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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Great and Small part 1

01/16/2015 11:03

My sister has a sign in her room that says, "Do small things with great love." And when I saw it, it hit me in the heart, right between the eyes. Because I think sometimes we feel as if we're not doing enough for God. When the plain and simple truth is... God already did everythiing for and as us!...

Straight and Narrow part 5

01/15/2015 10:26

Here's what I think I'm trying to say about the straight and narrow way: You don't GET on the way by what you do. Jesus got you on the way when He took up abode in you. Because He IS the Way (and the Truth, and the Life). The way isn't somthing we walk out (in our own power). The way is something...

Straight and Narrow part 4

01/14/2015 10:39

When Jesus finished the work on the cross He made the Way of Grace available to us. He put us on the highway of holiness... by filling us with HIS holiness. By filling us with Himself. And we respond to this Way with the Walk of Faith. Not by walking in our own strength, or our own power, but...

Straight and Narrow part 3

01/13/2015 16:51

The straight and narrow path... the straight gate and the narrow way that IS Jesus... the highway of holiness... does NOT come from trying (and inevitably failing) to keep the Law of Moses. The Apostle Paul put it like this, "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,...

Straight and Narrow part 2

01/12/2015 17:39

Sometimes in order to understand what IS being said you need to understand what ISN'T being said. So. I'm NOT saying you can do whatever you want and there are no consequences. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, right? Newton's third law of physics? Everything you do is important and...

Straight and Narrow part 1

01/11/2015 12:13

"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Matthew 7:14). I like this verse, but I think it's kind of tragically misunderstood. I think some people have taken this mean, "You have to walk the straight and narrow path--follow the Law...

Ignition part 5

01/10/2015 11:53

"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD" (Psalm 27:14). Here's what I'm trying to say in this Rant series: We don't have to wait for God to move... because He already moved. This OLD TESTAMENT verse is, to me, really a prophecy of the...

Ignition part 4

01/09/2015 12:00

"Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth" (Psalm 46:10). I love this verse. But I think in some ways it has become more of a hinderance than a help. I think we've taken "being still" and turned it into, "doing nothing." And that's a...

Ignition part 3

01/08/2015 13:13

I like to think that the fire that Jesus ignited in our hearts is unstoppable. And, in the big, universal sense, it is. His government and His peace has no end. But, in the individual sense, this isn't always the case. There is so much more available to us than we seem to realize. So we rob...

Ignition part 2

01/07/2015 12:18

"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matthew 4:17). When Jesus arrived on earth He brought something with Him. He is the King of kings, and you can't be a King without a Kingdom. He brought heaven to earth. He made the true and glorious...

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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...