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.
Lose the messiah complex
You will never be able to set wise boundaries with technology until you reject your messiah complex. Ever heard that term? A messiah complex…
Setting boundaries
My greatest fear for Christians in our digital age is not online bullying or mature websites. It’s the impact that all this scrolling has…
Face-to-face with friends
Imagine trying to have a conversation with a friend while surrounded by a crowd of people who are tapping you on the shoulder and…
Breaking the digital chains
If you had to give your relationship with your phone a letter grade, what grade would it be? That was the question I asked…
Saving souls through screens
A few years ago, I was asked to consider becoming the next lead speaker for Time of Grace, a ministry that connects people to…
Thank God for technology
Have you ever pictured the reformer Martin Luther as the Elon Musk of ancient Germany, a man on the leading edge of technology? Around…
The blessing of technology
If you see modern technology as a bad thing and not a blessing, consider this—before there were screens, there were scrolls. And we know…
Your screen and your soul
Technology is a tension, isn’t it? Families feel this when they FaceTime siblings two states away … and when they sit in the same…
Evangelism step 3: Say
If you’ve followed the apostle Paul’s plan for evangelism, you’ve prayed that “God may open a door for our message” and tried to “make…
Evangelism step 2: Love
When you hear an unexpected knock on your door and peek out the window, is your attitude affected by whose face you see? For…
Evangelism step 1: Pray
A few months ago, we sent out a survey to the members of our church about their spiritual habits. What did they rank as…
Run (don’t sprint) your race
About a decade ago, I tried to qualify for the Boston Marathon. There was just one problem—I wasn’t qualified to qualify for the Boston…