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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Cherish part 1

03/11/2016 10:13

These are some of the things I tell Logan all the time: "If you want to HAVE a friend, you have to BE a friend." And, "If you're not careful with your stuff, you won't have any stuff." And that's what I kind of want to Rant about for the next few days. How we treat the things (people) that are...

To Call part 5

03/10/2016 14:18

Salvation isn't dependent on anything we do. Or anything we could do. Jesus saved us, all on His own. And He did it by giving His life for us and giving His life to us. Being made sin for us so that we could be made the righteousness of God in Him. He did it by transforming us from sinner...

To Call part 4

03/09/2016 12:22

God lives in us. The Kingdom is within us. It's not about something external. It's about what's inside. So when we "call on the Lord" in order to "BE saved" what we need to understand is that all we're really doing is filling ourselves with the fulness of God. He already filled us to overflowing....

To Call part 3

03/08/2016 10:23

It might seem a little bit tricky. Because to me "calling on the Lord" means receiving the gift you've been given. And a very powerful way to do that is through the waters of baptism. Making that decision and that statement to enter into the covenant that God made with Himself. But I also think we...

To Call part 2

03/07/2016 11:04

Those who call on the Lord will be saved. Seems pretty cut and dry, right? Profess Jesus as your personal Savior and get into heaven when you die. Or so years and years of religious tradition would have you believe. Like God is a member's only club and you have to say the password or you're doomed...

To Call part 1

03/06/2016 11:12

I want to spend a couple of days looking at Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Because I think this verse can be a little confusing. I think this verse has kind of been used to build a doctrine of, "If you jump through this hoop you can get into heaven...

To Save part 5

03/05/2016 14:37

Seeking and saving. Somehow we seem to have gotten the idea that these are things WE are supposed to do. When Jesus said it Himself in Luke 19:10, "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Now look at Titus 3:5-6 in the Amplified, because it's pretty much all I want to...

To Save part 4

03/04/2016 10:48

Salvation. It means a lot of things to a lot of people. But to me, as I meditate on Jesus and why He came, I find that linking two verses together really helps me put it together. First, our key verse for this (and the previous) Rant series. "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that...

To Save part 3

03/03/2016 15:33

When we're talking about salvation I think it's so important that we really get away from all of the heaven and hell talk. Because as far as I'm concerned, "...death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death" (Revelation 20:14). And just as a real quick aside, if hell was...

To Save part 2

03/02/2016 14:45

Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost. Us, in other words. We were lost. Which doesn't mean damned. It doesn't mean we were on the highway to hell and had to do something ourselves to get off it. It means we didn't know where we were. Or who we were. Or why we were created. So Jesus...

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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...