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.
Start with grace
If you grew up in church, what do you remember hearing about financial giving? Did it start with grace? Was Jesus the first part…
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…
No coincidence. Just providence.
Why are you here? Out of all the things you could be doing or words you could be reading, why are you here right…
“Pastor, do you keep these commandments?”
One evening after teaching a classroom of teenagers about sex, marriage, and living together, a young man raised his hand and asked, “Pastor Mike,…
Community is messy
I wish community was less messy. I wish we could join a church with no people problems, sign up for a small group without…
Where every great marriage starts
Recently, when I typed wife and husband and marriage and married into a Bible search engine, I discovered 14 specific commands for Christian spouses….
God’s Word to married women
I recently typed wife and married and marriage into a Bible search engine, and what I discovered were the “7 Commandments for Christian Wives.”…
God’s Word to married men
I recently typed husbands and married and marriage into a Bible search engine, and what I discovered were the “7 Commandments for Christian Husbands.”…
80/20 is bad for all 100
In 1896 Vilfredo Pareto noticed something odd about his garden. As he picked his peapods, he noticed that some pods had more peas than…
Grace isn’t our excuse
Every year I have the privilege of talking about biblical sexuality at a local Christian high school where many of the students have been…
Help! is a brave word
I recently met a young woman who just became a Christian. During our conversation, she told me of a book about a horse, a…
Fight for the faith
A few months back, a stranger stopped me in the produce section of my local grocery store and said, “Pastor, you don’t know me,…