We share the following review of HAVEN 24: A Biblical and Compassionate Response. Thank you Professor Brian Huizinga for sharing your thoughts. Last weekend (I write mid-January), in the midst of a furious winter storm, I joined hundreds of others in attending a two-day conference in Hudsonville, Michigan hosted by Haven of Mercy on the subject, “A Biblical and Compassionate Response to Abuse in the Church.” Due to the snowstorm, the majority of people stayed home and tuned in via livestream, and during the twenty-four hours in which the video-recordings were posted on the web following the conference, the recordings reportedly attracted thousands of hits. The conference featured three speeches on domestic abuse by Pastor Chris Moles, and three on sexual abuse by Rachael Denhollander. The three speeches for each speaker were divided along the same three lines: 1) theological foundations, 2) dynamics and impacts, 3) biblical and compassionate response. I did not attend the conferen...