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Our Separate Ways

Is it true you’re leaving?” Our neighbor Bina stood just outside our garden gate with her little boy. We haven’t spent much time with this family—Bina married soon after we moved to the village and she and her husband and small son share the home with her parents. Her father…

Fires Nearby

“Is that ash falling on my face?” My children and I were enjoying a late afternoon swim in an outdoor pool. Across the street, helicopters had been battling forest fires for weeks. But the familiar smoke coming from deep within the forest all of a sudden grew thicker. We returned…

So Fulfill the Law of Christ

Shuffling down the sidewalk and bending over to an almost 90-degree angle, an elderly woman carrying a large bundle of sticks on her back caught my eye as I sat at a traffic light, eager to finish my hour-long trip home on a Friday afternoon. Seeing that we were in…

Hey, I Know Jesus, Too

“I kind of want to get my nails done,” I said. “Yes, me, too!” responded my new friend Angela from South Carolina. “Let’s do it tomorrow when we go to Columbia for my meeting.” I started researching places to go near the restaurant where she was supposed to have her…

A Professor Speaks

“May I ask you a religious question, Hoca?” I queried. In the States, we address professors with the term “Doctor.” In Turkey, even in an informal context, it is common to say, “Teacher” (Hoca) along with the first name. Across the lunch table from me was Ozan, a professor of…

Forbidden Love Among Nations

And they lived happily ever after. . . . You have heard of those love stories, right? The ones where the prince falls in love with the princess, and he does everything possible to have her. He fights against enemies, rides a horse for miles and rescues the princess from…

Nathan’s Burden and Mine

As John and I drove along, I listened intently to Nathan over my car speaker. “Brother, what can I say? My daughter asked me, and I can’t give an answer!” Nathan continued with deep emotion. Perhaps 30 percent of what he said I could make out, but again and again,…

Peace, Be Still

We’re going to die! As the violent thunderstorm rocked our old VW van, my dad quickly pulled over on the shoulder of the road. The howling winds pelted hail at the windshield. I cowered in the back seat as my little four-year-old heart pleaded with Jesus to save us. I…

A Dream of Guidance and the Path to Truth

The following testimony comes from Imad, a seeker on the Dream Project website. My name is Imad. In my dream, I found myself in a place so bright and peaceful I can’t describe it. It felt like I was standing in another world, a land untouched by time. As I…

Spiritual Battles— A Global Adventist Experience

From Egypt in North Africa, where spiritual battles are deeply intertwined with cultural contexts, to Brazil in South America, where dark forces continue to challenge believers, the need for spiritual freedom is evident. On the continent of Asia, marked by religious diversity, and Australia, where spiritual awareness is increasing, Adventists…

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