The “Supreme Court” By Dub McClish

Article III, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States, names the Supreme Court as the ultimate judi-cial power of our nation. Some of its rulings have cru-cially affected the moral foundation and direction of our nation.

On January 22, 1973, in Roe v. Wade, the Court ruled that women had the constitutional right to choose to abort their unborn babies. Since that ruling, more than 57,000,000 innocent babies have been legally murdered in the U.S. alone. All who believe the Bible concerning the sanctity of life remain horri-fied at this ruling and its tragic consequences.

On June 26, 2003, the Court ruled that all laws prohibiting sodomy (homosexual activity) were un-constitutional (Lawrence v. Texas). This rul-ing reflected—and accelerated—the moral degeneration of Amer-ica and greatly advanced the cause of sodomite activists. All who believe the Bible concerning the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman and the Biblical evaluation of homosexual be-havior as “abomi-nation,” “defile-ment,” “against nature,” “unseem-

liness,” “error,” “not fitting,” and the pursuit of “strange flesh” (Lev. 18:22–24; Rom. 1:26–28; 1 Cor. 6:9–10; 1 Tim. 1:10; Jude 7) were appalled at the im-plications of this ruling. It has given credence, legali-ty, and encouragement to deviant, wicked behavior.

Fallible men operate human courts, and all such courts are therefore subject to mistakes. Injustices oc-cur; sometimes the guilty go unpunished and the in-nocent are convicted and suffer wrongly. There is a court, however, in which all wrong judgments and inequities will be corrected. Christians know that which all will some day learn: The judgments of hu-man courts are not final. 1. “Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are

thy judgments” (Psa. 119:137). 2.God “hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom

he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the

dead” (Acts 17:31). 3.“But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then

Our History: The Savage Street Church of

Christ began on March 4, 1923 at 6th and H Streets. After

sometime on Evelyn Street, we moved to our present location on March 20, 1960. Join us in 2023 when we celebrate our

100th anniversary!

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shall he sit on the throne of his glory: and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats” (Mat. 25:31–32).

4. “For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad” (2 Cor. 5:10).

The US “Supreme Court” is not the Supreme Court.

November Activities 19th: Deacons Meeting 19th: Special Contribution for Don Iverson 26th: Potluck 29th: Singing 19,26: (Navigating Public Schools Class 5:00)

December Activities: 16th: Caroling 27th: Singing 31st: Potluck

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Knighting Ceremony Six of our junior high kids have been training hard in the ways of Spiritual Warfare. They've armed themselves

with the Armor of God, have completed all their Squire's Challenges and are almost ready to be knighted! A final

quest and grand Knighting Ceremony will take place shortly after Thanksgiv-ing for these students. If you would like to contribute financially to costs asso-ciated with this feast and cele-

bratory evening, please see Mike or

Andrea Crisp. 

Today is the last day to sign up for Thanksgiving potluck.

I want to wish all of my Church Family a Happy Thanksgiving this

week. I am so thankful to know and love you all. What a blessing you all

are to me!!!

Love, Rebekah

Winter Teaching Quarter The winter quarter teaching sign up sheet is in the teachers supply room. Sign up today. Thank you so much to all of you who teach our children you

are so appreciated!!!

Wayne & Gloriann November 19th.

Phil & Shirley Frisby November 21st.

Prayers for Vance Stromme as he is scheduled for shoulder surgery November 28.

Prayers for Jean and Elzie Parker as she cares for him.

Pray for Tim Braden and his daughter Alisa; that their relationship will be restored.

2017 ContributionOpen & Close

BuildingNovember Greeters Card Collectors

Meet with elders & preacher

Weekly Average 3,268 ..................

Last Week November 12, 3,278 ....

Total After 44 Weeks 143,816.......

November 19: Rick Calvert

November 26: Kerri Ruhl

Wayne & Gloriann

Dominic Meyer

Billy Henshall

The elders and

preacher have

regular meetings.

You may come

Mondays at 1:30

PM to Don’s office.

