It’s the most wonderful time, of the year!. There will be marshmallows for melting, pecan pies to be losing, and snow angels replaced by jumping jacks in the snow. Well, at least that’s the way the song goes for your local gym owner. The winter solstice has passed, the holidays are over, and it is
Welcome to North Second Street. The Spirit of God continues to hover over the waters and to create growth in a dry desert. If you follow social media posts of preachers and teachers within churches of Christ, you would think the church is in turmoil and headed in the wrong directions. Each week, one article
In 1804, Barton Stone and a handful of Presbyterian ministers in Kentucky made the radical decision to just use their Bibles for teaching in the church, to have independent churches, and not to use sectarian names for their congregations. To do that, they had to put to death the presbytery they had recently formed as
It’s no secret I love fruit related desserts. Peach cobbler, key lime pie, banana pudding, and blackberry cobbler all make my heart (or actually my stomach) pitter-patter with delight. But the fruit I learned to favor more than all others, is my mom’s strawberry pie. I believe I could eat an entire pie in one
“All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord, for they have heard the words of your mouth, and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord.”-Psalm 138:4-5 As we make our way to the end of the year 2025, it is a
When I was a kid, I loved spy movies and characters in disguise. Many of my favorite movie memories contain names like James Bond, Jason Bourne, or even Maxwell Smart and Inspector Clouseau. Superman, Spiderman, and Batman all depend of hidden identity and “those meddling kids” from Scooby Doo always solved the crime by exposing
Sports gambling revenue has increased by 900-percent in just five years! In 2020, gamblers lost a record $1.5-billion on online sports betting. In 2024, that number hit $13.71-billion1. The total amount gambled on sports in 2025 has already broken all records with $150-billion2. And there are still two months left. In a 2024 article from
The elders here at North Second Street have asked me to focus my preaching and teaching on the subjects of pornography and gambling during November. These two sins are far from new but they are transmitted at light speed by today’s technology and our young men are struggling to keep their eyes trained away from
I was listening to a podcast this week featuring intellectual and author Charles Murray from Harvard and MIT. He recently wrote a book entitled “Taking Religion Seriously which describes his journey from agnostic to Christian1. Murray’s transformation began with the kind of mental puzzler that men have considered for years; “Can God create a stone