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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Heart part 4

07/04/2019 20:12

I've Ranted on this memory verse at length, but I don't think I can skip it in this Rant series. Its one of my favorites. "Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart" (Psalm 37:4). And, contrary to popular belief, or "conventional wisdom," I do not believe...

Heart part 3

07/03/2019 20:06

I want to take a little bit of a detour today. We're talking about the heart, right? About how before the cross--or before you begin to know and believe that God has given you His heart and it beats with love in your chest--all we could think about was trying to get what we thought we didn't have....

Heart part 2

07/02/2019 19:47

There was a time--cosmically speaking (if that's the right term)--where there was nothing in man's heart except, "I want, I want, I want." We were ruled by our desire because we thought we were missing something. And it was so important to fill that hole inside of us. The thing about that hole...

Heart part 1

07/01/2019 16:34

We ended the last Rant series with a memory verse about "purpose of heart." So I thought that was a good transition from a series about purpose to a series about the heart. And in order to really do the heart justice, I think we need to start at the beginning. The first time the word "heart" is...

Purpose part 5

06/30/2019 19:18

Trusting our purpose. Trusting that all things work together for good. Trusting God's grand scheme. That's what faith is. When Jesus said, "...Have faith in God" (Mark 11:22), He was saying, "Have faith in love." Because God IS love. And that's our purpose. That's why we were created. That's our...

Purpose part 4

06/29/2019 20:26

Our purpose is to be loved and to love. Period. To let God love us and let that love (that He has put in us) come out of us. To fill ourselves to overflowing with His love. To receive it and release. We get so twisted around so often though. We get caught up in things. We wreck ourselves instead of...

Purpose part 3

06/28/2019 19:50

On purpose. For purpose. By purpose. Knowing who we are, and knowing why we're here. And doing what we were created to do. Not doing things just to do them, but doing them purposefully. That's the difference between a wasting time and redeeming the time. Look at Ephesians 5:15-16, "See then that ye...

Purpose part 2

06/27/2019 17:52

Your EPIC destiny, your Eternal Purpose In Christ, is to be loved by God and to love Him back by loving people. That's as simple as a I can make it. That's why you were created. The God who is love created you in order to express Himself--His love--to you, and in you, and through you, and as you....

Purpose part 1

06/26/2019 19:28

I think a question people ask--especially when they begin to really take this "God" thing seriously--is, "What's my purpose?" Why am I here? What's this life for? And I wrote an entire book about this very subject. Its called EPIC (Eternal Purpose In Christ). Spoiler alert: Our purpose is to be...

Humble part 5

06/25/2019 18:29

A lot of verses in the Bible seem to contrast humbleness and pride. For example, "A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit" (Proverbs 29:23). So, as I've stated many times, being humble isn't thinking less of yourself. Its just thinking of yourself less....

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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...