In this episode of Here We Stand, Dr. David Shin sits down with Pastor Louis R. Torres—an international evangelist whose journey from rock-and-roll to global ministry raises compelling questions about music, morality, and conviction. As a young man, Torres played bass guitar for Bill Haley & His Comets in the late 1960s, but at the height of opportunity, he walked away from his music career after a deep spiritual conviction led him to embrace the Seventh-day Adventist faith. He went on to serve as a pastor, evangelist, and church leader, including as president of the Guam-Micronesia Mission, and co-founded the Mission College of Evangelism with his wife Carol—training thousands for frontline ministry. Now serving with Adventist World Radio, Pastor Torres reflects on the personal decisions that reshaped his life, while he and Dr. Shin engage in a candid, thought-provoking conversation about the spiritual influence of music, the role of conscience, and what it means to live with unwavering conviction in a compl

Peter heals the 40-year-old lame man and thousands gather around them in wonder and amazement. Filled with the Holy Spirit he boldly witnesses that the healing was done through Faith in the Mighty Name of the Holy One of Israel, the Lord of Life. Jesus Christ has power to heal and power to save. Jesus can do the same for us if we will not harden our heart.

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit had given the disciples the treasure and unity in the Righteousness and person of Christ that they so desperately needed to fulfill the commission of Christ. This rich gift was to help them continue the healing and ministry of Jesus that He began when He was on earth. He will empower us to do the same today.