Ex-Rock Star: The Real Danger of Music on Spirituality

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  David Shin
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  Louis Torres

Description

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 complex world.

Parent Series

Here We Stand

Sponsor

Weimar University

Recorded

April 24, 2026, 6:00 AM