SAVANNAH - Some things are more important than defending criminals and putting killers away, said lawyers gathered in Savannah from across the county. <br>
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They have to answer to a higher authority God's law, said trial lawyer Tom Nash. <br>
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``The word of God is the ultimate truth,'' Tom Nash said he tells juries. ``There shouldn't be a difference in the two.'' <br>
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Nash was one of nearly 600 Christians who traveled to Savannah this week and participated in the Christian Legal Society's national conference. <br>
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The attorneys said there's no contradiction between their profession and their religion. <br>
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Nash hears people snicker at the phrase ``Christian lawyers,'' but his values are closely tied to doing the right thing in the courtroom and in church. <br>
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``This is a ministry that helps lawyers practice their faith as part of their profession,'' Nash said. ``You should try to live out what you believe.'' <br>
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Attorneys attending the conference talked about religion in the workplace, the ministry of mentoring and religious liberty. <br>
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``Let us adore the law,'' author Dallas Willard told members of a mass Bible study. ``Do we, in our heart, love the laws of God? Then let us live in accordance to them.'' <br>
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Willard led hundreds of attorneys Friday in the morning session. He's a professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and author of ``Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ.'' <br>
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Savannah real estate lawyer Danny Falligant said he often prays with clients for business transactions or any other prayer request they may have. <br>
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``Everyone who goes to church on Sunday ought to take the same principals they learn to the workplace on Monday,'' he said. ``We need to be consistent.'' <br>
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The Christian Legal Society is a national, non-denominational organization of attorneys, judges, law professors and law students with about 3,000 members.
