Made for Happiness

Have you ever heard it said that what God wants for you is not your happiness, but your holiness? What if, when God makes us holy, He actually changes what makes us happy? In this episode, David Wollen and author Andrew Wilson take a fresh look at what the Bible says about happiness and where lasting happiness can truly be found.

What does God desire most for your life—holiness or happiness? The good news of the gospel is that you don’t have to choose. In this episode, David Wollen and pastor and author Andrew Wilson explore how, in Christ, God transforms our hearts and leads us to find our deepest happiness in Him.

The gospel gives us hope in Christ: in place of sin, we have forgiveness; in place of shame, we are known and loved; and in place of sorrow, we have the promise of unshakeable joy. In this episode, David Wollen and author Andrew Wilson explore the kind of lasting happiness found in Christ—even amid the sorrows of life.

There are more than 50 words in the English language that express happiness. Some kinds of happiness the Bible calls us to pursue—but not all of them. In this episode, David Wollen explores seven different flavors of happiness and what God’s Word teaches us about which ones are truly worth pursuing.

Joy is an essential part of what the gospel brings into the lives of all who are born again in Christ. And yet, we don’t always feel joyful, do we? In this episode, David Wollen considers what Christians can do when joy remains elusive and points us to the certain hope and lasting joy we have in Christ.