Category: Columns

The first church I ever pastored was in a small community in the Brazos Valley of Texas. It was a simple wooden chapel, with white siding and a metal roof, the floors were original to the sanctuary from when it was built in...

by John Jefferson A recent news item reported lionfish had been detected in the Gulf off the Texas coast. I immediately called my granddaughter, Laura Jefferson Heinen and her husband, Ian. They are our family adventurers...

This is the first of three articles in which I hope to acknowledge and challenge three main chains hindering the Christian church today. I will not talk about churches that turn from the Gospel of Christ or preach only the...