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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Witness part 4

10/02/2019 20:05

"I saw the whole thing!" That's a valuable commodity. Because seeing is believing. Look at this: "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for...

Witness part 3

10/01/2019 20:01

Experience. That's what really makes or breaks us. Sometimes, occasionally, once in a blue moon, someone might be "naturally" good at something. Or, at least, it might appear that way. Because we don't often see what goes on behind the curtain. We don't see how much blood, sweat, and tears is shed...

Witness part 2

09/30/2019 19:59

"Did you see that?" Usually exclaimed in utter disbelief, hoping that someone else can verify what you think you just saw. Shared experience is much more powerful than individual experience. Look at Hebrews 12:1, "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let...

Witness part 1

09/29/2019 20:25

I try to make things simple. Probably because I consider myself a pretty simple guy. But also because I think this God thing--this LOVE thing--is way too important to make people jump through hoops to get it. Word Without Walls, right? I don't want to swim too deep that it's hard for people to hold...

Co-Dependent part 5

09/28/2019 18:51

When we stop looking at God as a taskmaster--someone who just tells us what to do and then we have to do it, or else--that's when we can stop working "for" Him and start working WITH Him. That's when we are truly co-laborers with Christ. Not trying to be Him, but letting Him be Himself in us, and...

Co-Dependent part 4

09/27/2019 20:11

God works in mysterious ways. Because He works through people. So the "co" part of this co-laboring, co-dependent relationship with God really does work both ways. Not that He depends on us because He HAS to, but because He CHOOSES to. If anybody has to depend on anybody, it is us depending on Him....

Co-Dependent part 3

09/26/2019 20:05

I think one of the most important words in the English language is "with." Especially when we're talking about relationships. Being a co-laborer. Doing things together. I can tell you, from experience, that if you say to someone "Come do this with me," it is SO much more well received than, "Can...

Co-Dependent part 2

09/25/2019 20:22

I don't know why, but I can vividly remember a scene from one of my previous jobs. At the time I worked for a car dealership. Washing cars. There were about half a dozen of us, and... let's just say we had to think creatively to make the job fun. To make the days go by. So one day, one of the other...

Co-Dependent part 1

09/24/2019 19:57

This might seem like it flies in the face of what I just Ranted, about being self-sufficient, but it really doesn't. Because, as we saw, God is our sufficiency. He is the reason that we can do anything at all. It is the power of God in us that EMPOWERS us both to will and to do of HIS good...

Self-Sufficient part 5

09/23/2019 19:56

I have everything I need. Because I have Jesus. I am entirely sef-sufficient... because I have the ability to connect with people. I know that seems counter-intuitive, but I think it's supposed to. I don't think we're supposed to be able to "figure everything out." Certainly not by ourselves. If we...

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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...