Derek Bernstone: February 2019
This year's SOS Programme is fresh from Derek Bernstone's keyboard. Open to everyone and usually held in people's houses, the monthly title's give the flavour of this eclectic and fun programme. The monthly themes are:
Bye Bye Brexit, Goodbye; Easter Sunday Breakfast; 47 years of ABBA; 50 years of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; SOS on tour to Simply Thai; Space and Junk; The Summer of Love; A five (£) for four (people) meal; 50 years of Monty Python's Flying Circus; Diwali; New Year Meal & A Plan for the Future meeting to plan next year.
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John considers the story of the basket of ripe fruit in Amos 8:1-14.A Basket of Ripe Fruit1 This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: a basket of ripe fruit. 2 "What do you see, Amos?" he asked. "A basket of ripe fruit," I answered. Then the LORD said to me, "The time is ripe for my people Israel; I will spare them no longer. 3 "In that day," declares the...

Richard reflects on Amos 7:10-17 and the amazingly named Amaziah.Amos and Amaziah10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: "Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 11 For this is what Amos is saying: " 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile...

"There are a lot of us out there — people who know what they SHOULD think about the Bible, but who actually think something quite different. We're told the Bible is the inspired word of God; then we read bits which are violent, disgusting or utterly weird. We're told it should fill us with joy and gratitude, only to encounter significant chunks that seem irrelevant, incomprehensible...
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