Pastor Mike Novotny
Pastor Mike Novotny has served God’s people in full-time ministry since 2007 in Madison and, most recently, at The CORE in Appleton, Wisconsin. He also serves as the lead speaker for Time of Grace, where he shares the good news about Jesus through television, print, and online platforms.
Jesus suffered for you
In 2017, 60 miles north of London, archaeologists discovered the ancient remains of a man who had been crucified by the Romans, proven by…
The marvelous motivation of our Good Shepherd
Why do shepherds shepherd? Why would anyone choose to spend those long days and weary nights watching the flocks and searching for the strays?…
The problem with being human
According to Jesus, the problem with being human is that humans are like sheep. Sheep, despite all they offer our world (wool, milk, meat),…
God + man = Jesus (and really good news!)
Ready for a mental workout? Then read the lyrics of this classic Christmas carol—“Christ, by highest heaven adored/Christ, the everlasting Lord/late in time behold…
Hark! (a.k.a. Hey!)
Way back in 1739, Charles Wesley wrote a Christmas song soaked with Scripture. If “Away in a Manger” is like Cool Whip on a…
“Away” in a manger
If there’s one lyric that grabs my attention at Christmas, it’s the “away” in “Away in a Manger.” “Away in a manger, no crib…
God with us
Last summer my family saw the war tent of General George Washington. We sat in an intimate theatre in Philadelphia’s Museum of the American…
Jesus is the LIGHT of the world
You can learn a lot about Jesus from thinking about what light is like. In one of his most famous self-defining statements, Jesus declared,…
The offending of the five thousand
You may have heard of the feeding of the five thousand, but what about the offending of the five thousand that followed Jesus’ miraculous…
More blessing than you expected
In 2021, Florida businessman Bobby Read wanted to purchase some property next to the water tower in the town where he lived. He signed…
Jesus took breaks
One of the reasons that Christian people so often burn out is because we believe that we are following the footsteps of Jesus. Jesus…
Faultless
For about 15 years of my life, I was a rabid collector of sports cards. Baseball cards, football cards, basketball cards, and hockey cards…