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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Ever So Humble part 5

10/12/2017 16:45
Being humble doesn't mean thinking less of yourself. It means thinking of yourself less. And thinking of others more. Being Christ-centered (people-centered) instead of being self-centered. And humbleness of mind is letting the mind of Christ (that's already in you) BE in you. USING the mind of...

Ever So Humble part 4

10/11/2017 18:45
When you approach things with a humble heart, you are thinking about others and not yourself. And more specifically, you are thinking about the NEEDS of others. That's the difference between being self-centered and Jesus-centered (people-centered). Jesus loved His disciples so much, He didn't think...

Ever So Humble part 3

10/10/2017 19:42
You know what I think is one of the funniest phrases in all of human history? "Don't judge me." Because that's pretty much all we do to everybody and everything all day every day. "That sandwich tasted good." "I didn't like that movie." Snap judgments that are based on first impressions. And...

Ever So Humble part 2

10/09/2017 18:39
Humbleness of mind is another way of saying "humiliation of mind." And that's what I want to talk about today. Because there are times in our lives when acting like a fool in love is the absolute best thing we can do. Humiliating ourselves in order to help someone else is, admittedly, a hard thing...

Ever So Humble part 1

10/08/2017 19:53
We're continuing our in-depth look at Colossians 3:12, "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering." And before we get into the humbleness of mind--or the mind of the humble One--I just want to reiterate that the...

Mercy Me part 5

10/07/2017 19:28
When something comes from deep within--from the bowels, if I can say it that way--its about the most real thing you can experience. Because the only way for you to know (and believe) that it--love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, kindness... GOD--is in there is for you to experience it. That's what...

Mercy Me part 4

10/06/2017 17:08
I think its interesting that every time God (LOVE) has power over us, He does what is RIGHT for us. He never uses His power to dominate. And I like to quote 2 Corinthians 5:14 from the New Living Translation as much as possible, "Either way, Christ's love controls us. Since we believe that Christ...

Mercy Me part 3

10/05/2017 19:46
Receiving and releasing. Receiving BY releasing. Its so vitally important. Because you can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. When we needed mercy the most Jesus cried out to His Father and said, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." When we were yet...

Mercy Me part 2

10/04/2017 18:41
The thing about mercy is that it is, by definition, undeserved. If you need mercy, that means you're in the soup. In the soup up to your eyeballs. You messed up, bad. And your only choice is to throw yourself at the mercy of the court. Get it? That's why that phrase exists. But now watch this--I...

Mercy Me part 1

10/03/2017 17:52
I just kind of like the phrase, "bowels of mercy." We're going to look at what it means, from our key verse for this kind of ultra Rant series about Colossians 3:12, but before we get into that I just want to give my off the top impression. To me, the bowels of mercy are like the deep deep. Deep...
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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...

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12/26/2020 20:16
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