Nashville First Baptist Church

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. 

Discipleship Pastor Bryan Barley leads us through Exodus 18, where Moses learns that freedom requires wisdom, not just miracles.

Senior Pastor Thomas West continues our journey through Exodus with a message called Way Maker. The God who drew Israel out of Egypt still draws people out of fear, shame, and sin—into freedom, worship, and mission.

Today's Scripture takes us back to Exodus 12 and the night of the first Passover. 

Today, we continue our journey through Exodus with a message called Battle of the Gods. Pharaoh once asked, “Who is the LORD that I should obey him?” That same question still echoes in our lives today. The good news is this: God has not left the question unanswered—He has revealed Himself as the only God, the Creator, and the Savior.

Pastor Thomas West preaches on the book of Exodus and walks with Moses into a moment we all know too well — when things go from bad to worse. Moses obeyed God, and instead of a breakthrough, he faced rejection, complaint, and despair. Yet in the middle of the mess, God revealed Himself afresh: “I am the LORD… I will bring you out… I will redeem you… I will be your God.”

Senior Pastor Thomas West continues his series in the book of Exodus with the story of Moses at the burning bush.

Today, Senior Pastor Thomas West begins a new series on Exodus. From darkness to light - the story of the Exodus is the story all God’s people share. From the birth of Israel to the church today, God delivers and dwells with his people.

This is the conclusion of our Faith & Work Series. Discipleship Pastor Bryan Barley covers how one of the main ways we honor God through our work is by doing it well. 

“How do we keep from seeing work as meaningless toil—or turning it into a towering monument to ourselves?” Pastor Thomas West continues his series on Faith and Work today.

Senior Pastor Thomas West explores how work isn’t random—it’s part of a bigger story. 

Senior Pastor Thomas West begins a new series on Faith & Work. We believe the gospel isn’t just for Sundays—it’s meant to shape every part of our lives, including the work we do throughout the week. 

One year ago, we cast a 10-year vision to become Nashville’s Church—for the good of the city and the glory of God. Today, we return to that vision with grateful hearts and expectant spirits.

Today we’ll explore what self-control really is, why it matters, and how Jesus—the most self-controlled person who ever lived—is both our model and our means.

Reading from Matthew 11:28-30 and Galatians 5:22-23, we look at one of the most overlooked but needed fruits of the Spirit: Gentleness.