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06/10/2025

05/10/2025

Even if there were a thousand people in a room with Pastor Jim Ayer, you wouldn’t be able to miss him. He towered over most people by at least a head and always wore a black hat with a wide brim. I recognised him as the friendly host of a programme on Adventist World Radio, for which he travelled to the most unusual places on Earth. But I knew nothing about his life story. That is, until I had the chance to interview him.

19/09/2025

A financial crisis never comes alone. It brings uncertainty, fear, sleepless nights, and the shame of being unable to meet one’s expenses. Can faith bring meaning amid financial chaos?

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30/08/2025

I was in the park with my little girl when a heavy summer shower began, driving us home. My little girl wanted us to stop for a moment in the stairwell of our apartment building to watch the rain. After standing there for a few seconds, I heard her whisper, “God, You’re getting soaked.”

Those familiar with the Bible will instinctively think of the words spoken by Jesus: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3-4). I think of these verses every time my little girl, through a gesture or an innocent word, makes me long for a purity that she shows me exists. When Jesus says, “Unless you become like little children,” or “Whoever takes the lowly position of this child,” He implicitly affirms that returning to this humble innocence is possible.

God in the rain | A hymn of fellowship in any season By Alina Kartman - August 29, 2025 1 I was in the park with my little girl when a heavy summer shower began, driving us home. My little girl wanted us to stop for a moment in the stairwell of our apartment building to watch the rain. After standin...

24/08/2025

When offering guidance on church life, the Bible encourages the community of faith to become “one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free,” based on the fact that “we were all given the one Spirit to drink” (1 Corinthians 12:13). This metaphor highlights that each member has their role to play in the growth of the community as a whole. Between metaphor and reality, however, Christian communities often face challenges such as a lack of communication, similar projects running separately, and even subtle forms of competition between groups.

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05/08/2025

Even those least familiar with evolutionary theory know that it involves a powerful driving force: natural selection. However, as we delve deeper into the theory, we find that things haven’t been that simple for a long time. This is because we no longer consider natural selection the sole engine of evolution, and from a certain point of view, not even the most powerful one.

A theory can be flawed due to its premises or the reasoning on which it is based. Regardless of the reasons, however, a flawed theory exhibits distinctive signs in the form of contradictory or unrealistic predictions. In this article, we will examine some of the deeper aspects of the theory of evolution, provisionally accepting its premises in order to evaluate its implications.

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