Jim Novell

The cry for justice in our nation has been loud and divisive over the past few years.  We demonstrate in our streets and argue in the chambers of our state and federal legislatures for social justice, racial justice, economic justice, reform of criminal justice and now even reproductive justice, wherein it is believed by all […]

The late conservative talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, published a best- selling book back in the early 1990s titled, The Way Things Ought to Be.  Although I have not read the book, I understand that it basically lampooned modern culture and its emphasis on political correctness, multiculturism and the liberal bias of the media.  It

I have focused over the last three months on the who, where, when, what, why and how of Heaven, and how the glory of God’s grace and mercy and love is displayed in His bringing us to this most desirable and beautiful of all realms and the most glorious of all existences.  It is the

Much of what the average person believes regarding life in Heaven comes from our own sin corrupted imaginations or from what we have heard on TV, the internet or even in church, and not from diligent study of and meditation on God’s word (2 Timothy 2:15). Many imagine that Heaven is a place of endless

I have looked at a number of aspects of Heaven in my previous posts, including who will be in Heaven, and what we will be like in Heaven.  But next I would like to look briefly at Heaven itself – the new earth and universe presented to us in Revelation 21 and Revelation 22 with

My nephew is a big sports enthusiast. A few years ago, in trying to help him understand the Gospel, I began with the “Fall”, Adam’s and our rejection of God’s purpose for and rule over our life, and the all-pervasive, devastating consequences this had on all of God’s good creation – mankind in particular.  As

One of the joys we have as a Christian is to ponder, to think about with great anticipation, what life will be like, and more importantly what we will be like when God’s eternal plan of redemption is consummated in the new heavens and new earth; when we are glorified as beings of immeasurable dignity

I am anxious to begin to consider the glorious beings we will be in Heaven, and specifically in our eternal home of the “new heavens and new earth”. However, before I do, I want to follow up my previous post by looking at who we are now, as a new creation in union with Jesus

The promise of eternal life, our restoration to the glorious life with God for which man was created, but lost because of sin, is not an empty promise given to manipulate or control our lives as some would suggest, but is in fact the most certain of all promises, made by a Holy and Righteous

The present world we live in is deeply, deeply wrong in every respect.  The lives we live in it are for the most part unsatisfying and unfulfilling, marked by sadness and sorrow, anxiety and anger and ultimately death.  For many of us it is a life of quiet desperation in which we give most of