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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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Butterfly part 1

02/10/2016 10:31

I was going to call this Rant series "The REAL Butterfly Effect." But I don't like to attack things, or even be in the realm where something I say could be misconstrued as an attack. I'm a peacemaker. But I still think it's important to understand what the butterfly effect is, in order to...

Control part 5

02/09/2016 11:21

The love of Christ controls us. Not by weighing us down with an external set of rules--or Laws--but by compelling us to share what we have by filling us to overflowing with it. It's not about being controlled as much as it is about being IN control. Let me explain: In Matthew 5:39 (NLT) Jesus...

Control part 4

02/08/2016 10:53

All my life I never really had very much ambition. Never wanted anything. Never wanted to do anything. Just kind of went from one thing to the next. My grandma used to call me a tumbleweed. Really it wasn't until I kind of started a family--and met my pastor--that things started to get real....

Control part 3

02/07/2016 11:21

The reason I think we have so much trouble with the idea of giving up control is that we think we HAVE some control. We think--in a very Old Covenant mindset--that what we do determines what we get. If we do good we'll be rewarded. If we do evil we'll be punished. But when we look at control as the...

Control part 2

02/06/2016 12:05

According to Galatians 5:22-23, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." And in the New Living Translation "temperance" is rendered as "self control." So, while self control IS a fruit of...

Control part 1

02/05/2016 10:52

There's a phrase in the New Living Translation of the fourteenth verse of the fifth chapter of second Corinthians. And this phrase hit me in the heart, right between the eyes. It got stuck in my Spirit. So, just like my pastor taught me, I'm gonna preach it until I'm empty on it. The phrase is...

Rooted and Grounded part 5

02/04/2016 15:04

Love is our foundation. Love is what keeps us grounded. Love is our root. And the thing about roots... is that they help us grow. Look at Ephesians 3:17-19, "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is...

Rooted and Grounded part 4

02/03/2016 10:08

When something gets you deep inside, that's what you always fall back on. That's why it's so important to train up a child in the way he should go. That's why it's so important to be rooted and grounded in love. The surface stuff tries to knock you off your feet. And no one can hit harder than...

Rooted and Grounded part 3

02/02/2016 10:26

I want to link two Bible verses--two concepts--together today. Because I think it's important to understand that in a very real way your roots define you. You can't very well know where you're going until you know where you come from. And listen, I'm not saying we dwell in the past, or let the past...

Rooted and Grounded part 2

02/01/2016 10:40

In order to test the height, and depth, and length, and breadth of God's love for us we have to first be rooted and grounded in love. And then we have to understand that we test it... by using it. I really think the greatest (but possibly scariest) part about love is that you experience love... by...

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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...