Month: January 2025

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