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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Taste and See part 4

08/18/2018 19:41

Try it... you'll like it. That's basically what God is actually saying to us. No matter what religion would have you believe. God is NOT saying, "Turn or burn." He's NOT saying, "Love me or else." Look at Revelation 22:17, "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come....

Taste and See part 3

08/17/2018 19:52

I wanted to quote this memory verse the last couple of days, but it'll go nicely right here. "Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have...

Taste and See part 2

08/16/2018 20:01

Faith is not hoping something will happen. Faith is knowing something happened. Two thousand years ago. On an old rugged cross. That's why the good fight of faith is laying hold of something you've already got, not trying to get something you haven't got. Seeking first the Kingdom and His...

Taste and See part 1

08/15/2018 19:43

I really think we've twisted faith around. We say things like, "Have faith," and we mean "Hope really hard." That old saying, "PUSH, Pray Until Something Happens." Because it seems like we're always trying to get God to move. Trying to get God to do what we want Him to do. In a way, trying to make...

Disappointment part 5

08/14/2018 19:47

When you're disappointed about something, that means you're letting what's going on around you affect what's going on inside you. And that's not ok. That's a bad idea. Because, as Peter found out when he was walking on water, what's usually going on around you is wind and waves. In this world you...

Disappointment part 4

08/13/2018 19:44

Life happens. Every single day. In this world, you will have tribulations. Things don't go our way. And we can either let that wreck us... or we can rise above it. We can get frustrated and bang our head against the wall trying to make things go our way... or we can have peace. We can try to...

Disappointment part 3

08/12/2018 18:29

When you, inevitably, get disappointed... what do you do? Do you let one bump in the road ruin the entire journey? That seems to be the go to response. We're so ready, willing, and able to let the smallest things wreck us. Because we're so completely focused on what is going on around us. When...

Disappointment part 2

08/11/2018 18:04

Expectation leads to disappointment. That's inevitable. You know, until we learn how to live--how to love--without expectation. But in the meantime, I think its important to focus on what happens after we GET disappointed. And as far as I'm concerned, as my momma always says, we need to "toughen...

Disappointment part 1

08/10/2018 17:46

In the last Rant series we talked about how having expectations dooms you to disappointment. Because if you expect one thing to happen, that means there's only one way you WON'T be disappointed. And about a million billion trillion ways that you will be. So I thought we should follow that up with a...

Expectations part 5

08/09/2018 19:41

God loves us with expectations. Which, of course, is why (and how) we can love each other without expectations. Because what happened was, on the cross God filled us with His Holy Spirit. He took up abode within us. He conformed us to the image of His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. He made...

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EPIC

06/09/2014 13:05

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...

Six Steps to the Throne

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

11/09/2012 15:39

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.

Book Excerpt

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...