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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As He Is part 1

04/16/2015 13:37

1 John 4:16 tells us, "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." I base a lot of ministry on this verse. Or, rather, on the phrase, "As He is, so are we in this world." Because what that means to me is exactly what...

Consciousness part 5

04/15/2015 12:25

Abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life is the conscious awareness of God--of LOVE--in your life. Love is what makes it abundant, and eternal, and everlasting. Love is what we are conscious of--or aware of--because of Jesus' resurrection. He gave His life FOR us and He gave His life TO...

Consciousness part 4

04/14/2015 13:37

The difference between being "self-centered" (or self-conscious) and "Christ-centered" (or Christ-conscious) is, in a word, love. It's the difference between being asleep and being wake. Being dead and being alive. Jesus said it like this, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,...

Consciousness part 3

04/13/2015 13:34

What you are conscious of is what you are aware of. What you are focused on. What you are... awake to. In the garden of Eden Adam (humanity) fell asleep. Our natural eyes were opened when we ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but our Spiritual eyes closed. We couldn't see things...

Consciousness part 2

04/12/2015 13:14

"Awake to righteousness, and sin not: for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame" (1 Corinthians 15:34). This was Jesus' mission. He didn't come to make "bad" people "good." He came to make dead people alive. When Adam ate from the tree of death, the natural consequence was...

Consciousness part 1

04/11/2015 13:12

I don't know how else to say it: What you see is what you be. What you magnify is what will manifest. What you believe is what defines your reality. That's why it is so vitally important that we are not self-conscious, but Christ-conscious. (And, really, being Christ-conscious IS being...

Pure part 5

04/10/2015 15:58

"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8). I started this Rant series this way and I'm going to end it this way. What we see is what we be. So in the never-ending circle of love feeding on itself we can understand that this is not an if-then statement. It's not, "If you...

Pure part 4

04/09/2015 13:13

It's just like love to feed on itself. When our heart is pure--when we have nothing different than love in our hearts--then we can fill ourselves with the fulness of God. And when we fill ourselves with the fullness (of what we've already been filled with) then it manifests in our lives. So...

Pure part 3

04/08/2015 12:28

The only way we can see God--really SEE Him--is with a pure heart. Because a pure heart is a clean heart. A heart that is undefiled by anything different than love. A heart full to overflowing WITH love. And to me, that's the key. Because what's in you--what you BELIEVE is in you--comes out of you....

Pure part 2

04/07/2015 11:55

A pure heart is a clean heart. That's one of the things that was accomplished on the cross. God made in us a clean heart and renewed a right spirit--He revealed HIS heart in our chest by cutting away the flesh of human effort with the circumcision made without hands, and He gave us HIS Holy Spirit...

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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...