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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Talent part 4

11/11/2019 20:14

You have what you need in order to be who you are. The problem is that we think we don't matter. That our talent isn't good enough. That WE aren't good enough. Or we think that because we can't do something like so and so does it, we might as well not even do what we can do. I can't draw... so I...

Talent part 3

11/10/2019 16:28

It seems to me that there are two kinds of people in this world: Those who try as hard as they can to be someone they're not, in order to "fit in" or impress other people... and those who don't care what other people think. And I've noticed that the latter category is a lot more rare than the...

Talent part 2

11/09/2019 20:24

This is one of my favorite memory verses (and yes I know I say that about most of, if not all of, them): "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men" (Colossians 3:23). And to me, doing things heartily means two things. 1. Doing things to the best of our ability. 2....

Talent part 1

11/08/2019 19:57

This one is tricky. Because, in my experience, those people with talent--true talent--are usually pretty modest about it. I knew someone, once upon a time, who could draw really well. Like... it blew me away. Partly becasue I can't draw a stick figure with a ruler, but still. And yet, this person...

Treasure part 5

11/07/2019 20:24

I think I kind of tried to mention this parable so I want to close this Rant series with it: Matthew 13:45-46, "Again, the kindgom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." Now, to me,...

Treasure part 4

11/06/2019 20:04

At this point in my life I'm not super interested in "good vs evil." I've Ranted and preached about this idea quite a bit. How the tree of knowledge of good and evil (the tree of death) had both of them on the same tree. About how we would swing like monkeys from one branch to the other, doing good...

Treasure part 3

11/05/2019 19:55

Where your treasure is, your heart also will be. Because your treasure is what is important to you. And that goes beyond just money. You can't serve God and mammon. Because God is love, and love is giving. Mammon is greed... getting. You can't do both. If your focus is on getting, then obviously...

Treasure part 2

11/04/2019 19:58

The three T's (time, talent, and treasure) are what we have in this world. What we can use to live this life. Which means we ought to use them to love people. Because that's what this life is for. To live is to love and to love is to live. We don't--or I should say we shouldn't--use our time and...

Treasure part 1

11/03/2019 20:26

I talk about the three T's a lot. Time. Talent. Treasure. So I thought I could take the next couple of weeks to really dig in to each one of them. And then I figured I'd do it Tarantino style and do it backwards. Start with treasure. And right off the bat I want to say, treasure does not only mean...

Steadfast part 5

11/02/2019 19:32

We can be steadfast because God is steadfast. In us, and through us, and as us. Look at Ephesians 6:10, "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might." Be strong in the Lord. The only way to do that is to know and believe that He is strong in you. Our strength IS the...

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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...