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Episode 573
What does a 380-year-old fight over censorship have to do with the Seventh-day Adventist Church? In 1644, the poet John Milton published a furious de…
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Scripture Alone? by John Peckham
Episode 582
Drive in snow and overcorrect one way, and you'll end up in the ditch on the other side. Theologian John Peckham argues the same danger lurks around …
2 days, 1 hour ago
OUR CONFIDENCE IN GRACE (September 04, 2026)
Episode 590
Between this moment and the final triumph of God’s love, there will be many moments when the outcome may appear in doubt.
Hard-edged, hard-hearted pe…
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THE UNSTOPPABLE RIPPLE (August 28, 2026)
Episode 589
And you thought grace was just for individuals.
When God’s mercy and affection are much-welcomed and deep-trusted, lasting impacts start to flow to a…
1 week, 2 days ago
Why God Shows Up Before the Missionaries Do | unScripted EP 27
Episode 588
3 billion people on Earth have never heard the name of Jesus — and most of them live in cities the Adventist Church has been quietly leaving for deca…
1 week, 3 days ago
Adventists Got Tobacco Right. We Missed This One. | unScripted EP 28
Episode 587
A minister who's raised his kids and an editor still in the trenches sit down over one question: what do you do when the most addictive thing your ch…
1 week, 3 days ago
Their Outreach Starts With People Who Hate the Church | unScripted EP 29
Episode 586
Three churches. Three continents. One thing they all figured out that most Adventist congregations still haven't.
Shawn Boonstra opens the mission re…
1 week, 3 days ago
What I Wish I'd Said Before My Friend Overdosed | unScripted EP 30
Episode 585
She once heard voices telling her she was about to hurt someone. Now she hosts one of Hope Channel's most-watched shows. This episode asks the questi…
1 week, 3 days ago
30 Years in Marketing. Now He Says the Church Measures Wrong | unScripted EP 31
Episode 584
Years ago Shawn Boonstra signed the guest book at a church that wasn't his own, just to see what would happen. They called him back in 32 hours. Mean…
1 week, 3 days ago
Is Adventism a Cult | unScripted EP 32
Episode 583
Shawn joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church six weeks before Waco burned. Justin comes from a country whose own society files Adventism as an offic…
1 week, 3 days ago