Haven Today

“Bad news sells,” they say, but only in news headlines. When it comes to the Gospel, we’re tempted to soft-pedal the bad news. Yet without that truth, there is no Gospel.

On this episode, David Wollen, with special guest Tyler Van Halteren, talk about how the storyline of The Pilgrim’s Progress maps onto the common experience of the Christian life.

It’s the most important Christian book most believers today have never read. Yet for three centuries, it was read and cherished by Christians everywhere.

What’s Revelation primarily about? Is it the future, the end of the world, the Antichrist? A closer read invites us to put our focus somewhere far better—the Lord Jesus Christ.

They’re known as the “lukewarm” church. Jesus warned them that unless they turned back to him, he would spit them out of his mouth.

Jesus told an ancient church that he held a special key in his hand and that there was a door only he could open. What did he mean by this?

When it comes to spiritual maturity, there’s a difference between reputation and reality. We often cannot discern between the two, but Jesus does. In Revelation he says, “I know your works.”

Thyatira was a bustling center of business. The church was not experiencing direct persecution, but Jesus was about to send trouble their way. Why? Just one word …tolerance.

Some cities mentioned in the Bible are familiar— like Jerusalem or Ephesus. But what about Pergamum. Jesus wrote a letter to this church and said, they were living where Satan had his throne.

Jesus makes it clear to the church in Smyrna: Some of them would be imprisoned and some would face death for their faith. But Jesus is equally clear — DO. NOT. FEAR.

Ephesus looms large in God’s Word, and the Apostle John pastored this ancient church for decades. However, Jesus had a concern and a warning for them that still applies today.

John had seen and heard Jesus more times than he could count. So why did he fall on his face in fear when Jesus appeared to him during his old age?

Near the end of his life, the Apostle John was exiled on an island. Jesus appeared to him in a vision and instructed him to write down letters for seven churches. These letters are as relevant today a

Where is your hope? And just as important for a Christian, when is your hope? In other words, is your hope in this life or in the life to come?

C.S. Lewis knew the cost of following Christ. But when he met his wife, that cost became even more personal. Tune in to hear about Lewis’ marriage and the great wedding feast of the Lamb.

When C.S. Lewis finally turned to the Lord, he faced scrutiny and rejection from many. But he had finally found joy, the joy of Christ.

A dying mother and trench warfare. Both painful experiences for CS Lewis. But in the midst of terrible suffering, God used those experiences for good.

He was a once-in-a-generation intellectual whose Christian witness impacted millions of lives. But how did C.S. Lewis come to faith?

What’s the relationship between grace and effort in the life of a Christian? And how does the humanity of Jesus enter into that question?

There simply aren’t enough hours in the day. We’ve all expressed our frustration that, despite all the time-saving technology in our world, the work is never done.

What do gratitude and lament have in common? They may seem like opposites, but in God’s Word they were made to go together. And best of all, Jesus shows us how.

In part two of their conversation, David Wollen and Dr. Kelly Kapic reflect on how embracing our limits leads us to deeper joy in Christ and faithful service to others.

Human limitations are unavoidable, but how does God feel about them? Does He want you to find a way to push past your limits, or could it be that you were never meant to do it all?

For the non-Christian, the most important message they could ever hear is the Gospel. But what about for a believer? Is it any different?

David Wollen is joined by author/pastor Milton Vincent and pastor Mike Bullmore for a discussion about the joy of a Christian who lives in the good of the Gospel.