Jim Novell

I have addressed over the past few posts, mankind’s desperate and dire condition as sinners before a Holy God, subject to God’s justice, objects of His righteous judgement and wrath for our rejection of His purpose for and rule over our lives.  I have written of what the Bible has to say of the destructiveness […]

The late Dan Cummings, beloved pastor of Five Points Community Church in Auburn Hills Michigan, which I first started to attend back in 2006, preached a sermon on the glory of God’s “transcendent mercy.”  In this sermon he asked this series of searching questions: “Do I feel the eternal weight and misery of my sin?

Psalm104  Bless the Lord, O my soul!O Lord my God, You are very great:   You are clothed with honor and majesty,Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot,  Who walks on the wings of the

If you are reading this, it is not too late!!!!  Over 2000 years ago it was too late for me! ☹  I went through my short life in your world, believing that I was a good man, at least better than most.  I was thought of by others as a good husband and father, a

Before I offer thoughts regarding God’s ultimate expression of His wrath and judgement, namely consignment of unrepentant sinners to Hell, I want to offer Biblical reasons for why Hell – eternal torment, is a just response to mankind’s sin, our willful opposition to our creator.  Such understanding is necessary if we are to ultimately praise

Woven throughout the Bible, from the first Book of the Bible called Genesis, which tells us how this world and life in it began, to the final book of the Bible called Revelation, which tells us how this world will end, we have innumerable revelations of God’s goodness, kindness and grace, but also of His

The New Testament book of Romans is considered by many Christians and Christian theologians to be the most important book of the Bible.  In it the Apostle Paul sets forth the clearest explanation of the Gospel, the good news of what God has done in and through the person and work of God the Son,

It is an extremely dangerous world you and I live in.  However, this extreme danger is ultimately not the present COVID virus with its new, more deadly strains popping up throughout the world, nor is it the increasing threat of domestic or international terrorism.  It is not the increasing political strife and conflict in this

The fundament and foundational revelation in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, is that God is, and that He is good; that it is His essential and unchangeable nature to be gracious and kind – compassionate and caring – generous and patient – merciful and just (Exodus 34:5-7). And thus, all of His actions, all

I would like to address in this post what is probably one of the most popular, beloved and welcomed doctrines/teachings in the Bible, namely that of the wrath of God (I jest of course). In reality, the wrath of God, along with the doctrine of sin, is one of the most despised, disputed, denied and