Nashville First Baptist Church

Today, we launch a new eight-week series through the book of Acts — What Jesus Began. It is the story of the Holy Spirit taking everything Jesus started and refusing to let it stop. It is the story of a movement that has crossed continents, survived empires, outlasted every opposition, and arrived — still moving, still unhindered — in this city, in this room, on this morning.

From John 20, Senior Pastor Thomas West, examines the evidence together — historically and personally — meet the man who held out the longest and confessed the most completely, and arrive at the moment this entire Gospel was written to produce: a verdict on the most important question: Who is Jesus Christ?

This morning, we arrive at the final sign in John’s Gospel — the biggest one. Not healing a sick man. Not restoring sight. A man four days dead. And Jesus is on his way. Join Senior Pastor Thomas West as we look at John 11.

In John 9, we encounter Jesus as the Light of the World—the One who doesn’t just explain our darkness, but steps into it. This isn’t just a story about physical sight. It’s about the deeper need we all share: to make sense of our lives, our suffering, and our next steps.

Dr. Scott Harris is preaching today with a sermon, “Jesus Is Your True Bread” from John 6:1-15. 

In John 5:1-15, this sign points to something deeper than physical healing. It exposes the truth about our condition and the only One who can truly restore us. We cannot heal ourselves. Our systems and traditions cannot save us. Only Jesus has the authority to make us whole.

In John 4, Jesus meets a desperate father and grows his fragile faith from a spark into a steady fire. This sign isn’t just about healing a child—it’s about how Jesus draws us through need, grows small faith, and invites us to trust His word before we see His work.

What if the same Jesus who fills your table with joy is also the one who flips it over? Jesus doesn’t disrupt your life because He’s against you. He clears what distracts you because He’s for you. He removes obstacles so you can truly meet God and find lasting joy.

This Sunday, Senior Pastor Dr. Thomas West begins the series leading up to Easter called READING THE SIGNS. Learn how Jesus reveals Himself through the Gospel of John. Today we look at Jesus' first miracle, turning water into wine.

What if being a Christian isn’t about what you believe, but who you’re becoming? In Matthew 4, Jesus doesn’t invite people to admire Him—He calls them to follow Him, be formed by Him, and join Him on mission. Discipleship isn’t an optional add-on to faith; it is the Christian life.

Senior Pastor Dr. Thomas West's sermon is from Colossians 1:15–20 and the theme is “First Things First.”

Pastor Thomas teaches from Acts 2:42–47, reminding us that the church is not defined by a building, but by a devoted people—formed through God’s Word, prayer, fellowship, and shared life together. Note: This message was recorded Friday night and rebroadcast on Sunday due to weather conditions.

What if the greatest threat to your faith isn’t rebellion—but neglect? In Deuteronomy 30, Moses reminds us that life and death are set before us, and the Word of God is not far away. It’s near, accessible, and meant to lead us to Jesus, who is our life.

What if the problem with our prayer lives isn’t discipline or technique—but the way we see God? Jesus teaches us that prayer comes alive when we stop performing and start trusting our Father in heaven, who is already at work bringing His kingdom to earth.

A clear discipleship posture is drawn from 1 Samuel 3: hearing, trusting, and obeying God’s voice. In a world full of noise and competing voices, Scripture reminds us that God still speaks, that His voice can be known, and that life is formed as we learn to respond with faith and obedience.

Senior Pastor Dr. Thomas West covers Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. Scripture reminds us that there is a season for everything under heaven, and that God is present and purposeful in every one of them.

The message, Bread from Heaven, explores a surprising claim at the heart of Christmas: God does not merely give help from a distance. He comes near and gives Himself.

Senior Pastor Thomas West explores how God leads us from grumbling to joy and how Christ’s arrival makes that journey possible for each of us.

Dr. Thomas West, Senior Pastor preaches from Exodus 13:19; Luke 1:68-72; and Galatians 4:4-5. We learn about the God who hears, the God who remembers, the God who knows, and the God who steps in to save at precisely the right moment.

Today, we open the season under the banner "When Heaven Came Down," remembering that God’s light breaks into our darkness long before we can see it. Our guest preacher today is Mike Glenn. 

After months of watching God deliver His people, dwell with His people, and declare His glory, we pause to ask what these truths now mean for us. Do we want His presence more than His blessings?

In a world full of competing stories about who we are and what will save us, we’ll be reminded that the Bible doesn’t just give us a set of religious ideas—it tells the true story of the whole world, and invites us to find our place in it.

Today we look at Exodus 25. After all the plagues, parting seas, and thunder on the mountain, God gives Moses blueprints — not for another miracle, but for a meeting place. God is saying, “Build me a space… because I intend to live with you.”

In this message, Senior Pastor Thomas West explains that the Law acts like a mirror: it reveals who God is, exposes who we are not, and points us to the only One who can make us whole. The God who shook the mountain has come near in Jesus Christ, who perfectly kept the Law for lawbreakers like us.

Today’s message is titled “Don’t Waste Your Wilderness.” Senior Pastor Thomas West describes how God met His people with manna—bread from heaven—in a barren place and why that matters for our lives right now.