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.
Money magnet
At first glance, Jesus got it backward: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). Wouldn’t it be better…
Lasting treasure
In early 2018, a couple from Colorado sold everything they owned and bought a boat in pursuit of their dream to sail the open…
How to tackle temptation
When author Bill Frey was 11 years old, he tried to get a big stump out of his front yard. For hours he dug…
Make it better
I know a guy who’s living in exile. He’s in a jail cell right now, far away from his family and friends and the…
The cure for conflict
Have you ever seen a Newton’s Cradle? A Newton’s Cradle is the famous office accessory with the five metal spheres that hang in a…
Thank God for detours
You’re late to the company party. Your hot dish is getting lukewarm on the backseat as you zip through yellow lights (well, orangish, to…
Where two or three gather
One of the Bible’s most beautiful passages just might be one of its most misquoted. Ever heard Jesus’ famous words: “For where two or…
Save us from success!
What do you think of Gideon? In Judges chapters 6-8, we meet a nobody named Gideon whose faith seems remarkably flawed. When Jesus appears…
The apple can fall far
Are you ever shocked that Jesus was Jewish? If that doesn’t blow your mind, you haven’t read the story of the Jewish people. It’s…
God-given tension
I rewrote my sermon six times. I was attempting to write a sermon about Deborah from Judges chapter 4, and the tension was tearing…
Willing to wait for it?
Have you ever heard of the Stanford “marshmallow test”? A Stanford professor once offered kids a choice—They could eat a marshmallow now, or if…
Ask a woman how it feels
I had no clue what it was like to be a woman until I asked some women. In my research for an upcoming sermon,…