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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Weakness part 4

08/23/2019 19:32

This is the one I really like: "To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some" (1 Corinthians 9:22). And the part I really like about it is that instead of confronting someone else's weakness with strength... we are to...

Weakness part 3

08/22/2019 19:10

A weakness isn't the worst thing in the world. It can be an opportunity to let someone else into your life. I Rant a lot about how things work out better when we work together, right? How we're all in this together. How we can't do it alone. Well, if we try to hide our weaknesses, or pretend they...

Weakness part 2

08/21/2019 19:38

So let's be real: Everybody has weaknesses. Mine are social interactions and math. Off the top of my head. But the point is, nobody's perfect in the Mr. Perfect never make any mistakes sense. Even God Himself has a weakness. Don't believe me? Check out 1 Corinthians 1:25, "Because the foolishness...

Weakness part 1

08/20/2019 19:03

This is kind of a tricky subject. Because we've been taught--especially as the male half of the population--that weakness is a problem. That weakness is not ok. That we're not allowed to be weak. We have to be strong. We have to be self-sufficient. But it turns out that this mindset is not exactly...

Know It All part 5

08/19/2019 19:59

God is love and He loves you. That's the long and the short of it. It's that simple, and it's that vast. When you know the love of God--with a knowledge that passes knowledge--you can truly live. Because to live is to love and to love is to live. You can't have one without the other and you can't...

Know It All part 4

08/18/2019 19:36

If we know love, we know it all. That's as simple as I can make it. 1 Corinthians 2:2, "For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." That's the sum total of what's important. God and people. Loving God and loving people. Loving God BY loving people....

Know It All part 3

08/17/2019 19:28

With an unction from the Holy Spirit, we know all things. That unction is the still, small voice deep inside us that says, "I love you, I love you, I love you," with every beat of God's heart in our chest. And it's that knowledge--that passes knowledge... heart knowledge, not head knowledge--that...

Know It All part 2

08/16/2019 19:51

You don't have to be a know it all in order to know it all. We have an unction from the Holy Spirit and we DO know all things. The ultimate truth of the universe: God is love and He loves you. Look at Ephesians 3:19, "And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled...

Know It All part 1

08/15/2019 19:52

There's a difference between being a "know it all" and wanting to know it all. Being a "know it all" is having an attitude of "you can't teach me anything. I don't need any help." Wanting to know it all is a search for truth. One is going to get you into a lot of trouble. The other, I think, is a...

Boundaries part 5

08/14/2019 19:56

I read a book the other day, and more or less it was about how it's ok--good, noble even--to defend yourself or others, but it unacceptable to attack people. I agree with that. I'm more than willing to stay on my side of the line. Live and let live. Let people be who they are and do what they do....

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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...