by Matt Walker | Aug 14, 2016 | TRWW
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...
by Matt Walker | Aug 13, 2016 | TRWW
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...
by Matt Walker | Aug 2, 2016 | TRWW
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...
by Matt Walker | Aug 2, 2016 | TRWW
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...
by Matt Walker | Jul 20, 2016 | TRWW
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...
by Matt Walker | Jul 10, 2016 | TRWW
A key theme of Potential Church, one of our church plants in Wellford, S.C., is this: “It’s time to move over and let God have His way.” As we focus this month on overcoming in the Christian life, this is a message that resonates with all believers. It’s so easy to...
