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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The Word of Life part 1

12/22/2015 12:40

I know I mention this a lot, but I think about it a lot. I wonder about it a lot. Here's my question: What in the world are we talking about? We get so caught up in so many things that we miss out on what it's actually all about. And nowhere is this more prevalent than the "heaven or hell"...

A Soft Heart part 5

12/21/2015 11:11

A hard heart won't protect you. Quite the opposite, in fact. A hard heart will only hurt you and everyone you come into contact with. Because you can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you DO have. So if you let hurt, and pain, and bitterness, and fear harden your heart then...

A Soft Heart part 4

12/20/2015 11:56

The issues of life flow from the heart. Did you catch that key word? Flow. The issues of life aren't forced out of the heart. And they aren't held in. Because the heart isn't closed down. It isn't hard. It's opened up. It's soft. And it's filled to overflowing with love. Which (using Logan logic)...

A Soft Heart part 3

12/19/2015 11:49

You don't guard your heart by closing it down, and refusing to let anything in or out. You guard your heart by opening it up. By responding to the voice of your Beloved knocking and letting love in. Let me use another picture: If you want a seed to grow you need to plant it in soft ground. A soft...

A Soft Heart part 2

12/18/2015 12:11

Guarding and keeping your heart is vitally important. But understanding what it means to guard your heart--not closing it down but opening it up--is equally important. Because the heart is the door to everything. And if the door is closed nothing can get in or out. But if the door is open... that's...

A Soft Heart part 1

12/17/2015 10:40

I just preached this last night, but I think it's important so I'm going to spend this Rant series really digging in and exploring it. But, as I often do, I'm going to give away the punch line first. Ready? Ok. Proverbs 4:23 in the NLT reads, "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the...

Be part 5

12/16/2015 10:36

In order to truly live--to partake of the Divine Nature and experience the abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life that is the gift of God--we need to stop trying to finish a work that is already finished. We need to stop struggling to get something we've already got. We need to stop...

Be part 4

12/15/2015 15:03

I really think in this world of ours there is too much trying and not enough flowing. Too much work and not enough rest (Spiritually speaking, of course). Too many of us spend our three T's (Time, Talent, Treasure) trying to be someone we're not instead of being who we are. And that's why this life...

Be part 3

12/14/2015 15:06

We're human BEINGS not human doings. What we do flows from who we be. That's why it's so important to know (and believe) who we are. And who we are, in a Word, is Jesus. God in the flesh. Love in a body. God poured His Spirit out on all flesh on the cross. He drew us all into Himself when He was...

Be part 2

12/13/2015 12:33

If you know who you are you can BE who you are. You can stop TRYING to be someone you're not. And that's the difference between works and labor (which don't work) and rest. That's the difference between living FOR God (as if He's your boss or some such nonsense) and living BY God. Living IN God as...

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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...