The Rant

A former co-worker coined the phrase when I offered to let her listen to one of my sermons on CD. She said, "Sure, I'll listen to Tom rant about Jesus." At first it sounded funny, but the more I thought about it the more it seemed to fit. That's what we, as preachers, pretty much do. We rant about Jesus. In 1 Corinthians 2:2 the Apostle Paul says, "For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." That's it. Jesus. Who He is, and what He did, and what it means for us. That's my job, or calling, or anointing. To preach Christ. Jesus is in every book of the Bible. The entire volume speaks of Him. If you don't see Jesus, you're looking at it wrong.

So that's what I'm going to continue to do in this forum: Rant about Jesus.

My hope is to Rant every night by 9:00 pm, so check daily for new blogs.

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Kindness part 4

10/07/2018 19:42

On top of everything else, I lost my voice. Which is why I want to write about how important speaking, or confessing the truth, is. I start a Rant series on kindness, and then I find myself in a position where I really need to receive some kindness... and (thank the Lord) I have people in my life...

Kindness part 3

10/06/2018 18:43

I always talk about how loving someone is the most holy thing you can do. Well, being kind to someone is about the most loving thing you can do. And I say "about" because sometimes you aren't actually helping them by giving in. Sometimes you're just enabling. And that's NOT helping. But even when...

Kindness part 2

10/05/2018 19:32

So this was fortuitious timing. Last night I was stricken with a terrible pain in my left side. So bad that it woke me up in the middle of the night. I told my mom, "Something's wrong, I need to go to the hospital." And she didn't hesitate. She drove me to the hospital. Kindness. Being there for...

Kindness part 1

10/04/2018 19:48

So Logan was doing his homework tonight, and one of the things he had to do was write three sentences about what makes someone a leader. The first thing he wrote was, "To be kind." Because a true leader doesn't use his followers to his advantage, he takes care of his followers. Kindness. Number...

An Open Heart part 5

10/03/2018 19:40

To end this Rant series, let me connect the idea that we've been talking about--keeping our heart open to love rather than closing it down in order to avoid getting hurt--with 1 Peter 3:4, "But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and...

An Open Heart part 4

10/02/2018 19:52

If it was easy, everybody would do it. Right? It can be hard to continue to put yourself out there once you've been burned. Because conventional wisdom would tell you that once you get burned... stay away from the fire. But here's the straight truth: GOD is the consuming fire. And He doesn't burn...

An Open Heart part 3

10/01/2018 19:39

We all have reasons to close our hearts down. We've all been hurt. Beat down, busted, and disgusted. Life gets us all. And I think that's really just a "natural" reaction--you get hurt, and you lash out. You shut it down so you can't get hurt again. But I put "natural" in quotation marks because on...

An Open Heart part 2

09/30/2018 19:47

Keeping--or guarding, or maintaining--your heart is not about closing it down. Its about keeping it open. Open to love. So that the love that IS inside can fill us up to overflowing and come out. Naturally. Look at our key verse again, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the...

An Open Heart part 1

09/29/2018 19:53

The thing about the heart is that what's in it... comes out of it. If you have hatred, or bitterness, or sadness, or anger in your heart... that's what will come out. We really do live from the inside out. Because what's inside is always too big (no matter what it is) to stay inside. You've...

Builded Together part 5

09/28/2018 19:36

WE are the house of God--the temple of the Holy Spirit. And I emphasize WE because its not an "us vs them" thing. Its a "we're all in this together" thing. So WE need to stop causing so much separation. Between us and each other... and between us and God. Because there IS no separation between us...

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EPIC

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The Answer Trilogy is done! EPIC (Eternal Purpose In Christ) is now available at www.amazon.com ! The e-book version is available for Kindle! Identity Crisis tells us who we are (Jesus, not Adam). Six Steps to the Throne tells us where we are (the Promised Land, the Kingdom of God). And now EPIC...

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01/19/2013 12:09

My new Jesus book, "Six Steps to the Throne," is available now in the store section and on www.amazon.com! It is a look at how we got to where we are in Christ. Jesus took Six Steps to the Throne (Crucified, Died, Buried, Quickened, Raised, Seated). This book will look at each step, and then it...

Identity Crisis

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My first book, Identity Crisis, is available now in the Store section, on Amazon.com, and in e-book form for Kindle, Nook, and iTunes iBooks. Identity Crisis tells us who we really are. It is a necessary book for anyone who has ever wondered why they're here or what their purpose is.

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08/16/2012 17:28

Just a teaser... the first few pages of chapter 1 of Identity Crisis! Enjoy! Chapter 1. Two Men 1 Corinthians 15:44-49 says, "It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a...