Jim Novell

If you ask a Bible study or Sunday School class of either adults or children “Who here wants to go to Heaven?”, you can almost always expect all hands to enthusiastically be raised.  However, when you ask about the primary reason why they want to go to heaven, the answers are not as enthusiastically given, […]

By Faith Theologian J.C. Ryle, in his book Home at Last writes “The earth is not our rest; it cannot be; there breathes not man or women who ever found it so.  Go, build your happiness on earth if you are so disposed; choose everything this world offers to make this life enjoyable, Take money,

Most people do not find it irrational or unrealistic to believe that there is, or will be one day, a world, a reality, a realm, a state of being in which life will be significantly more interesting and exciting, much more fulfilling, wherein we will experience substantially greater joy and delight, pleasure and satisfaction, free

This post was written by one of my brothers at Five Points Community Church, Ben O’Shea, and I am publishing it with his permission.  I found it clear, concise and relevant to addressing the present day identity crisis in our culture, and even, unfortunately, in many churches. One of the most fundamental questions in life is

Fill in the blank: To live is __________.    In this exercise, I am asking you to identify that which is most important in your life, essential to your life; what it is that gives meaning and purpose to your life, raises your affections, excites your passions – that which above all else occupies your thoughts,

I noted in my previous post that for the vast majority of people in this world, physical death, the end of our life – our existence in this world, is dreaded and feared.  And I noted that this fear and dread is for good reason.  One reason I noted is because it represents the loss

If you have ever had to take a timed exam in school or college or some other forum, you always dreaded the one monitoring the exam proclaiming, “Time’s up”, meaning you would no longer have the opportunity to finish questions you had not yet answered, or change answers you had already given but wanted to

One of the most influential, God exalting books I have read in my life was written by John Piper, titled Don’t Waste Your Life.  I read it about fifteen years ago and although it inspired me it also depressed me as I realized how much of my life I had wasted, how much time that

Dear Readers, The link below will take you to one of the most God glorifying sermons I have ever been blessed to hear.  I strongly recommend you take time to listen, truly listen. I guarantee that it will move your heart closer to the heart of our great and glorious God.   None Greater, None Nearer

All of time is ultimately God’s time (Ecclesiastes 3:1-9) (Psalm 31:14-15).  All that occurs in the realm of time is by God’s decree and under God’s control (Lamentations 3:37-38), as He directs the course of history according to His infinite wisdom and majestic power (Romans 11:33-36) to its purposeful end, namely His glory (Isaiah 43:7);