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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Effort part 5

08/03/2017 18:14

Good things take effort. And they take time. Rome wasn't built in a day, right? And this seems like a good time to point out that rest is NOT inactivity. Rest is not being a Spiritual couch potato. Rest is not doing nothing because you're waiting for God to do something. If you're waiting for a...

Effort part 4

08/02/2017 15:51

I know people have different love languages. And since this one is mine, I feel somewhat qualified to Rant about it. But having said that, I think when you spend your three t's (time, talent, treasure) on someone... when you make an effort... it says a lot. Actions speak louder than words, right?...

Effort part 3

08/01/2017 20:36

I think I mentioned this thought yesterday, but it came from a picture I once saw of a couple who had been married for some like fifty years or something. And when they were asked what their secret was they said, "For us, when something broke, you didn't throw it away. You fixed it." And that's...

Effort part 2

07/31/2017 17:51

Effort when things are good, to let someone know you care, is--in my humble opinion--one of the best ways to express love. But effort when things aren't so good... that can be even more important. Because, as my pastor always says, sometimes if you go down swinging you might not go down at all. And...

Effort part 1

07/30/2017 18:46

I wrote a Rant series a little while ago called "Maximum Effort." And the point that I was trying to make was that love is the maximum effort that you can give someone. Literally giving everything you are and everything you have to someone and not expecting anything in return. So starting today I...

Kill 'Em part 5

07/29/2017 19:10

Be the change you want to see in the world, right? Fighting fire with fire (in the traditional "eye for an eye" sense) just leaves everybody burned to the ground. You can't overcome evil with evil. You have to show people a more excellent way. And that more excellent way is THE Way (the Truth, and...

Kill 'Em part 4

07/28/2017 12:27

The battle is already won. Jesus did that when He went to the cross, died (taking the last enemy, death's best shot), and then rose again. So we don't need to fight anymore. Even the good fight of faith is not AGAINST anybody or anything. It is simply (notice I said "simply" not "easily") laying...

Kill 'Em part 3

07/27/2017 18:28

The way to win to the war... is to stop fighting. An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. We don't overcome evil with more evil. You can't fight fire with fire. Unless and until you understand what the REAL fire is. The fire that is God. The fire that is love. When we stop fighting each other and...

Kill 'Em part 2

07/26/2017 20:23

Only by showing people love will we be able to show them God. I think a lot of times we lose people when we get religious with them. We try to shove "Jesus" down people's throats and people choke on Him. They end up running FROM God instead of running TO Him. We turn people off, and they end up...

Kill 'Em part 1

07/25/2017 18:26

The other day I sent out a tweet that said, "Kill them with kindness. Kill "Em All." And, full disclosure, Kill 'Em All is the name of an album from my favorite band of all-time. But my point was... you can't fight fire with fire. At least not in the traditional sense that we generally think of....

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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...

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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...

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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.

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