The Tom Short Show

Do you ever want people to notice your goodness so that they might think more highly of you? The Pharisees did, and Jesus exposed them in the Sermon on the Mount. We don't want to be Pharisees!Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 6:1-18To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Our heavenly Father invites us to bring our prayers and petitions to HIm. Let's not leave needs unprayed for.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer as I pray for you, your family, church, and our nation.Scripture Used in Today's MessagePhilippians 4:6-7To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

America has survived and thrived for 250 years, becoming the strongest nation in the history of the world. Is it inevitable that we will always retain this position? Could we be conquered? Could we self-destruct?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Jesus tells us our love is to be greater than the love unbelievers and sinners have for their friends.  Our love is to be like God's love. How is that possible? What does it look like? If you have it, you will definitely stand out in today's world.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:43-48To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Jesus' teaching to turn the other cheek is one of the most well-known verses in the Sermon on the Mount. It's also one of the most misunderstood.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn why and how we should understand His teaching not to resist evil.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:38-42Romans 12:17 -- `13:4To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

The Pharisees loved to proclaim their righteousness because they kept the letter of the Law. But Jesus pointed out that they missed the whole intent of the Law. What were they missing? Are we still prone to miss it today as well?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:26-30To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Should a Christian take oaths? Are you obligated to keep your word if it wasn't put in writing? Do we live by the world's standards of integrity, or does God call us to a higher standard?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to see what Jesus said about these questions.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:33-37Proverbs 22:1To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Jesus never shied away from tough issues. Divorce is a tough issue, and Jesus spoke clearly about it in the Sermon on the Mount. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:31-32Matthew 19:3-9Malachi 2:15-16To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Who prays for you? Do you have anyone interceding with God on your behalf? This is something everyone NEEDS..Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer and let me pray for YOU.Scripture Used in Today's MessageRomans 15:30Ephesians 6:19Colossians 1:9To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

I never know what's going to happen when I preach on campus, but this week I  heard something new that concerned me deeply. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessagePsalm 12:8Proverbs 28:28To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Have you heard the latest from Cadice Owens? Perhaps a better question is, should you listen to her? Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageJames 1:27Proverbs 17:4Psalm 11:32 Corinthians 13:1Deuteronomy 19:15To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Perhaps you can see how being poor in spirit, pure in heart, or hungering and thirsting for righteousness can be a blessing. But persecution? How can someone hating you, hurting you, and seeking to destroy you be a blessing?  Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:10-12Luke 6:262 Timothy 3:121 John 3:13Revelation 2:10To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Jesus' 7th Beatitude, His Upside-Down Blessing, is to be called "a son of God." Isn't that a wonderful way for someone to refer to you? How can you receive this blessing? By being a peacemaker. How can you do that? Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:92 Corinthians 5:17-21Romans 5:1Ephesians 6:15To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

No one has ever seen God, and yet Jesus tells us a way we can do it! What an incredible experience that would be. Would you like to know how you can experience this upside-down blessing? Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:8Psalm 18:25To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

At some point or another, if we hope to have healthy relationships, everyone needs to be shown mercy. More importantly, everyone needs to show mercy to others. Doing so is one of Jesus' upside-down blessings in life. Failing to do so puts us under stress none of us were meant to live with. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:7Matthew 18:23-35To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

How does the war with Iran fit with end-times prophecy, and how should prophecy affect what we pray for? And is it appropriate for a Christian to pray that evil enemies would be defeated and destroyed? Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageRomans 12:19Psalm 35:1-8To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

In a long anticapated move, the United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer for updates and to pray for victory over the forces of evilScripture Used in Today's MessagePsalm 35:1-8Proverbs 21:15To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Do you hunger and thirst for righteousness? What would that even look like? In the fourth quality of these' upside-down blessings, Jesus tells us this is the key to finding satisfaction in life.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to discover more about Jesus' upside-down blessings.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:5Proverbs 27:202 Peter 2:12-14Hebrews 11:24-27To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

