I Sought for a Man …
America needs Christian men who want to lead their families in a prayerful and powerful way so that their children and grandchildren will be followers of Christ and leaders in their own families and communities. The world doesn’t like the concept of godly men who are...
Getting Plugged In
Most people in our nation are plugged in to many things. We’re plugged into: social media, networking, the Internet, face timing, fantasy football apps, etc. But as Christians, I think it is imperative that we are plugged into our Source of power and wisdom. That...
Speaking Truth in Love
A friend of mine’s father prayed for and witnessed to his brother, named Bob, for many years and saw very little response. However, after Bob was diagnosed with a brain tumor, my friend’s father was able to lead his brother to Christ in the hospital. My friend says...
Supplying Needs in Texas and West Virginia
Separate floods caused great damage in the Houston area and in many counties of West Virginia this Summer. We have had aid workers handing out supplies in both areas. Houston experienced its second major flood in recent weeks with more than 1,000 homes destroyed and...
Mentoring to Empower the Church
In 2 Timothy 1:1-2, we read, “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord” (NKJV). In our passage, Paul...
Training New Believers
Earlier this year, a newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee refused to run a Christian book store ad because it contained an offensive word: “Christian.” In Cleveland, a billboard was refused for the film “God’s Not Dead 2” because the wording was “incendiary.” How do we...
We’ve Come This Far By Faith
When my dad started his radio ministry not long after Thomas Road Baptist Church was founded, he chose the song, “We’ve Come This Far By Faith” as the theme of the broadcast. That song, written by Albert Goodson, contains these powerful words: We’ve come this far by...
Who Are You Mentoring?
The book of Deuteronomy takes place over the course of just 37 days. Moses is an elderly man as he writes this wonderful book and he is preparing Israel for new leadership because he knows he will soon die. What a time for Israel. Even though they often stumbled...
Never Too Busy
I had the privilege of baptizing an 18-year-old young man a couple of weeks ago after he and his parents drove from Richmond to Thomas Road Baptist Church for that very thing. Even though they were a bit late and I had to run up to our baptistery right before I was...
Looking Back
I often think back on June 21, 1956. That was the date of the first meeting of Thomas Road Baptist Church. My father was the young pastor and my mother was the pianist. The church would move into an old Donald Duck Bottling Company building and within a year outgrow...
Carry On
Scottish theologian James Moffatt (1870-1944) said, “When a man leaves this world, be he righteous or unrighteous, he leaves something in the world. He may leave something that will grow and spread like a cancer or a poison, or he may leave something like the...
Six Core Values
At Thomas Road Baptist Church and our campus church plants -- Dan River Church (Danville, Va.), Crossroads Church (Roanoke, Va.) and Nuevo Amanecer (Spanish-language church in Lynchburg) -- we function with SIX CORE VALUES guiding us. They are: • A commitment to...