Unshackled!
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Program # 3252 Denise Donovan
3252 Denise Donovan: (Parental Kidnapping, Fear, Shame) Denise and her sister are kidnapped by their father, a sailor who disappears from their lives when Denise is ten. They are raised by their unstable stepmother, Betty, an alcoholic. Life is miserable for both girls. After her sister leaves, Denise endures her stepmother's bizarre behavior. At sixteen Denise goes to church, hears the Gospel and prays to receive Jesus. Then, Denise lives with her sister, graduates and works. She marries,...
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Program # 3251 Leslie Gentry Classic
3251 Leslie Gentry Classic: (Dust Bowl, Alcohol, Navy) Leslie's father is a bootlegger and farmer who flees the Dust Bowl with his wife and nine children in their old jalopy. Les is 16. His father dies in Phoenix and Les joins the Navy, becoming a drunk. He marries Myrna but continues his drunken ways. He survives World War II and Korea but is increasingly mean to Myrna who stays with him. Les's brother prays for them and Myrna is saved but Les is not. Finally, he goes to church with his...
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Program # 3250 Joseph and Margaret Meeko
3250 Joseph & Margaret Meeko: (Missionaries to Japan) Joe and Margaret sell their home and with their sons, aged four and six, travel to Japan in 1947 to share the Gospel and help the Japanese people. Their journey by freighter in late November is harrowing; many storms at sea. But they leave a legacy of love that is still ongoing in Japan.
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Program # 3249 Dean For Classic
3249 Dean Ford Classic: (Religion, Temptation, Abandonment) Dean's father leaves the family when Dean is only two. Dean spends many years in foster homes where he goes to church. Then his mother sends him to a church that frightens him. Three years later he hears the Gospel and prays for salvation. His mother is furious, sends him to an aunt and then to a psychiatrist. Dean joins the Navy where he is mocked for his faith. His buddies take him to a burlesque show, but afterward they pass...
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Program # 3248 Pablo Montez, Part 2
3248 Pablo Montez - Part 2: (Drugs, Violence, Crime) Pablo meets Nicki and gets hooked on heroin. They steal from a dealer, go on the run and move from state to state. A man invites Pablo to church where he is saved; but when Nicki goes back to being a dancer, gone for weeks at a time, Pablo backslides and starts using heroin again. He is nearly killed several times. Finally, he and his son move home to Michigan where Pablo recommits his life to Christ, serving the Lord in his church.
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Program # 3247 Pablo Montez, Part 1
3247 Pablo Montez Part 1: (Drugs, Crime, Violence) When Pablo is five his father deserts the family that lives in the projects of Detroit. Pablo's mother remarries but Pablo learns to smoke, drink and steal. He's molested by an older man but Pablo is afraid to tell anyone. Arrested for various crimes, Pablo is in and out of juvenile hall and uses drugs. He runs away several times, fails 7th grade twice and is nearly killed in a car accident that kills five friends. His girlfriend has his...
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Program # 3246 Fred Trautner Classic
3246 Fred Trautner Classic: (German, Alcohol, Abandonment) Fred's father abandons his wife and son when Fred is only five, Fred's mother dies three years later of grief and Fred grows up in a foster home. Apprenticed as a waiter, he travels Europe and becomes a drunk, goes to England where he professes faith in Christ, backslides and ends up in Cairo where he nearly dies. He prays, God spares him and Fred goes to New York where he rededicates his life to Christ, spending 30 years in ministry.
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Program # 3245 Kathy Leslie
3245 Kathy Leslie (Alcohol, Army, Death) A tomboy and rebel, Kathy takes to alcohol and drugs at age 12 and loses her dad to cancer just before she graduates. Both of her brothers die. Life is a series of disappointments. She marries a drug addict, joins the army and after five years as an MP breaks her back during training; but she learns to walk again. When the army medically discharges her, she gets a degree, meets a believer at work and gives her life to Christ.
