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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Trick or Treat part 4

04/09/2020 20:13

In my opinion, there is nothing more important in this world than how you treat people. I beileve the two most important things in the world are God and people. Loving God and loving people. Loving God BY loving people. If it's all about love--and I believe it is--then it's all about treating...

Trick or Treat part 3

04/08/2020 20:02

This, to me, is the goal. I always talk about how love is the whole point of the whole thing, right? But what does that look like? "You can develope a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating...

Trick or Treat part 2

04/07/2020 20:03

How you treat people is important. Those bonds, those connections, those relationships are what life is all about. The most miserable people--in my opinion--are those who constantly push people away. And I understand about trauma. I understand that our past relationships go a long way in defining...

Trick or Treat part 1

04/06/2020 19:59

I think an underlying theme that I've been a bit stuck on lately is how we treat people. Being graceful. Being peaceful. Being patient. Letting people be who they are and loving them for who they are. I want to continue that here. And I want to use Romans 14:1 in the Message Bible as my key memory...

Patience part 5

04/05/2020 19:38

If you can be patient, you can be yourself no matter what. You can check yourself before you wreck yourself. You can make sure things don't get into you, even as you go through things. We all have to go through things. That's what this life is. In this world we WILL have tribulation. That's just...

Patience part 4

04/04/2020 19:59

I like first Thessalonians. Always have. My very favorite Bible verse is 1 Thessalonians 5:17, "Pray without ceasing." So today I want to sum up what I think I've been trying to say in this Rant series with a verse from 1 Thessalonians. Chapter 5, verse 14, "Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them...

Patience part 3

04/03/2020 20:31

There's a quote by Rudyard Kipling--or perhaps a paraphrase--that goes, "If you can keep your wits with you while all others are losing theirs', the world is yours." Or, in other words, "In your patience possess ye your souls" (Luke 21:19). When you lose your cool... you lose yourself. You stop...

Patience part 2

04/02/2020 19:56

Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit. Believe it or not. It's easy to lose control. Especially if you're not patient. If you think you always need to be DOING something. Sometimes less is more. Sometimes we need to let things play out instead of always trying to force them to be what we think they...

Patience part 1

04/01/2020 20:03

I really think a lot of the time we are a microwave society. We want it hot and now, if I can say it that way. Instant gratification. We have this snapshot mentality where we think what is happening right now is somehow what has always happened and what will always happen. When we know (and a...

Being Human part 5

03/31/2020 20:16

The theme we've kind of been working on lately is that we do not do in order to be. We do because we be. The lie that the serpent hissed into Eve's ear way back in the misty garden of Eden was that man had to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in order to be like God. When the truth...

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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...