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.

Blog

Schism part 4

07/24/2019 19:44

A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. When you're pulled in two different directions, always stuck in the middle, you need to choose a side. My memory verse for today is Philippians 2:2, "Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."...

Schism part 3

07/23/2019 19:59

The way to get rid of the schism, the divide, is to let the (one, single) mind of Christ (that's already in you... BE in you. To use the mind you've been given. 1 Corinthians 2:16 says, "For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ." We HAVE the...

Schism part 2

07/22/2019 19:42

I'm going to start this Rant with the bottom line. With finally. "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you" (2 Corinthians 13:11). Lots of talking. Lots of things to say. And then, when we get to the...

Schism part 1

07/21/2019 20:27

There's too much war going on. Internally, I mean. "Head vs heart" or whatever you want to call it. Paul wrote of it when describing being under the Law; doing what he didn't want to to do and not doing what he wanted to do. Being pulled in one direction but wanting to go in another. James 1:8...

Blind Spot part 5

07/20/2019 19:48

Second Peter chapter 1 lists a whole litany of things that should give diligence to and add to. I'm not going to quote the whole passage, or list all of them here. But its all those things like faith, virtue, knowledge, etc. What I want to quote, and focus on today, is 2 Peter 1:8-9, "For if these...

Blind Spot part 4

07/19/2019 19:46

Everybody has blind spots. Either things that they feel justified in doing--even though they are not the right things to do--or people that they let get away with murder because "That's just how they are." We all have those things and people that we just can't see correctly. That's why Jesus spoke...

Blind Spot part 3

07/18/2019 19:12

This is one of my favorite progressions in all of Scripture. And it has to do with seeing things the way they really are. Which has to do with our blind spots. Which is why I'm using it here. I try to use it as often as I can. Ready? Song of Solomon 1:5, "Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold thou...

Blind Spot part 2

07/17/2019 19:33

I'm gonna quote a memory verse tonight, but then I need to quote another one before I can really get into the first one. So that's at least two that we're going to talk about today. Ready? "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou...

Blind Spot part 1

07/16/2019 19:00

Jesus had a lot to say about blindness. One of my favorites is, "...Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?" (Luke 6:39). Mostly because its a little bit cheeky and it sounds cool. But what's really interesting to me is that Jesus came to give sight to the blind......

Lack part 5

07/15/2019 18:21

Living your life from a place of thinking--thinking you don't have enough, or that you yourself are not enough--is the worst way to live. Because you'll always be chasing what you think you don't have. You'll always try to be someone you're not. Look at John 10:8-10, "All that ever came before me...

<< < 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 > >>

Search site

Web Counter

Contact

Jesus Rant

+1.2482523037

thomascarter515@gmail.com

News

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...