Author: Bob Beltz

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.  In the speech he quoted one of the Minor Prophets.  He said, “Until justice rolls down like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”  The quote is from the… Continue reading Let Justice Roll Down

I was speaking to a men’s group this week on the book of Lamentations.  I felt a little bad since there was a celebratory mood in the room related to the events of the last few days and I didn’t want to depress them since Lamentations has been called “the saddest book in the Bible” I… Continue reading How to Get a Preemptive Pardon

No, they are not playing in the NFL playoffs.  But if they were, the Locusts would definitely win!  Grasshoppers and Locusts are the same species.  Grasshoppers become locusts when they begin to swarm.  And when they swarm, everything in their path is completely destroyed.  Such is the case in the first chapter of Joel, which is the book we look… Continue reading The Grasshoppers vs. the Locusts

You wouldn’t expect to find a piece of instruction from God like this in the Bible.  God told Hosea, “Go marry a whore.”  He then told Hosea that his wife was going to be unfaithful and end up either in prostitution or slavery.  Under Jewish law, Gomer (the whore’s name) should have been stoned to death!  Instead,… Continue reading Go Marry a Whore

After a holiday break, we will be back on the road again and through the Book this coming Monday, the 13th.  We will be picking up where we left off: through Oklahoma on Route 66 and through the corresponding prophets of the Old Testament.  If you haven’t been traveling with us, we finished the five books… Continue reading On the Road Again

This week’s episode of The Road to Somewhere takes us to Catoosa, OK, the home of the Blue Whale of Catoosa.  It is one of the most popular attractions on Route 66.  The whale was built as an anniversary present for Zelda Davis by her husband Hugh.  In recent times, the city of Catoosa has taken care of the whale.  The… Continue reading Blue Whales and Lion’s Dens

This week’s episode is not about me!  It is about a prophet named Ezekiel.  He begins his prophesies by telling us he was in his 30th year. when he began to receive visions from God.  This is much better than being 75!  I used birthday in the heading to see if the word kicks into a… Continue reading God’s Wild Prophet

If I were the prophet Jeremiah, this is how I might start the book of Lamentations: “I told you so!”  For over forty years, Jeremiah warned the nation of Judah that if they did not repent of their ways, God was going to send a nation from the north to destroy them.  Nobody listened.  King Zedekiah’s official prophet… Continue reading “I told you so!”

Today’s episode takes us a little further into Oklahoma and introduces us to the second of the Major Prophets: Jeremiah.  Jeremiah is sometimes called “The Weeping Prophet.”  Why?  I think he hated his job.  He hated it so much that in the text he tells God he wish he had never been born.  Why did… Continue reading The Weeping Prophet

Today we begin a new season in The Road to Somewhere.  Having traveled through three states, and twenty-two books of the Old Testament, we enter Oklahoma today and begin working our way through the seventeen books of Old Testament prophecy.  Our first stop in Oklahoma is Commerce.  One of the greatest baseball players of all time grew up here.  His… Continue reading The Prophets are Here!