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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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Dead Works part 5

05/25/2017 16:58

The reason why it is so important to repent from dead works--to have our CONSCIENCE purged of dead works--is that this life is not supposed to be a struggle. And, as always, I'm not saying that once you get born again, or accept Jesus as your Savior, or whatever other way of saying it there is,...

Dead Works part 4

05/24/2017 17:10

What you DO flows from what you BELIEVE. That's why repentance--or changing your mind in light of something that happened--is so important. The cross brought us out of the Old Covenant of works and labor, and into the New Covenant of resting in the finished work of Jesus. So what really needs to...

Dead Works part 3

05/23/2017 17:42

You can't do it all on your own. And that's ok. Because you are not expected to. Or required to. In fact, when you begin to understand the finished work of the cross you will see that everything that needed to happen... already happened 2,000 years ago. Look at Revelation 12:11, "And they overcame...

Dead Works part 2

05/22/2017 17:13

Dead works. Trying to perfect yourself through the flesh of human effort. Trying to do what needed to be done (before the cross) without receiving the gift that was given THROUGH the cross. Trying to do it yourself. We looked Galatians 3:3 yesterday, "Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit,...

Dead Works part 1

05/21/2017 14:21

Its funny to me the way we twist things around--usually after saying, "The Bible clearly says!" For example, we have almost made repentance a bad word. At the very least a misunderstood word. Here's the way the "church world" seems most excited about using that word, "Repent of your sins or you're...

Listen and Live part 5

05/20/2017 17:38

The Word of God is love. Right? Jesus: God in the flesh, love in a body. So its no surprise that Jesus said, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (John 6:63). Because to live is to love and to love is to...

Listen and Live part 4

05/19/2017 17:59

If you want to live... you have to love. Because living and loving aren't just connected... they are the same thing! To live is to love and to love is to live. But you can't give what you don't have. So if you want to live (by loving) you have to first know that you ARE loved. That's why faith...

Listen and Live part 3

05/18/2017 17:02

Three words. Eight letters. Probably the most powerful thing one person can say to another. "I love you." And yet, when we hear it, it almost seems like we immediately want to dismiss it. Because it seems like its too good to be true. We don't often see ourselves as worthy of love. So even though...

Listen and Live part 2

05/17/2017 16:55

I think human beings, as a species, are pretty susceptible to outside forces. I'm not saying we're all gulibe, but we tend to (at the very least) believe what our five senses are telling us. For example (and I know most of you will probably find this weird) I've never tried coffee. Ever. Because I...

Listen and Live part 1

05/16/2017 17:12

There's a cool story--in the sense that it is a type and shadow of Jesus, and He in fact refers to it when He is talking about the cross--where a serpent was lifted up on a pole in order to save people who were bit by snakes. And the moral of the story was, "Look and live." Because what you see is...

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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...