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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Waketh part 4

09/17/2018 19:47

Sleep is death. And that is completely different than rest. Because rest is how we live. We are awake, but we are NOT running around like chickens with our heads cut off. We are NOT trying to earn something that can't be earned. We are NOT trying to earn our bread by the sweat of our brow. Jesus is...

Waketh part 3

09/16/2018 19:39

The difference between being awake and asleep is literally the difference between life and death. Sleep walking. The walking dead. Going through the motions. Stuck in a rut--which is just a grave with the ends kicked out. Stumbling around in the dark. Trying the best you can with what you've got...

Waketh part 2

09/15/2018 19:48

Jesus came to wake us from sleep. Because even while we slept, our heart waketh. Before the cross, when we were dead in our trespasses and sins, we KNEW there was something better out there. That's why we spent so much of our three T's (Time, Talent, Treasure) trying to get that something better....

Waketh part 1

09/14/2018 20:27

I try to stay in my lane. If I think I have something to say about a topic, I'll say it. If I don't, I generally just leave it alone. So the themes I find myself repeating over and over--receiving and releasing, living the abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of God by letting HIM live...

Torn and Smitten part 5

09/13/2018 19:44

In this world you will have tribulation. That's just called living. Stuff happens, to paraphrase Forrest Gump. But the thing about it is, well, let me quote a verse in Revelation and then I'll try to unwrap it. "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that...

Torn and Smitten part 4

09/12/2018 19:44

Let me quote our key passage for this Rant series again, "Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight" (Hosea 6:1-2)....

Torn and Smitten part 3

09/11/2018 19:42

You don't have to be punished in order to be blessed. I think that's the point I'm trying to make with this Rant Series. We seem to have the idea that God has to tear US before He can heal us. That He has to smite US before He can bind us up. But that's just not the way it is. God--our heavenly...

Torn and Smitten part 2

09/10/2018 19:42

The natural, carnal mind seems to operate under the idea that we have to go through suffering in order to earn a reward. As if to say we have to go through the bad in order to get to the good. We have this idea that God has to tear and smite us before He can heal us and bind us up. But that's not...

Torn and Smitten part 1

09/09/2018 19:45

It kind of bums me out a little bit that I feel the need to Rant about this... but... it seems like a large majority of people--especially "religious folk"--are ready, willing, and able (and even happy!) to blame God for the things that happen to them. Even so far as talking about physical illness...

Live by Faith part 5

09/08/2018 19:19

We live by faith... by walking by faith. Putting our money where our mouth is. And, like I've been trying to say--we DO live by faith, no matter what. Its just a matter of having our faith in the right thing. And here's where I want to make a very clear and loud distinction: There is a difference...

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