In this episode of Here We Stand, Dr. David Shin sits down with Pastor Pavel Goia—an international evangelism trainer whose gripping testimony of surviving under Romania's brutal communist regime raises profound questions about faith, compromise, and divine intervention. Growing up under Nicolae Ceaușescu’s oppressive dictatorship, Goia faced severe, life-altering tests of Sabbath keeping, stretching from his teenage glass business to his university education and mandatory military service. At every crisis, when threatened with immediate imprisonment or professional ruin, he chose total surrender over compromise, witnessing mind-blowing miracles—including heavy sheets of glass hanging suspended in mid-air and a sudden, nationwide dictatorial decree that closed schools on Saturdays. Having later served nine years as editor of Ministry Magazine, Pastor Goia now trains frontline workers globally with Adventist World Radio. Today, he and Dr. Shin engage in a candid conversation that challenges modern Adventist believers to move beyond routine, superficial forms into a deep, power-filled relationship with Jesus Christ.
What is Here We Stand?
Here We Stand is a conversational podcast grounded in biblical conviction and faithful living.
Hosted by Dr. David Shin, Chair of Religion at Weimar University, the podcast engages theology, science, health, and current issues through Scripture-centered conversation. Each episode calls listeners to think biblically, live faithfully, and stand firm in a shifting world.
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