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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Affirmation part 1

08/14/2015 15:16

I know, I know, I get stuck on things easily. But my pastor taught me a very important lesson a long time ago when he told me, "Preach it until your heart is empty on it." And this idea of acceptance is still heavy on my heart. I think it's so important. Important to the people we accept--because...

Acceptable part 5

08/13/2015 15:07

Here's what we seem to think: "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door..." (Genesis 4:7). And, clearly, this is in the Bible. But it's in the OLD TESTAMENT of the Bible. And you almost have to read the Bible backwards in a lot of cases. You...

Acceptable part 4

08/12/2015 10:21

If you need to change someone in order to love them, then you don't really love THEM at all. You love the idea of who you think they should be. And, tragically, I think this is why so many of us are not happy with ourselves. We have this idea of who we're supposed to be, and yet we never seem to...

Acceptable part 3

08/11/2015 16:53

If someone has to change before you accept them... you really haven't accepted THEM at all. And that's the problem I have with the idea that, "God loves you just the way you are, but He loves you too much to leave you that way." Either we're accepted in the Beloved, or we're not. Either He loves us...

Acceptable part 2

08/10/2015 14:04

"That's unacceptable!" I think that's one of the most common reactions to things these days. Something isn't exactly how we think it should be, so we won't accept it. And the tragedy of it is when we find each other unacceptable. When we try to make other people live up to OUR standards. As if our...

Acceptable part 1

08/09/2015 12:07

The more I see this, the more sickened I am by it: People trying to be someone they are not. That's about the fakest thing there is. AND it's impossible. How could you be someone you're not? And why would you want to? Well, I know why people want to. Because they think they aren't good enough. But...

The Real part 5

08/08/2015 15:33

I'm in it for the real thing. And the real thing... is love. How do we keep our affections on things above, and not things on the earth? By keeping our affections on love. I'm telling you, if Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega (and He is)... if He is the beginning and the end... then that means we...

The Real part 4

08/07/2015 12:16

In my life I have two lists. A list of things that are important--worth jumping a fence over--and a list of things that aren't important. The "important things" list really only has two things on it: God, and people. The other list gets things added to it every day. Logan doesn't even ask me what I...

The Real part 3

08/06/2015 09:29

Love is real. That's why it's all I seem to talk about, or write about, or think about. Because I can't think of anything I'd RATHER talk about, or write about, or think about. God IS love. I'm really trying to frame everything--EVERYTHING--in the reference of love. Jesus is the Alpha and the...

The Real part 2

08/05/2015 11:19

Ogres are like onions, right? Because they have layers. What you see is not always what you get. There's something unseen under the surface. And you have to dig a little deeper to see it. You have to look INTO people instead of just looking AT people. You have to stop judging by appearance and...

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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

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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...