Jim Novell

One of, if not the most comforting of passages and promises in the Bible for someone who has, in faith, entrusted their life to Jesus Christ, is found in Romans 8:28, where we read, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according

I have been addressing what Jesus reveals is the first and great commandment, the commandment that subsumes all other of God’s commandments, in which the keeping of this commandment is essential to our eternal destiny, namely the commandment, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind

In the midst of the onslaught of tragic, heartbreaking events that seem to be proliferating both in this nation and the world, with the war in Ukraine, the recent killer tornado in Gaylord Michigan and the horrific mass shootings and murders in New York, California and Texas, it is easy to, and many do, question

In my previous post I looked at Hebrews 11:6 which states, But without faith it is impossible to please Him (God), for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.  I focused on the first part of the verse, noting that the faith that pleases God is

The title for this post comes from verse 9 of Hebrews 2:9-18, in which the writer proclaims, But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.  This passage speaks to what is referred

In my previous post I looked at the multitudes who saw Jesus with their physical eyes. They saw Him heal desperately sick people with a touch, cast out demons and calm storms with a word, create food, disappear in the midst of hostile crowds, raise dead people, then after an unjust arrest and trial, suffer

As we read through the four Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus, it becomes clear that not everyone who saw Jesus during His 33 years of life in this world saw Jesus, at least not for who He truly is, which is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, the Lord of Glory

In my previous post I looked at our spiritual blindness, a fatal condition that afflicts all mankind as a result of our willful suppression of the truth of the knowledge of the glory of God, of the beauty, the majesty, the infinite perfections of His being, which mankind was created to behold, experience, enjoy, and

A syllogism is an instance or form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions.  An example would be:  All mammals are animals – all elephants are mammals – therefore, all elephants are animals. There was a syllogism going around a few years ago that