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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Show Love part 5

03/16/2017 16:40

If you want someone to see something, you ought to show it to them. I know that sounds simple, but it amazes me how quickly and easily the "church world" loses the simplicity that is in Christ. The simplicity that IS Christ. Jesus: God in the flesh. Love in a body. It really is that simple. And if...

Show Love part 4

03/15/2017 16:07

The only way to truly show someone God is to show them Jesus. You know, God in the flesh. Love in a body. What I'm trying to say is: The ONLY way to show someone God is to show them LOVE. And we do THAT, by holding tightly to Him. With the understanding that HE is holding tightly to us and will...

Show Love part 3

03/14/2017 17:05

Today I want to focus on something that I think we really misunderstand. And that is the relationship between Creator and creation. We seem to think that in order to show love, we have to PROVE our love. Like Peter when he swore up and down that he would never deny Jesus. Well, we all know how that...

Show Love part 2

03/13/2017 17:56

We show God by showing love. Because God IS love. The best way to "preach" the Gospel is by loving the hell out of people. And, in fact, that's what we were created to do. We are the visible expression of the invisible God. Who is, again, love. That's why I like the way the Apostle Paul uses the...

Show Love part 1

03/12/2017 14:29

Here's my thought for this Rant series: We are the visible expression of an invisible God. We are the house He lives in. When He does something, He does it in us, and through us, and as us. Basically, "For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said,...

Restoration part 5

03/11/2017 18:02

In the beginning (man, I love that phrase) when God created something, the Bible always says, "And it was good." Because God doesn't make mistakes. He didn't accidentally create anything. And that goes double for His most prized possession... His greatest creation... us. Psalm 139:14 says it like...

Restoration part 4

03/10/2017 17:23

One of the biggest things Jesus came to do was to restore things. To bring it--all of creation, including you and me--back to how it was originally intended to be. He did so by dying, and rising again. The Messianic rebirth of the world. The new birth of a New Man. And when that New Man (the Son(s)...

Restoration part 3

03/09/2017 16:58

When I started this Rant series, the verse I kind of had in mind was Joel 2:25, "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you." But more specifically, the idea of God restoring our...

Restoration part 2

03/08/2017 17:37

Jesus came to restore creation to the way it was in the beginning. He came to bring heaven to earth. Because, as we see in Revelation 2:4, "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." And, just for the record, our FIRST love is HIS love. "We love him, because...

Restoration part 1

03/07/2017 17:04

I want to focus on something very important for this Rant series. One of the (many) things that Jesus came to do on His earth walk, and completely finished in His death, burial, and resurrection--also known as the cross. I want to focus on the idea of restoration. And really, there's no better way...

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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...