The more I learn about the on-going legal standoff occurring in the Alabama State court building, the more uneasy I become. 

The surface story goes like this: Alabama's Chief Justice, Roy Moore, is refusing to obey a Federal court order to remove a monument he placed in his State court building. Why would the Federal court issue such an order? Because, the monument Moore erected depicts the 10 commandments from the Bible and the Federal court believes this violates the First Amendment (Read about it here). 

The First Amendment says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

It appears to me Justice Moore interprets this to mean the Federal court can't force the State of Alabama to remove the monument because such an order would violate the "free exercise" clause.

The Federal court, however, sees the placement of a monument to the 10 commandments in a State court building to be a violation of the "establishment of religion" clause.

But, like I said, this is just the story on the surface. It's the story beneath the surface that's making me so uneasy. The way I see it, the real issue in this standoff between the State court and the Federal court is not really over the so-called "separation of church and state" issue, but over who's law will Americans be made to bow -- God's law, or man's law?

You see, God's law is the very foundation upon which our American freedom is built. Turning from God's law leads to lawlessness, and lawlessness leads to loss of freedom. 

As I thought about that monument sitting in that building waiting to be forcibly removed, I suddenly understood something Jesus once said. 

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force (Matthew 11:12 New American Standard Bible). 

So this is how it is, when lawlessness is law.