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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Revelation part 4

02/29/2020 19:58

What was hidden that needed (and in some cases still needs) to be uncovered (or revealed)? What are we talking about here? What's it all about? Well, in a Word... love! It's all about love. Everything we do is controlled by love. Because either we think we don't have it and we do everything we do...

Revelation part 3

02/28/2020 19:39

I think it's kind of funny how religious folk always want to talk about God being a mystery. "The Lord works in mysterious ways." And I guess, to some degree, that's true in as much as the Lord works through people, and people are mysterious. But the only real mystery about God (LOVE) is "How could...

Revelation part 2

02/27/2020 20:09

People either love or hate the book of Revelation. Either use it as a club or avoid it completely. There doesn't seem to be much of an in between. Which is weird to me. Because I've read the book of Revelation. And it's the Revelation of Jesus. It's an in-depth look at the cross. It doesn't show...

Revelation part 1

02/26/2020 19:51

This isn't necessarily about the book of Revelation. Though we might go there. We'll see. This is about Galatians 1:12, "For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." This is about our personal relationship with Jesus. About knowing what we know...

Living Sacrifice part 5

02/25/2020 19:41

Laying your life down for your friends is the greatest love you can have. But that doesn't necessarily mean literally, physically dying. That does happen. Soldiers defending their nation, or religious martyrs. Things like that. But more practically, it simply means putting others first. Not...

Living Sacrifice part 4

02/24/2020 19:56

To me, the key word in the phrase "living sacrifice" is LIVING. I know it seems too simple to be true, but the point of life... is living. Jesus came that we might have life, and have it more abundantly. We seem so preoccupied with the afterlife. To the point that we miss out on the life we've been...

Living Sacrifice part 3

02/23/2020 19:56

Somehow I think we still think of sacrifice--especially in the religious sense--as chopping up animals on an altar. Even though that's not what we do these days, even in church. That still seems to be the mindset. Somehow. For some reason. On the other hand, when I think of sacrificing something,...

Living Sacrifice part 2

02/22/2020 21:10

We present our bodies to the Lord as a living sacrifice... by living. That's the thrust of what I want to say in this Rant series. Because I think too often we get so caught up in the afterlife--"do you know where you're going when you die?"--that we lose sight of the life that we have now. And let...

Living Sacrifice part 1

02/21/2020 19:24

The idea of sacrifice is pretty important to this "Christian" way of life, isn't it? (And, yes, I put "Christian" in quotation marks because I don't like the religious connotation that term seems to bring with it. When you say that you're a Christian it seems to me that people immediately roll...

Knit Together part 5

02/20/2020 20:13

I think one of the best ways to knit yourself together with someone is to go along with them. To let them do what is in their heart to do, and to support them while they're doing it. Like Isaac with Abraham. And that doesn't mean enabling people. Enabling someone will never help them. Ever. And if...

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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...