satan's schemes is to use human reasoning to trick unbelievers, who look at the very same thing and yet they discount the existence of God.

After many years of prayer and preparation for ministry comes a proper ordination exam and (if successful) an ordination. This expository sermon, presented by Pastor David Forsyth on June 20, 2010, comes at the completion of an ordination. It stresses the biblical responsibilities of a man of God.

If you were pretty sure you wouldn't get caught, would you cheat on your federal income taxes? Are we, as Christians, supposed to pay local, state and federal taxes? How about sales and property tax? Did you know that Scripture even addresses the subject of taxes?

Throughout the Christian centuries theologians have wrestled with the proper relationship between the church and the state. The Christian church has a priceless treasure which it can not share with the state. This treasure enables the church to transform a human life eternally, from the inside out, and suit them to live forever in the presence of God. This treasure is the Gospel. Everything else that the organized church does can be duplicated by the state except this. This sermon will continue to consider Paul's command to submit to our leaders so that we might begin to take our civic responsibilities seriously.