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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Works part 5

04/25/2017 17:15

The thing I wonder about when "religious folk" talk about works and labor--and of course they don't SAY it in those terms, but they are more like the Pharisee in Luke chapter 18 who is thanking God for how wonderful he is while kicking a publican in order to make one man look smaller and himself...

Works part 4

04/24/2017 16:44

Works (and labor) don't work. You can't earn a gift, no matter how hard you try. And you can't be someone you're not, either. Like Popeye said, "I am what I am." (God said that too, so...) But faith works by love, and faith without works is dead. So true faith--walking by faith faith--is all about...

Works part 3

04/23/2017 16:55

I love the story of Zacchaeus. Its kind of the perfect example of what I've been Ranting about. Here's this guy who is "little of stature." Whether that necessarily means short, or perhaps he (and everyone else) didn't think very highly of himself doesn't really matter. I think it works either way....

Works part 2

04/22/2017 17:53

The work of God is believing in the Son of God. Believing that who you are in Christ is who Christ is in you. Believing that you don't have to "become perfect," through works and labor, because you already ARE perfect. Believing that you are complete in Him, because He is complete in you. And let...

Works part 1

04/21/2017 17:53

Man, this is a big subject to try to get into, isn't it? I think when we--in anything resembling a "religious circle"--hear this word a big red flag flies up. Because we associate "works" with "labor." And we know that works and labor are bad, right? Works and labor... don't work. When Cain and...

Not Easy part 5

04/20/2017 16:18

Love is not easy... if you're trying to do it yourself. Based on whether or not somebody "deserves" it. Because we can always find fault with people, if we're looking for it. In fact, I'm convinced that we can find anything we're looking for. Jesus said it like this, "Ask, and it shall be given...

Not Easy part 4

04/19/2017 16:45

Helping or hurting? That's the question I ask myself before I do something. Especially before I do something that is not easy. Because if its helping, then it doesn't matter if its easy or not. Most of the time, the harder a thing is, the more worthwhile it is. But if its hurting... then you should...

Not Easy part 3

04/18/2017 17:27

When someone does us wrong, I think our first instinct is either fight or flight. We either want to give them back an eye for an eye (and back it up Biblically) or we want to build a giant wall between us and that person. And that second one is kind of the thought I've been grappling with for a...

Not Easy part 2

04/17/2017 10:41

Here's where (and when, and why) loving people seems like its not easy: We judge them, and we think we have to do it ourselves. Look at Jeremiah 32:27 in the NLT, "I am the LORD, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?" And the answer, of course, is no. There is...

Not Easy part 1

04/16/2017 14:54

I always try to point people to the simplicity of the Gospel. The good news that Jesus gave His life for us, and to us. The good news that we are unconditionally loved by our heavenly Father. And because we ARE loved, we CAN love. Pretty simple, right? But I have never, not one time, said it was...

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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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