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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Self Care part 4

06/19/2018 19:38

Taking care of others is how we take care of ourselves, but there has to be a balance where we don't hurt ourselves. If I try to do something I can't do... I'm probably just going to make things worse. And that doesn't help anybody. So when I quote my memory verse for today, Philippians 2:4, I'm...

Self Care part 3

06/18/2018 19:29

Saying no. If you're like me its the last resort. Because if you're like me you want to help people. You want to do what you can do. Someone ask you to do something and you want to say yes. But there are a few things I want to talk about regarding saying no. And the first one is: Sometimes you...

Self Care part 2

06/17/2018 19:58

Taking care of yourself. Seems like a no-brainer, right? But that's not how it looks to me. It looks to me like people are wearing themselves out trying to get something they think they haven't got by being someone they're not. Trying to earn something that can't be earned. Trying to win the...

Self Care part 1

06/16/2018 20:19

I mentioned this idea of "self care" a couple of days ago and I want to pick up on it and really dig into it. Because I think its important. And when I Rant--yes, I write to figure things out a lot of the time--but when I Rant I want to put something useful out into the world. Something helpful. So...

Life and Death part 5

06/15/2018 19:08

Love is the difference between life and death. Because love and life are the same thing. No love, no life. Know love, know life. And what got Adam--and all of humanity before the cross--into trouble is that he thought he needed to earn God's love through the knowledge of good and evil so that he...

Life and Death part 4

06/14/2018 19:54

Heaven and hell. Life and death. Love... and fear. That's right. I said fear. Not hate. I don't think you can actually hate something that you don't, deep down, actually love. I think hatred is more the reaction to rejection than anything else. And when we see what love casts out--in 1 John...

Life and Death part 3

06/13/2018 19:47

Get busy living or get busy dying. That's about as simply as I can put it. And here's the thing--we know that we HAVE passed from death into life because we love each other. We WERE dead in our trespasses and sins, but we HAVE been quickened and brought back to life by our heavenly Father. And not...

Life and Death part 2

06/12/2018 19:56

I think if you look at heaven as life and hell as death--not destinations, but states of being--then everything is a heaven and hell issue. Because I think everything is a life or death issue. As one of my favorite movies says, "Get busy living or get busy dying." As I see it, those are your...

Life and Death part 1

06/11/2018 19:44

I heard a preacher say one time, "We make everything out to be a heaven and hell issue... when really most things are life and death issues!" And his point was that we spend so much time thinking about the afterlife that we miss out on the life we have right now. And I'm not going to get into what...

A Verb part 5

06/10/2018 19:45

Love is... giving. Plain and simple. It is the act of giving yourself--everything you have and everything you are. Laying your life down for your friends. Esteeming others higher than yourself. Not trying to get anything, but knowing that you have everything, and giving what you've got. Like I...

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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...