Christian lawyers gather in Savannah

Posted 1:22PM on Saturday 2nd November 2002 ( 22 years ago )

SAVANNAH - Some things are more important than defending criminals and putting killers away, said lawyers gathered in Savannah from across the county. They have to answer to a higher authority God's law, said trial lawyer Tom Nash. ``The word of God is the ultimate truth,'' Tom Nash said he tells juries. ``There shouldn't be a difference in the two.'' Nash was one of nearly 600 Christians who traveled to Savannah this week and participated in the Christian Legal Society's national conference. The attorneys said there's no contradiction between their profession and their religion. 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. ``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.'' Attorneys attending the conference talked about religion in the workplace, the ministry of mentoring and religious liberty. ``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.'' 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.'' Savannah real estate lawyer Danny Falligant said he often prays with clients for business transactions or any other prayer request they may have. ``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.'' The Christian Legal Society is a national, non-denominational organization of attorneys, judges, law professors and law students with about 3,000 members.

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