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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Little and Little part 5

02/04/2017 16:59

I like this Rant series because it's hopeful. And I think hope is sometimes pushed to the backburner. Even though, "Three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13 NLT). We focus a lot on faith. And rightfully so. We focus the most on...

Little and Little part 4

02/03/2017 19:41

The smallest spark can start the biggest fire. A Holy Ghost wildfire that burns out of control. With love. Consuming everything in its path and feeding on itself (Himself) and growing and growing and growing. I'm telling you, sometimes you don't even realize how big the small things are. So while I...

Little and Little part 3

02/02/2017 17:53

Here's my thought for today: You have to start somewhere. And there's no place like the one you're in right now. No time like right this second. Look at Zechariah 4:10 in the NLT, "Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in...

Little and Little part 2

02/01/2017 17:16

The way you walk by faith... is one step at a time. By little and little. That's how you POSESS the land that you've been given. Let me say it another way, "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little" (Isaiah 28:10)....

Little and Little part 1

01/31/2017 17:25

I spend a lot of time talking about the Finished Work. And appropriately so, I think. Because it's uber important that we stop waiting for a move of God and we start getting a revelation of Jesus. The Finished Work of the cross WAS the move of God that humanity was kind of unknowingly waiting for....

The Love of Christ part 5

01/30/2017 17:22

It boils down to this: "This is real love--not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other" (1 John 4:10-11 NLT). That's what the love of Christ is all about--He...

The Love of Christ part 4

01/29/2017 16:50

Love is what matters in this life. Because you can't have life without love. The tricky part is when you understand that love is never about getting. Because love IS giving. It seems backwards, and upside down. But that's the way of the Kingdom. James 4:10, "Humble yourselves in the sight of the...

The Love of Christ part 3

01/28/2017 18:07

It's only when we understand how loved we are, that we can begin to truly love one another. Because you can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. Because the New Commandment is to love one another AS JESUS loves us. Which brings me to my point for today: It is only...

The Love of Christ part 2

01/27/2017 17:27

Here's what I was thinking--because I'm a writer, so words are very important to me--when we use a phrase like, "the love of Christ" what we're really saying is "how Jesus loved." And this is how Jesus loved: He loved us so much that He would rather die than be without us. Literally. He loved us so...

The Love of Christ part 1

01/26/2017 17:34

I asked my son, Logan, what I should Rant about today and he said, "God... love... you know, all that good stuff." And I said, "Okey dokey, little buddy." And I couldn't keep the smile off my face. Because I feel like in a very large way I've already succeeded with him. Every night when we say our...

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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...