Today's Verse: Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. ~Romans 13:1 One of our key Baptist tenets is the separation of church and state. By this, the state is not to control the affairs of the church, and the church is not to unduly influence the state for unbiblical reasons. However, Christians are obligated to obey the laws of the land as good citizens. God refers to government as “the high