What do you think of when you think of meekness? Meek may rhyme with weak, but the two words are not synonyms.  In fact, meekness is a display of great strength and leads to great victories!Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to discover more about Jesus' upside-down blessings.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:4Matthew 11:28-30Psalm 37:8, 11, 22, 29, 34To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

How could mourning and sorrow be a blessing? What was Jesus referring to? Should Christians always walk around consistently sad? How does this work with admonitions to rejoice always?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to discover more about Jesus' upside-down blessings.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:41 Corinthians 5:1-22 Corinthians 7:9-11To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

In the first of eight beatitudes, Jesus commends those who are poor in spirit. Is this the same as being poor? Is it wrong to have earthly wealth? What does it mean to be poor in spirit?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to discover more about Jesus' upside-down blessings.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:3Luke 6:20To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Many people (including me) think that the most powerful words ever spoken were those of Jesus Christ in what is known as The Sermon on the Mount. Today we begin a new series looking at the opening verses of this sermon called the Beatitudes.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to discover Jesus' upside-down description of a truly good life.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 5:1-12To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Do you practice Lent? Most of us born-again during the Jesus Revolution don't. It's a Roman Catholic tradition also followed by some mainline Protestant churches. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more, and to hear about one time I practiced Lent, and it was good for me.Scripture Used in Today's MessageGalatians 2:20To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

I've returned from a wonderful trip to the Holy Land. In today's today's Daily Word & Prayer I'll share some of my experiences and observations from this unique place that I've come to love. Join me and be inspired.Scripture Used in Today's MessagePsalm 122:6-9To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

We're not saved by our good works, but when a man asked him how to inherit eternal life, Jesus told him to sell all his possessions and give to the poor. Is this a contradiction to the message of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMark 10:17-27To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

One of life's toughest lessons, and one that tests our faith, is when God doesn't show up as soon as we think He should. How we act in those situations is critical to our spiritual growth and productivity in His kingdom.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageExodus 32:1, 7-8Isaiah 40:28-31To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

The Super Bowl, the most-watched television event in the country, is especially controversial this year. Do you believe the NFL has crossed the line? If so, there's another option—one my family will take. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Jesus taught that if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off, for it is better to enter life crippled and maimed than to have two hands and go to hell. Did he mean us to take this literally, or is there a deeper teaching we are to grasp?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMark 9:43-48Mark 7:20-23Romans 12:9Hebrews 1:9To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Jesus had a stern warning for anyone who causes a child to stumble. What could cause a child to stumble? How is this happening in our day? How must we protect children from stumbling blocks?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMark 9:42Matthew 18:6-7To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

When Jesus' disciples encountered someone who was casting out demons in Jesus' name but wasn't part of their group, they were troubled. Should they be rebuked? Jesus had an answer for them that is very relevant in our day. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMark 9:38-40Matthew 12:30To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Can you believe that the disciples were actually discussing which of them was the greatest? Folks in your church would never do this, would they?! But Jesus used this opportunity to teach them, and us, about true greatness.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMark 9:30-37To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Are you in a bad situation that looks impossible? Are you exhausted? Do you need a miracle? Are you believing, and yet wavering in your faith? When all looks impossible, there is still a solution. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to what it is.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMark 9:14-29To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Kirk Cameron recently created great controversy when he announced that he believed in annihilationism -- that souls damned to hell would not exist eternally. He's not the only one to question the traditional belief of hell being eternal, conscious suffering. What should you think about this?Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 25:46John 3:16Revelation 20:15To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Eternal judgment in hell is a difficult subject. Some people think God is too loving to send someone to hell, but He let's us make that choice. Others essentially do away with a literal hell, or figure out some way to minimize what the Bible says about this awful place.  Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 7:21-23Matt 25:41-46Revelation 20:15To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

