the Logos

I know that the map that I showed on Sunday was hard to see so here it is. Amos announces that the Lord roars judgment from Zion.  He starts by pronouncing judgment on the pagan nations surrounding Israel and Judah.  You can see the divided kingdom of Israel and Judah (highlighted with yellow) and the red stars are the nations addressed in Amos 1:3-2:3

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We all have much to thank God for! Grateful is what we are, but thanksgiving is what we do! Let us continually give thanks to our good and gracious Heavenly Father. For those who have not heard, Deacon Gibbons passed last week. His home-going service will be on Saturday, 12/1 at 11 a.m. There will not be a wake. Please keep Sis. Gibbons and family in your prayers. Ladies, you have a missional opportunity to join the Deaconess Ministry as they serve dinner to the ladies of the Helen Wright Center on Thursday, November 29th at 7pm. To sign up or make a monetary contribution, please see Deaconess LaDonna Bethea, Shebbie Coppage, Shirley Smith, or Erica Wilson. You can also contact the church office.

I'm asking everyone to continue praying for Deacon Gibbons and his health.  Also, pray for Sis. Gibbons' strength and encouragement as she cares for her husband. Today is Veteran's Day.  We remember and thank the veterans who helped maintain liberties all of us routinely take for granted. The freedoms we enjoy didn't come cheaply.  We should also reflect upon what God has done for us, as the price He paid for our freedom also didn't come cheaply.  If you know and love Jesus, it is because He did the impossible for you: He knew and loved you first, paid for your sin on the cross, and reconciled you back to the Father. For that, we should be eternally grateful! Once again, we are partnering with Mosaic Church for a Thanksgiving Outreach . We will gather on Saturday, Nov. 17th at 9am at Mosaic Church to assemble boxes of food for our adopted neighborhood (same one that we gave school backpacks to) and distribute them that same morning.  Here is what we need:  $

Since the election is Tuesday, I thought I would share a portion of this blog post. I'll be sending the whole thing out to our mailinglist on Monday. Jesus' mission is bigger than next Tuesday’s election. Way bigger.  The Great Commission summons to make disciples — both reaching out for more quantity and going deep for more quality — should relativize the stock Jesus' followers put in any political endeavor. Christians shouldn’t be dead-set on winning elections, but on making disciples. We put our best eggs in the disciplemaking basket, not the ballot box. We expect defeat in the short run, but triumph in the long haul. Lose the election, win the world.  The Christian's trust is not in politics. Our hope for the future isn’t in the incumbent or the challenger, but in the God-man who promises that he will build his church and that his gospel will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations. And his final instructions before taking to th