YET MORE ON MOORE

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore remains a stalwart defender of his Ten Commandments monument, despite his suspension. Moore is quoted as saying he answers to a 'higher power' who stands above 'earthly authorities', and also that he has 'kept his oath' of office.

Now these are not necessarily the same thing. As one who seeks to follow God, Roy Moore must indeed answer to that 'higher power' who does stand against 'earthly authorities'. We look at Daniel, for example, although he stood in the highest echelons of power, he kept praying to God openly even when his political rivals had made acknowledging anyone but the king a capital offense (this is when the aged Daniel was thrown into the lion's den). But there is no record of Daniel being required by his devotion to God to place any public monument in the Babylon Judicial Center.

There was nothing about the judge's oath that required him to place the monument in the state judicial center. It seems to me that he was probably justified in doing so (I do not believe that its presence there is any way unconstitutional) since he pretty much ran on that issue, and it does stand as an appropriate reminder of America's legal roots. I also agree that he did not break his oath by refusing to follow the federal judge's order. What jurisdiction does a federal judge have over the workings of Alabama's judicial center?

Now that God judges nations, I have no doubt. And when nations fail to acknowledge Him and sink into moral degradation, He will call them to account. That does not necessarily demand independent actions by Christian public officials. If a Christian accepts a role in government he must fulfill that role constitutionally. If that role comes into conflict with the Higher Power he has committed to following in his life, he must be willing to give up the earthly power and glory, and seek the glory above.