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Certainly it is the correct choice to disobey man's law when it is contradiction to God's law.

It's a stretch to say that a sign ordinance is in contradiction to God's law. To say nothing of what an obnoxious witness his sign is. I would rather he's have taken his money and quietly done some Godly work, without fighting for attention.

It's a stretch to say that a sign ordinance is in contradiction to God's law. To say nothing of what an obnoxious witness his sign is. I would rather he's have taken his money and quietly done some Godly work, without fighting for attention.

"Jesus is Lord" in large neon letters on the side of an old car dealership is obnoxious?

Let me tell you a little story. When I was a kid my uncle witnessed to me over about a period of a week. Something was stirring inside of me. On my 7 hour trip home I saw "obnoxious" "john 3:16" painted on over passes, "Jesus" on highway signs, and bumber stickers up the waazoo. Now the athiests will think I am nuts, but God was calling me. He used my uncle, over passes, highway signs, and bumper stickers. Every time I saw any refernece to God, regardless of where it was, I knew! I almost found it comical. But guess what. My uncle, over passes, street signs and bumper sticker did it!

What this man did was against the law...not God's law. Should he take the sign down. I would fight it. It is not obnoxious. How dare you say any type of witness is obnoxious, however unorthodox that it may be. How do you know that some kid wasn't coming home from his uncle's and saw that sign? How do you know some drug addict wasn't changed by that "obnoxious" sign? How do you know whether or not that sign will stir something in somebody, anybody?

Yeah, he broke the city ordinance. The ACLU would defend other groups in a similar situation. They aren't defending this man. Why? Becuase he is a Christian. And he is trying to make a difference with an "obnoxious" sign he spent $10,000 on.

While we may have to agree to disagree, I noticed you like Eccl.. A passage comes to mind:

Eccl. 3: 1-8

[1] To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

[2] A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

[3] A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

[4] A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

[5] A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

[6] A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

[7] A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

[8] A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

I think you know that Christianity is being attacked. I don't mind if a fellow Christian sees this as "a time to speak". He's not hurting anyone. I'd bet he also sees the fading of Christianity and it's his way of speaking up. I give him credit because the vast majority prefer silence when it comes to Jesus. You see, believing or speaking up for Him, is not politically correct.