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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Do Unto part 4

10/22/2019 20:24

How you treat people matters. "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me"? Nah. Words can do serious damage. I prefer, "Keep your words soft and sweet, because you might have to eat them." Or, quite simply, the Thumper Rule: If you can't say something nice don't say anything...

Do Unto part 3

10/21/2019 20:29

I guess I better quote the verse I've been Ranting about. Matthew 7:12, "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." All of the Law of Moses and everything that the prophets preached and prophesied wrapped up in...

Do Unto part 2

10/20/2019 20:12

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That's the Golden Rule. But when we follow that rule, we have to make sure that we're doing unto others as THEY would have us do unto them. Not trying to push what WE want on people, but simply seeing a need and meeting it in the way that THEY need...

Do Unto part 1

10/19/2019 19:13

We've all heard the golden rule, right? Do unto other as you would have them do unto you. But for the next few days I want to kind of focus in on what I believe this really means. Because it doesn't mean "treat people how you want to be treated" in a specific sense. It doesn't mean, "I would really...

Hold On part 5

10/18/2019 18:42

To end this Rant series I want to link two memory verses together. Psalm 27:9, "Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation." The cry of man's heart. Stay with me. Don't leave me. I know I messed...

Hold On part 4

10/17/2019 20:06

In this world we will have tribulation. That's just the nature of the world. Stuff happens, to paraphrase Forrest Gump. The trick is to know the truth. The ultimate truth of the universe. That God is love and He loves you. That He--through His love--can keep you from falling. Can carry you through....

Hold On part 3

10/16/2019 20:01

Life is hard. It just is. Look at the middle part of John 16:33, "...In the world ye shall have tribulation..." I've always said the hardest part of living is just that: Living. Showing up. Holding on. Not giving up. We always say, "Keep on keeping on, cuz what's the alternative? Giving up? Nah."...

Hold On part 2

10/15/2019 20:10

We think we are holding on to God... but really God is holding on to us. And He will never let us go. So we can rest assured that no matter what we have to go through... we WILL get through it. Praise be to the Lord who can (and will, and does) keep us from falling. Guys. We don't have to keep...

Hold On part 1

10/14/2019 20:17

There's a saying that I like quite a bit that goes, "If you're at the end of your rope... tie a knot in it and hang on!" Another one says, "If you go down swinging, you might not go down at all." See the theme? Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And, as we're going to see in this Rant...

The Cost part 5

10/13/2019 19:46

When you're counting the cost it's important to understand that we are called to live out of our abundance. Jesus came that we might have life, and have it more abundantly. So we don't have to kill ourselevs in order to lay our lives down, if I can say it that way. If you have two coats, and...

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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.

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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...