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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Complete part 1

10/13/2015 19:36

To start this Rant series I really only have one verse and one thought on my heart. But it's an important verse, and a big thought. Ready? "And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power" (Colossians 2:10). That's it. That's all I want to say. You ARE complete. Complete...

Surrender part 5

10/12/2015 19:19

Yesterday I (think I) was talking about surrendering ourselves to love. Letting the love of Christ control us. Letting the Holy Spirit--our love receptor--lead and guide us into the truth that the Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into His hand. The truth that Daddy loves us. Letting...

Surrender part 4

10/11/2015 12:50

If you're fighting, you're not surrendering. If you're working, you're not resting. If you're trying to finish the work, you don't know and believe that it is finished. And, in my experience, the harder you try to "fix" things, the more you end up messing them up. When you bang your head against...

Surrender part 3

10/10/2015 11:43

It seems to me that while we spend so much time trying to "overcome," we miss out on the glorious truth found in John 16:33, "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." In Him we have...

Surrender part 2

10/09/2015 11:06

"All to Jesus... I surrender..." Good sentiment. Good song. I don't think we REALLY get it though. I still think we treat God as a "break glass in case of emergency" kind of last hope when we get ourselves in too deep. That's the problem though. We're not surrendering ALL at all. We're doing it...

Surrender part 1

10/08/2015 10:05

The Kingdom of God has an upside down, backwards economy. Especially from a "natural" point of view. The way things work don't make sense. For example, "And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all"...

Mind Control part 5

10/07/2015 11:15

I think the biggest key to "mind control" is accepting that we really don't have any control. In fact, the harder we try to control our thoughts, the more out of control they get. The more we try NOT to think about something, the more we end up thinking about it. That's why I don't believe bringing...

Mind Control part 4

10/06/2015 11:53

Here's my question: why does it seem like it's so hard for us to embrace the truth that we know? "Jesus loves me THIS I KNOW, for the Bible tells me so." Well... actually I think that's part of the problem. I think we spend so much time trying to know ABOUT God that we miss out on KNOWING God. Head...

Mind Control part 3

10/05/2015 15:10

The love of Christ controls us. Really it does. It controls us in either one of two ways: Either we don't know and believe the love of Christ, and we do everything we do in order to try and get what we think we don't have... or we DO know and believe the love of Christ and we do everything we do...

Mind Control part 2

10/04/2015 16:23

Let's talk about control, and let's talk about obedience. Because it seems to me that that's what we think religion is all about. And maybe that IS what RELIGION is all about... but I don't think that's what GOD is all about. Not the way we think of control and obedience, anyway. Dictionary.com...

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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.

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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...