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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In the Eyes part 1

05/16/2015 12:08

Plato said, "Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder." I think this is important. Because, let's face it, what we see is what we be. Even though we know better--even though Jesus told us not to judge according to appearance, but to judge righteous judgment--we look at something and we make snap...

All We Need part 5

05/15/2015 13:39

A long time ago my pastor told me that people go to church for a whole lot of reasons. And I've found this to be true outside of church as well. We do things for a whole lot of reasons--even though we don't seem to understand that the single reason driving EVERYTHING we do is the desire to be...

All We Need part 4

05/14/2015 13:14

Love is all we need. And while we can't always get what we want if we try (rest) sometimes, we just might find we get what we need. Because we already have what we need. The key is seeing it. Because seeing is believing. This revelation is summed up in Mark 15:39, "And when the centurion, which...

All We Need part 3

05/13/2015 11:46

The Rolling Stones said it like this, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need." Sometimes I think we really confuse those two terms: Wants and needs. And the unfortunate part is when we miss out on what we need because we're focused on...

All We Need part 2

05/12/2015 13:10

There's only one thing that can satisfy the desire of your heart. And His name is Jesus. Because the desire of your heart is to be loved. And God IS love. When we understand this simple truth, we can cut out a lot of the STUFF that always tries to get in the way. Or, as Hebrews 12:1 puts it,...

All We Need part 1

05/11/2015 13:26

The Beatles said it best, "All we need is love, love, love is all we need." I'm convinced that when we say things like, "Jesus is the answer," this is what we really mean. LOVE is the answer. For way too long we've been stuck feeding from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Thinking that by...

Liberty part 5

05/10/2015 13:44

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Because where the Spirit of the Lord is... there is love. Let me say it like this, "This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5). So where the light...

Liberty part 4

05/09/2015 13:37

Free FROM sin--unbelief, external circumstances, expectations--makes us free TO love. Because what is unbelief except not believing that God loves us? That's the sin of the world that Jesus took away. And He took it away by giving us something (someone, Himself) to believe in. He told us what love...

Liberty part 3

05/08/2015 13:56

We are free to love--because we ARE loved--and that makes us free to live. That's our liberty. That's why there is liberty where the Spirit of the Lord is. His love empowers us to love. His life, in us and through us and as us, is what empowers us to live. Look at what Jesus said when speaking of...

Liberty part 2

05/07/2015 14:38

When you're in bondage, you may be "living" but you certainly aren't ALIVE. And make no mistake, that's what Jesus came to fix. He didn't come to make "bad" people "good." He came to make dead people alive. We were dead in our trespasses and sins. We were the walking dead. The living dead. We were...

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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...