In an event known as The Transfiguration, Jesus revealed His glory even if just for a moment. This had quite an effect on Peter, and it should on us as well.Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn to more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 16:28-17:82 Peter 1:16-18To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Scripture urges us, and warns us, not to be ashamed of Jesus. I have to wonder why this instruction is necessary. Jesus is wonderful. Why would anyone be ashamed of Him? Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn to discover what I think is behind our temptation to be ashamed of the greatest man to ever live.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMark 8:34-38Romans 1:16To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),' you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother; thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”

The Bible is a powerful book. It is the word of God. There are incredible benefits God promises to those who know His word, but also significant warnings we must be aware of. Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer to learn how to gain insight from the Bible and not just useless information.Scripture Used in Today's MessageMark 6:51-52Psalm 103:7Proverbs 2:3-6Psalm 111:10Psalm 119:99Daniel 12:3To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

This terrible winter storm may have a positive lesson to teach us about how god sees our sin. A popular Broadway play and movie might have something to teach us as well. Has your church been cancelled today because of the storm? Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer and let's be encouraged!Scripture Used in Today's MessageIsaiah 1:18-20To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer as we pray for this big winter storm and discuss how we can prepare for other calamities that may someday come our way.Scripture Used in Today's MessageProverbs 6:6-8To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Is there really an invisible spiritual battle raging all around us? If so, have churches lost sight of it? If so, why? Join me for today's Daily Word & Prayer for some insight on this question and some inspiration to join the Lord's army2 Timothy 2:3-4Ephesians 6:10-122 Corinthians 10:3-5To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

There is an affordability crisis in America. While most discussion of this is focused on meeting day-to-day expenses, or how one unexpected emergency can lead to bankruptcy, in today's Daily World & Prayer, I'm bringing our attention to three important life events that we need to figure out how to afford -- giving birth, getting married, and being buried.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

People sometimes wonder what to pray for. Personally, I have a prayer I love to pray for people. Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer, and I will pray it for you!Scripture Used in Today's Message2 Thessalonians 1:11-12To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Were you shocked by video of radical, anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis invading a church service this past Sunday? What can we learn from this? What does it tell us about the current state of affairs in our country? And will this be a new trend?Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer to learn moreTo find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

On this MLK holiday, let's examine his dream and its chances of becoming reality.Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer to learn moreTo find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

People do a lot of things in secret. God does, too. Some secrets are good;  some aren't. Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer to learn moreScripture Used in Today's MessageMatthew 6:1, 4, 6, 18Psalm 25:14To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Tucker Carlson recently created quite a stir (again) when he claimed pornography is a greater threat to our country than Islamic terror. Do you agree or disagree?Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer to get my take on this question.To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Do you ever get down on yourself -- thinking you're a sinner that's blown all your chances to be a good person? God has a plan for you, and even though we've all blown it, we are now part of God's renovation project in which He is making us new.Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageColossians 3:9-10Romans 8:28-30Philippians 2:13To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

The miracle of the Incarnation is that, in the life of Jesus, God became like one of us. But He was also different -- not only in that He was God in the flesh,, but He was also the PERFECT MAN! Can you articulate what that means and what it looks like?Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageJohn 1:18Colossians 1:152 Corinthians 3:18Colossians 3:9-10To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Humans are unique from animals (we don't accept human evolution) and machines (AI and robots), but after Adam sinned, was he, and are we, still made in the image of God? What did we lose in the Fall? Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageGenesis 9:6James 3:8-10To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher

Are human beings just animals of advanced intelligence? Will advanced Artificial Intelligence replace humans? Is our opposing thumb what separates us from chimps? Will human dominance disappear once robots have opposing thumbs? What does it really mean to be human? How we answer these questions influences us more than we realize.Join me for today's Daily World & Prayer to learn more.Scripture Used in Today's MessageGenesis 1:26-28To find Tom on Instagram, Facebook, TiKTok, and elsewhere, go to linktr.ee/tomthepreacher