60 Years. One Message. Jesus Christ.

Pastor Tom Hughes has been telling bikers about Jesus since Jesus got him at nineteen. Sixty years on a Harley. One message.

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Tom Hughes smiling in his H-D helmet beside his Harley's headlight

CHAPTER 01 · TOM'S STORY

Army vet. Hung out with outlaw bikers at sixteen. Jesus got him anyway.

He started riding at sixteen on a Honda 250, hanging out with the outlaw bikers in Newark, Delaware. In the Army a soldier named Roger Ford wouldn't leave him alone about Jesus. At nineteen, on a bad night, Tom looked up and said, “If you don't get me now, you're not going to get another chance.” He did.

Forty-nine states on his own Harley, Hawaii on a rental, and the Arctic Circle. Cathy, his wife, rides with him and plays piano wherever he sings.

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Tom Hughes, mid-testimony, holding his Bible outdoors

“I've disappointed Him many times. He never disappointed me.”

Chapter 02 · The Invitation

The Prayer of Faith

You don't have to change a thing first. He will enter your heart and forgive your sins if you just invite Him to. “He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). This is the prayer Tom prays with bikers on the street at Daytona. Use your own words if you want. He hears you.

“Dear Jesus, please forgive me for breaking your Ten Commandments, and not being loving to you or to others. I accept your free gift of forgiveness and grace, and ask that you forgive my sins and come into my heart.

Please wash my sins away in your shed blood. Cover me with your White Robe of Righteousness and save me when you come, not because of any good works I have done, but solely because of your righteous deeds.

Save me by grace alone through faith and not by my own works. I ask this in Jesus' name, Amen.”

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Painting of Jesus sitting beside a biker on a lakeside stone wall, listening with an open hand

“Through prayer we can take a road trip straight to heaven.”— Pastor Tom, the Bible Biker

Chapter 03 · Riding4Him

Out on the Road

Sturgis, Daytona, Rolling Thunder, toy runs. Tom goes where the bikers are, with a case of books.

Pastor Tom Hughes preaching in his patched leather vest at the 2012 Adventist Ministers Convention — Church clothes, Ministers Convention

A lineup of touring motorcycles at a scenic pull-off during the SDA Rider Retreat — SDA Rider Retreat

Tom Hughes with two riders and their custom Harleys at the Milwaukee 110th HOG anniversary — Milwaukee, HOG 110th

Four bikers and their Harleys lined up at a biker blessing in Gatlinburg, Tennessee — Biker blessing, Gatlinburg

Tom Hughes on his Harley at the Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort sign — Deals Gap, “Tail of the Dragon”

Tom Hughes holding copies of The Ride of Your Life at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall — The Wall

Stories From the Road

God's Theater

A poem by Tom Hughes

Most people see the world through a windshield
Motorcyclists see God's IMAX Theater
They are IN the picture!

We're heading to Colorado
An IMAX view of the Rockies
Clean air, massive mountains
Tall trees and blue sky

Vision so clear and broad
Beauty and grandeur to behold
God's creation rolls by
Mile after mile we see

To see the world this way
The freedom of the wind blowing through your hair
Why do I do such a dangerous thing?
If I have to explain,
You wouldn't understand!

Fly like an eagle,
And get an IMAX view of the World!

Chapter 04 · Bible Studies

Listen to a Lesson, Read a Sermon

25 half-hour radio lessons and 16 written sermons, by subject. A road story first, then the Book. Start with these:

Painting of an open Bible resting on a motorcycle seat, a winding road and golden mountains beyond

Lesson 01 · 29:34The BibleYour bike came with an owner's manual. So did you. Tom's flat tire at the Arctic Circle proves it.

Painting of a biker kneeling at the foot of a rough wooden cross beside his motorcycle, letting go of his travel bag

Lesson 06 · 27:41SalvationThe devil's two biggest lies: you're too bad to be saved, or too good to be lost. Tom knocks both down.

Painting of a biker at rest under a broad oak at sunset, reading an open Bible beside his parked motorcycle

Lesson 13 · 27:54SabbathNo church on your route? The Sabbath is a day, not a building. You can keep it anywhere you park. Doors open Friday at sundown.

A worn leather biker vest hung on a rough wooden cross

Righteousness by faith · 10 minChrist our righteousnessHe alone is worthy, He alone is perfect, He alone is sinless. He alone, period... no comma... period.

A biker kneeling in prayer at the feet of Jesus beside a stone doorway

The Sabbath · 13 minThe great Sabbath paradoxIt's not about our Sabbath keeping. It's about Jesus' Sabbath keeping. We are saved by His 33 years of perfect Sabbath keeping.

Jesus walking on a storm-dark sea toward a biker in a small boat

The Trinity · 8 minJesus: Fully GodOnly God can be equal with God. He humbled Himself and became a man, and a willingness to serve doesn't make Him one bit less God.

All the Bible Studies

“Come Ride With Me!” live, with Adventist Motorcycle Ministry.

Cathy Hughes in her patched leather vest playing a grand piano at the front of a church — Cathy at the piano, Sabbath morning, vest on.

CHAPTER 05 · THE STORE

Tom & Cathy: Music on the Road

Cathy plays piano. Tom sings and plays guitar. They play rallies, campmeetings and church concerts together. Tom has six CDs. Tom wrote a lot of the songs.

The store has the two books Tom hands out by the case: The Skull & The Cross and The Ride of Your Life. Get a case and hand them out yourself.

Books & Music See them play »

Sixty Years Riding

Come Ride With Us

“He loves you too much to turn you away, and He loves you too much to leave you the way you are.”

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