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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Sacrifice part 5

02/14/2017 19:19

It was the ultimate sacrifice. Literally giving everything He had and everything He is. Not so that He could get something, but so that WE could HAVE something. Because Jesus didn't just give His life FOR us, He gave His life TO us. God wanted the best FOR us, so He gave the best TO us. He SO loved...

Sacrifice part 4

02/13/2017 16:57

The best part of Jesus' sacrifice--laying His life down... giving it FOR us, and giving it TO us--is that He picked it back up again. That's why, and how, perfect love casts out fear. When we make that same sacrifice, and love each other as Jesus loved us, we aren't actually losing anything at all....

Sacrifice part 3

02/12/2017 17:39

When we understand the sacrifice, we can make the sacrifice. Because the sacrifice was, and is, love. When we understand how we are loved, we can love. That's as simple as I can make the Gospel. 2 John 1:5 says it like this, "And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment...

Sacrifice part 2

02/11/2017 18:16

Yesterday we saw the sacrifice Jesus made. Nobody took His life. He laid it down, and He took it up again. God's judgment wasn't death. It was LIFE. He raised Jesus (and us in Him) up to abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice--laying His life down for...

Sacrifice part 1

02/10/2017 18:06

I want to talk about the power of love for the next few days. And I know I did a similar Rant series a little while ago, but you know the advice my pastor gave me, "Preach it until your heart is empty on it." That's what I've learned, and that's what I'm going to do. So. The power of love doesn't...

Value part 5

02/09/2017 17:25

Perhaps if our goal was to understand and support, rather than to manipulate and control, we wouldn't constantly find ourselves getting so worked up about other people and what they do. Perhaps if we saw the value behind their actions--more than just, "I wish they wouldn't do that," even to the...

Value part 4

02/08/2017 17:17

It's so important to meet people where THEY are at. When we put our own expectations on them we will almost certainly lose them. At the very least we are starting out on rocky footing. When we ought to be starting out on the unshakeable foundation of love. My favorite example of this idea is in...

Value part 3

02/07/2017 17:26

When you understand the value of YOUR actions--giving, not trying to get--then it becomes much easier to understand the value of OTHER people's actions. And, in short, unless you know and believe the love of Christ... unless you know that you are loved... your actions are going to be all about...

Value part 2

02/06/2017 18:11

The reward of a good deed is in the doing. If you're looking to get something... then you've missed out on the truth that you already have something. And if you're trying to use LOVE to get something... then you don't understand love at all. Because love is never about getting. Love IS giving. And...

Value part 1

02/05/2017 11:29

Lately, for pretty much the first time in my life, I've been looking at WHY people do things. Up until now I've just kind of assumed people would do whatever they wanted to do. But for the last couple of weeks I've kind of been peeking behind the curtain and trying to see what's going on behind the...

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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...