Call first. Or they

can meet with at

another time.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

OTHER NEWS If you would like to receive the bulletin as a PDF, please see Rebekah Calvert. If you would like to have your an-nouncement run in our bulletin, please place it on the secretary’s desk before Friday morning or email it to Re-bekah Calvert: Novesker@gmail.com

Deacons Meeting Today

Thank You Nick Saulters has expressed his heart felt gratitude for all of the prayers, calls and cards he received during his recovery from surgery.

Lets Celebrate!! Even though there's a lot of serious eating this time of year, here's another reason to celebrate with food - Don Ruhl is turning 60 years old! He loves potlucks and he LOVES being with his brethren, so let's all come together for a potluck birthday party on Sunday, Dec. 3 to wish him the best. More details will be in next week's bulletin. Thanks, Kerri

Thank You Thank you to those that gave money towards the Ju-nior High Medieval Night this Saturday!

Update on Brad Holm Several of you have asked Don how Brad Holm is do-ing. He is doing good now after his seizures. However, he lost his job because of it. He did find another job though.

Special Contribution Today Our annual special contribution for brother Don Iver-son’s work in India is today.

Thank you to all who signed the turkey with thanks. The turkey is still feeling a little bare. Dress him up.

Suggested Good Work Bring a welcome gift to new neighbors.

Luther Posted His Ninety-Five Theses (From Christian History Institute) On October 31, 1517 in Wit-tenberg, Germany one of the most famous events in Church history occurred. A priest named Martin Luther nailed a challenge to a debate on the church door. It consisted of ninety-five statements, or theses, against the practice of indul-gences—theses which he was willing to defend.

Indulgences at first were rare, consisted of shortening a penance imposed on a contrite sinner. They had become big business for popes, who sold them as a source of revenue. In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries they came to be seen

as removing actual guilt. By the sixteenth century, they were hawked as covering the sins of both the living and the souls in purgatory. The common folk bought them with this under-standing. 

Luther was appalled. “When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said ‘Repent’, He called for the entire life of believers to be one of repentance,” he wrote. “Those who preach in-dulgences are in error when they say that a man is absolved and saved from every penalty by the pope’s indulgences.” 

Johann Tetzel, a notorious peddler of indulgences, coined a jingle: “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.” Luther ve-hemently denied this. “There is no divine authority for preach-ing that the soul flies out of the purgatory immediately the money clinks in the bottom of the chest.” The more likely effect was “avarice and greed.” Against Tetzel’s loose interpreta-tion, Luther insisted, “The pope’s pardons are not able to remove the least venial of sins

as far as their guilt is con-cerned.” 

Thanks to the newly prolific printing press, copies of Luther’s theses were circulating every-where in that region within a week and generating heated discussion. For Luther, who had recently come to an understand-ing of justification by faith, in-dulgences were wrong. Christ’s blood, not money, purchased pardon from guilt. Eventually the debate resulted in a split in the church. His posting of the Ninety-five Theses has been seen ever since as marking the beginning of the Protestant Ref-ormation.

Speakers on Wednesday Please keep your messages short. Everyone has already sat through 45 minutes of class, and the families with school-age children like to get home as ear-ly as they can.

2018 Fall Seminar Finally, I have made arrange-ments with brother Ralph Gilmore to hold our seminar October 12–14, 2018 on athe-ism.

Our Mission Works Outside of Josephine County, Oregon

Chimala Mission Hospital and Schools,

Tanzania, Africa

Wayne Jackson & ChristianCourier.com, Stockton, California

Brad Harrub & Focus Press, Franklin, Tennessee

Don Iverson’s India Work

Don Patton’s archaeological work, especially Noah’s Ark

Mountain States Children’s Home, Longmont, Colorado

RUHL’S RULES

OUR SHEPHERDS: Wayne Duncan Dan Calvert

OUR PREACHER: Don Ruhl

OUR DEACONS: Gene Tomlinson Michael Crisp, Jr. Carl Peugh

OUR SONG LEADERS: Larry Amberg Phil Joseph Kevin Michael

OUR WEB SITE: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com

CONTACT INFORMATION: 220 NE Savage Street Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 541-476-3100 GrantsPassCofC@iCloud.com

WORSHIP AND CLASSES:

Sunday Classes 9:30 .......... Worship 10:30 ........ Worship 6:00 ........

Wednesday

Classes 7:00 ..........