Adventist Review

There is a word we use often in our work at ADRA: hope.

We talk about bringing hope to communities, restoring hope after disaster, and helping people imagine a better future. But over the years, I have learned something important: Hope is not only something we talk about.

Hope is something we do. And it’s here where ADRA and OneVoice27 intersect. Link in the comments.

They came to memorize Scripture for a competition. Along the way, something deeper happened.

At Loganville Seventh-day Adventist Church, four Pathfinder Bible Experience teams found that prayer, humility, mentoring, and consistent time in God’s Word were shaping their character as much as their knowledge.

The result became bigger than competition—it became a discipleship movement involving young people, parents, coaches, and the wider church.

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Visitors to Indiana Academy’s 2025 camp meeting in the United States walked through Messiah’s Mansion, a life-size replica of the biblical sanctuary, while learning how its furnishings and services pointed to God’s plan of salvation. An Adventist filmmaker recognized an opportunity to preserve that experience.

Check what happened next through the link in the comments.

Exercise is not only about fitness or appearance. It can also teach us something about endurance.

Jason M. Aragón Castillo and Zeno Charles-Marcel explore how movement can strengthen the body while also reminding us to persevere through discomfort, care for ourselves with grace, and build strength for service.

Small steps matter—in health and in faith. Read the full reflection through the link in the comments.

The process usually starts with prayer. A lot of prayer. Indeed, when Maranatha Volunteers International leaders arrived in Colombia on August 16 for an exploratory visit, regional church leaders and members had been praying for decades.

Read what usually happens before Maranatha launches a specific church or school building initiative through the link in the comments.

Dispensationalism divides salvation history into distinct eras and maintains a strong distinction between Israel and the church.

Alberto R. Timm examines how Ellen White approached those questions differently—emphasizing continuity between the Old and New Testaments, one everlasting gospel, and one people of God united in Christ.

Read the full theological comparison through the link in the comments.

Scripture records people returning a tenth long before the Levitical priesthood existed, and what they returned was not necessarily limited to crops or livestock.

Their example suggests that tithing is rooted in something broader: recognizing God as the source of what we receive.

Read the full reflection in the comments and consider: What does returning a tenth communicate about whom we believe our increase comes from?

A prophecy can be genuine without its fulfillment unfolding exactly as we first expect.

Scripture shows that some of God’s promises were affected by human response, even when no explicit condition was stated.

Later revelation can also deepen the meaning of what came before.

Read the full reflection in the comments and consider: Are we allowing the whole of Scripture to shape how we interpret prophecy?

Most elite volleyball players spend years chasing opportunities, but Ammile Mercado and twin sisters Victoria and Violetta Sorokoumova occasionally walked away from them.

The three students shared both a passion for the sport and a commitment that would test them as athletes: They would not compete during Sabbath hours.

Read how faith became a personal choice, and remained more important than the final score, through the link in the comments.




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“There are moments when God calls His people to preach,” said Henry Beltran, president of the South Colombian Union Conference. “There are moments when God calls His people to go. And there are moments when God calls His people to serve. But there are moments when God says, ‘build the temple.’”

Read here why this is essential through the link in the comments.