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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New Beginning part 5

12/21/2017 19:53

The New Beginning is all about, well, NEW. Not the same old same old. Not another crack at trying your best, and good luck to you. No, it is literally the life of God (Who IS life) filling us to overflowing and bursting out through the seams. Its about the abundant, everlasting, eternal,...

New Beginning part 4

12/20/2017 20:37

The best part--the very best part--about the New Beginning that came into fulness on the cross... is that what came before doesn't matter. Who you used to be isn't who you have to be. Your actions, especially your "mistakes," don't define you. Let me say it like this: You are not what people call...

New Beginning part 3

12/19/2017 19:50

The best thing about the New Beginning that the cross brought about is that it wasn't just Jesus pressing a reset button for us so that we could try again; it was much more than that. Much better than that. Because we didn't just get another chance at life as we knew it. We got HIS life. Jesus gave...

New Beginning part 2

12/18/2017 19:42

First there was the beginning. Of the story. When God created heaven and earth. The mind and the body. You. The beginning of YOUR story. And in the beginning of your story you didn't know very much. Babies don't. And that doesn't mean babies are bad. My son, Logan, doesn't like babies because they...

New Beginning part 1

12/17/2017 20:12

I like the creation story. Always have. And people sometimes ask me about it: "Do you really believe Adam was the first man on earth?" Like that's the point of the story. Look at Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." So if there was already God, then what does the...

Temple part 5

12/16/2017 19:37

Jesus said He would tear down the temple and rebuild it in three days. That's what happened on the cross. That's what happened to us. We are the temple that He made without hands. We are the dwelling place of the living God. He lives in us. He lives through us. He lives as us. God expressed Himself...

Temple part 4

12/15/2017 18:58

Don't you realize? That's the question that the Apostle Paul asks in our key verse for this Rant series. He never went around telling people what they weren't. Or what they should be. He went around from church to church trying to help people realize who they already were. Don't you realize that...

Temple part 3

12/14/2017 14:45

The human body is a shrine to love. I don't know how else to put it. The most important thing in the world is on full display inside of us. And that means it can be on display THROUGH us. That's the key: What's inside--what you know and believe is inside--WILL come out. We live from the inside-out....

Temple part 2

12/13/2017 19:38

One of the "coolest" (in the sense that we like to make God in our image instead of understanding what it means to be made in His image) stories in the Bible is the one where Jesus gets mad and flips over the tables in the temple. And I think we like that story because of the "human" reaction....

Temple part 1

12/12/2017 19:48

The carpenter Jesus built a house. And that house... is you. "Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself" (1 Corinthians 6:19 NLT). And that right there is the problem. We don't realize it. We're so...

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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...