Read (PRoS)
Psalm 1:2
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.”
Why we read:
Scripture itself tells us the benefit. Meditation on God’s Word shapes delight, not just discipline. The Bible connects meditation with stability, fruitfulness, and endurance, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God,” Matthew 4:4. Reading and meditating trains the heart to desire what God desires and to live from His truth rather than impulse or opinion.
Why Street Seminary reads:
Public reading is modeled throughout the Bible.
“So Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read,” Luke 4:16.
In Acts, “And he was reading the prophet Isaiah… Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus,” Acts 8:30–35. God repeatedly uses spoken Scripture to bring understanding, conviction, and faith.
What we hope to achieve:
The Bible commands communal reading, not just private study. “Devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching,” 1 Timothy 4:13. When Scripture is read together, we are aligned under the same truth, corrected by the same Word, and formed by the same voice of God. Reading together slows us down, guards against isolation, and allows the Word to shape us collectively, not individually alone.
Our Approach
Street Seminary was shaped by real life, growing up in Houston, serving in the military, working in the oil field and construction, teaching in classrooms, pastoring youth, and even learning through comedy. In high school, sports, teams, practices, and shared experiences brought people together naturally. Community was formed not through lectures alone, but through presence, repetition, effort, laughter, and shared struggle.
That same principle carried into faith. A small local church demonstrated that walking with Jesus is not merely learned, it is experienced. Faith became real through proximity, shared meals, conversations, prayer, and doing life together. The Gospel moved from information to transformation because it was lived, not just taught.
Our approach is simple and Spirit-led. We gather in small, local, accessible ways and allow joy, creativity, and shared experience to open hearts to truth. Sometimes that looks like reading Scripture together, sometimes it looks like discussion, service, food, games, or laughter. We believe the Holy Spirit uses joy and relationship as often as He uses instruction.