Faith in an unseen God seemed illogical to James Wilson, until one fateful night when he experienced a vision from God and felt the pull to confront this God others talked about. The more he pursued knowledge of Jesus, the more he felt God's pursuit of him and encouragement to give God his all. Such revelation prompted the creation of his new book, Kingdom in Pursuit, a collection of essays that define the responsibilities of Christians as they are selected by the Lord to stand tall on faith and proclaim the gospel to others. James discusses the spiritual transformation that occurs once...

From 1924 to 1962, Texon was a model company oil town in Reagan County, Texas. Pittsburgh-based Big Lake Oil Company developed the town site next to the Big Lake Oil Field and Santa Rita No. 1, the discovery well on University of Texas lands in the Permian Basin. Pres. Levi Smith ensured that company employees and their families enjoyed comfortable housing and community amenities, including a grade school, hospital, nondenominational church, theater, swimming pool, and baseball park, as well as a cafe and dry goods, grocery, and drugstores. By the end of World War II, the Big Lake Field's...