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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DNA part 1

02/20/2016 14:43

I think it's so important that we stop focusing on what we DO and start focusing on who we ARE. Because what we do FLOWS from who we are. You can't address the issue through behavior modification. That was the Law's big flaw--it was external and couldn't bring about real, internal, lasting change....

Bridges part 5

02/19/2016 15:03

Love is the creative force of the universe. You can't make something out of nothing. So when God--who, remember IS love--made the heaven and the earth, He was simply creating an extension of Himself. And I know that it seems like love is hard to find, but that's because it's underneath the surface....

Bridges part 4

02/18/2016 11:42

Love is what connects us. Love is the ONLY thing that CAN connect us in a true, pure, holy way. And in a world where it seems so easy to destroy things, to build walls, and condemn others... love is the only thing that builds relationships. Love is the foundation we build on, and love is the bridge...

Bridges part 3

02/17/2016 11:12

Bridges connect us by making a way over the gaps. Love binds and holds us together. It seems like "human nature" to either build walls--to keep things in or out--or to destroy everything in sight. Burn it all to the ground. Scorched earth. What we don't seem to understand is that GOD is the...

Bridges part 2

02/16/2016 14:49

I don't know why this is, but is seems like it's so much easier to break things than it is to build them. And I think maybe it's because there are so MANY ways to break things, but really only one way to build them. Remember yesterday we were looking at the negative things that we use to try to...

Bridges part 1

02/15/2016 10:58

This Rant series is about the ties that bind. And, unfortunately, like just about everything else we make this much more complicated than it needs to be. In our carnality we use just about anything negative we can think of to tie people to us. Guilt. That's a big one. We guilt people into doing...

Butterfly part 5

02/14/2016 15:27

We were created in the image and likeness of God. It says so right in the Bible. "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping...

Butterfly part 4

02/13/2016 10:34

Here's the thing about a butterfly: It doesn't start out that way. It starts out as a caterpillar. Then it has to go through a transformation. I don't know exactly how long THAT transformation takes, but I know how long OUR transformation took--three days. And we transformed from sinners to saints....

Butterfly part 3

02/12/2016 12:10

Creation. Where and when it all began. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. He created the mind and the body. He created... you. And since He hadn't yet created the sun or the other stars... and since He hadn't yet spoken (Let there be light)... it was dark. Too dark to see. In...

Butterfly part 2

02/11/2016 14:57

Maybe I should have called this Rant series "Wings." Because in the Scripture there are lots of pictures of birds, and wings. I called it butterfly, because of the effect a butterfly fluttering it's wings can have. And because that's how the Spirit brooded over us in the beginning when we were void...

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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...