CVV Ministries

It seems, at first, a profoundly foolish question: “Do you want to be healed?” Jesus once asked it of a paralyzed man who for 38 years had lingered beside a legendary pool. The

Unscripted Ep 10 | Heaven's Riskiest Adoption

What if God’s radical love turns messy, broken lives into cherished members of His family? In this engaging episode, Shawn Boonstra and Siku Dako explore the powerful April issue

Unscripted Ep 12 | Gc Date Got Changed?

What if your faithful tithes and offerings are quietly fueling a massive global push to finish God's work? In this special edition of Unscripted, recorded live from Spring Meeting

How The Bible Affects Money — Alistair Huong

What if the way you handle money revealed the true condition of your heart and faith? This insightful article lays out 10 powerful, timeless biblical principles that transform how

Help My Unbelief (April 17, 2026)

So you don’t have perfect faith. There are moments—even hours or days—when trusting God’s continued goodness seems beyond your reach. You wonder if the effort of this life

Unscripted Ep 9 | Church Dropout Crisis

Join Shawn Boonstra and Justin Kim in unScripted EP 9 for raw talks on SDA life from the March Adventist Review. Tackle the hot debate on Ellen White's city vs. country counsel in

She Opened The Way To Christ

What if one courageous woman, stepping off a ship in 1895 with nothing but faith and a trunk, could spark an entire mission movement across India? Georgia Burrus arrived alone in C

More Than Interpretation

What if the key to vibrant Deaf ministry isn’t just skilled interpreters—but genuine partnership? When hearing and Deaf Adventists team up beyond translation, something powerfu

How Superstitions Are Ruining Spirituality | Ep 8 Unscripted

This week on unScripted from the Adventist Review, we dive into the March edition and uncover some eye opening truths! We explore how superstition can quietly creep into Christian

Adopted By Love

What if one risky decision to open your home could forever change two families—yours and a child’s? When a couple welcomed a troubled Ukrainian girl for Christmas, they never i

A Melody For The Unchained (April 10, 2026)

Is grace, at heart, believable? ‘Of course,’ you say. Why not believe? It’s the noun that always follows “Amazing,” the tune the bagpipers skirl at dawn; the soaring hymn

The Morning Doubts Disappear (April 03, 2026)

“What if?” the soldiers wondered, as they watched His body sag. “A miracle man with a brazen claim—could He really rise again?” “What if?” the wise ones wondered, wit

The Journey Of A Week (March 27, 2026)

We walk the Passion story slowly, knowing it will seem to end as far too many stories end—with pain, with shame, with lonely death. The palm fronds we waved wildly on Sunday were

Nothing In My Hand I Bring (March 20, 2026)

Ever long for the bad old days when you could at least depend upon yourself? We tire of grace when we’re tempted by the easy arrogance of effort. “If I just say another prayer;

A World Without Hate (March 13, 2026)

The great illusion of our age is that the world must be divisible into clans and races and nations who inevitably hate each other. The histories of some countries—and entire po

Ep 6 Unscripted—Daniel 3'S Fiery Lists

Welcome to Episode 6 of unScripted — live real talk on what's happening in the Seventh day Adventist Church right now. Shawn Boonstra and Justin Kim unpack the latest Adventist R

A Light That Never Fails (March 06, 2026)

If you should meet a person happy with his life, or joyful in her story, you’ve likely met someone experiencing the deep security of living in the grace of God. He can look upon

Unscripted Episode 5 | Can The Church Ever Be Wrong?

Can the SDA Church ever be wrong? Was Hitler really a Christian? And was that "impression" from God... or just last night's pizza? In this raw, no holds barred episode of unScript

Too Good To Be False (February 27, 2026)

It’s the critic’s counterclaim, the “faithful doubter’s” last redoubt: “Say less about the grace of God, and more of human duty.” Afraid that others may secure by gif

Unscripted Ep 4 | Why God Didn't Heal Like We Prayed

In this episode of unScripted from the Adventist Review, Shawn Boonstra sits down with associate editor Sikhu Daco to unpack the powerful February 2026 issue. They dive deep into:

Grace Given, And Not Lent (February 20, 2026)

Grace seems to fail a million times an hour. In every place where mercy isn’t honored and accepted, grace appears an unwise use of heaven’s kindness and forgiveness. Hard hea

Unscripted Episode 2

Join Shawn and Justin on Unscripted from the Adventist Review for honest talk about life in the SDA Church in 2026. From exploding interest in astrology (80% of young people believ

Unscripted Episode 1

Review Hosts Shawn Boonstra and Justin Kim dive into candid, unfiltered conversations about faith, ministry, and the global Seventh day Adventist Church. In this episode: Justin Ki

When Politics Misleads Us (February 13, 2026)

How does God’s grace invade our daily conversations? Certainly not by retreating to our separate corners and hurling brickbats at each other. Of all the “stuff” we absorb f

Practicing Grace (February 06, 2026)

And so you’ve got him “dead to rights,” as old books used to say. You’ve caught him in the lie, the theft, with poison pills he slipped into the office water cooler. There

Early Gratitude (January 30, 2026)

Eyelids flutter, and we sense—more than we see—how differently light looks than when we fell exhausted into bed. Awareness jabs at everything—the too hard pillow; the blanket

Environmental Truths (January 23, 2026)

Below our deepest hurt and darkest shame, there is the grace of God—forgiving us, rebuilding us, repairing all that’s broken. Above our highest joy and most euphoric moments, t

One Hero Only (January 16, 2026)

One hundred years ago, the world knew all about ticker tape parades. Returning war heroes, major politicians, and sometimes even aviators and athletes would be honored by a slow mo

Counter-Intuitive Grace (January 09, 2026)

We celebrate achievement in every arena of our daily lives, and rightly so. Parents rejoiced when we first slept through the night; the first time we rolled over in the crib; when

Forgetting What Lies Behind (January 02, 2026)

A famous journalist once wrote, “The true secret of editing is to know what to place in the wastebasket.” That’s good counsel for those who seek to live in grace during 2026

Irresistible Joy (December 26, 2025)

So here’s the greatest cause for Christmas joy—not that you deck your house with hundreds of lights or fill your home with dozens of gifts—but that the Lord of heaven and ear

The Unforgettable Child (December 19, 2025)

Had He arrived with fanfare from some royal balcony, with heralds officiously announcing His nativity to thousands massed to hear the news, He might have changed the politics of on

The Power Of Grace (December 12. 2025)

The story that brings joy and hope to billions every Christmas brings dread to those corrupted by power. The old prophecy—fulfilled in the birth of Jesus—that “unto us a Chil

Drenched But Delighted (December 05, 2025)

Come stand with me beneath the waterfall of grace. There is no waiting line, no jostling for position. There are no elbows, scornful faces, or murmured whispers of contempt. No one

All In A Moment (November 28, 2025)