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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Self part 4

12/06/2018 20:00

Thinking about self is really thinking about Jesus. Because He is our true self. And thinking about Jesus is thinking about love. Jesus is God in the flesh. Love in a body. God in OUR flesh. Love in OUR body. So let's change "self-centered" to "Christ-centered." Which, of course, means people...

Self part 3

12/05/2018 19:57

Selfless vs selfish. The difference between the New Man and the old man. The difference, really, between life and death. Because to live is to love and to love is to live. And love is giving. Giving everything you are and everything you have. Laying your life down for your friends. And destroying...

Self part 2

12/04/2018 18:04

To understand that our "self" is really Jesus... He is our true self, the inner man, the hidden man of the heart... is what allows us to shift from being selfish to being selfless. As we saw yesterday, even Jesus Himself said, "I can of my own self do nothing." He was totally and completely...

Self part 1

12/03/2018 20:12

I think--I hope--in that last Rant series about being strong we saw that our strength comes from grace. From love. From each other. From God. But in case y'all didn't pick up what I was laying down, and because my pastor taught me to preach it until my heart is empty on it, I'm going to follow that...

Strong part 5

12/02/2018 19:48

I really like the verse in Ecclesiastes that I quoted early in this Rant series. So I'm going to quote it again to close this bad boy down. Ecclesiastes 4:12, "And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken." Kind of another way of saying, "And...

Strong part 4

12/01/2018 18:35

Its easy to be strong when there's no adversity. But you've probably heard that old saying, "Christians are like teabags, you never know what they're made of until you put them in hot water." That's when what's inside really comes out. That's when you have to put your money where your mouth is....

Strong part 3

11/30/2018 18:15

Love is all-powerful, right? Which doesn't mean MOST powerful. It means ALL of the power. So, by that Logan logic, there's nothing stronger than love. Right? And love doesn't demand its (HIS) own way. So being strong doesn't mean getting what you want all the time. Its not "right because of might."...

Strong part 2

11/29/2018 19:56

Let's add the next verse to our key verse from yesterday. "Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also" (2 Timothy 2:1-2). Its all...

Strong part 1

11/28/2018 19:54

I think sometimes we let "the way of the world" seduce us. We take things as Hollywood presents them to us. We don't put a lot of thought into what really is. Strength, for example. Which is where I'm going to spend the next few days. Because sometimes the strongest thing you can do is... nothing....

Day Star part 5

11/27/2018 17:58

When the day star arises in our hearts... Jesus shows up in us, and through us, and as us! Because He IS the day star. The bright and morning star. The sun (SON) that lights up the day. Now look at 1 John 3:2 through the lens of God living--and appearing--in us, and through us, and as us: "Beloved,...

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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...