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Program # 3244 MIckel Millard, Part 2
3244 Mickel Millard Part 2: (Murder, Injustice, Bitterness) Mike lives with a foster farm family who take him to church but don't love him. He makes poor decisions but graduates from high school. Then his father wins a new trial, and Mike's hatred blooms anew. His dad is convicted; Mike joins the military and descends into drinking, drugs and fighting. He marries four times. When his dad is freed on parole, Mike confronts him with threats. He has become like his father, capable of murder....
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Program # 3243 Mickel Millard, Part 1
3243 Mickel Millard Part 1: (Alcohol, Murder, Rebellion) Mickel's abusive and drunken father terrorizes his wife and six children until his mother gets a restraining order and files for divorce. When Mike's father appears with a shotgun, 14-year-old Mike and his 13-year-old brother try to stop the murder of their mother. They fail. Their uncle takes them into his home and they face their father in court. He goes to prison but keeps appealing his sentence. The first part ends as Mickel prays...
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Program # 3242 Roy Hatfield Classic
3242 Roy Hatfield Classic: (World War 11, POW, Alcohol) Roy is a sergeant fighting in Tunisia when the Germans destroy his tank company and capture them. He prays and promises to serve God if he survives. A POW for nine months in an Italian prison camp, he and all 1300 prisoners escape. For nine months he and his buddies run and hide, finally reaching the Allies. He forgets God. After the war he marries and fights alcoholism. Then he goes to church for the wrong reason but is saved and...
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Program # 3241 Camilla Anderson
3241 Camilla Anderson: (Caregiver, Hypocrisy, Forgiveness) Camilla and her pastor-husband become care-givers when his diabetic father comes to live with them. But Grandpa is in denial, deviously eating sweets and Camilla becomes so frustrated, she plots a way to get rid of the old man. It's the "old man" in her that needs to be banished and is.
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Program # 3240 Henry Blair Classic
3240 Henry Blair Classic: (Alcohol, Irish Orphan, Heat Stroke) Born in Ireland, Henry's parents die while he's a toddler and he goes to an orphanage, then to foster care. But nobody really cares so he joins the British Army and learns to drink. In India he succumbs to heat stroke and is nearly buried alive. He goes to church and prays for salvation, but falls away, marries and goes back to drinking. He goes to New York to work, fails to bring his family and sinks ever deeper into alcohol....
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Program # 3239 "Gail"
3239 "Gail": (Anxiety, Rejection, Forgiveness) Gail suffers rejection from her alcoholic mother. Still anxiety-ridden when she marries, Gail tries to please both her husband and her mother. When her husband meets another woman, she plans suicide, but God intervenes. Forgiveness seems impossible until God shows her the way. She witnesses to her dying mother.
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Program # 3238 Sandy Roberts
3238 Sandy Roberts: (Multiple Sclerosis, Healing) Sandy wants to be a missionary at 14 but no one supports her decision. In college she trains as a Speech Therapist in spite of worsening symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, symptoms that appear and disappear. At age 30 the M.S. is debilitating. She is hospitalized where she clings to the Lord and is healed. She now shares Jesus with her patients.
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Program # 3237 Shirley Duncan
3237 Shirley Duncan: (Abuse, Lumbee Indian, Orphanage) Shirley's drunken stepdad beats her and her mother until they escape to another town where Shirley makes friends with older women who take her to church. Shirley begs to go to an orphanage that sends her to college where she meets David. Nine years into their marriage a murder results in their getting three siblings to raise. David nearly dies from diabetes, but the orphanage comes to the rescue.
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Program # 3236 Tiffany Embers-Holubec, Part 2
3236 Tiffany Embers-Holubec, Part 2: (Suicide, Drugs) Tiffany prays for salvation with her friend's parents, but then her baby is born prematurely and needs numerous surgeries. When she loses him, she feels unworthy of God and slips back into drugs. For 10 years she becomes a drug dealer, suicidal and hopeless. Then she goes skiing, which opens her eyes to God's Majesty. She leaves her boyfriend, starts going to church and surrenders to Christ. Married and still serving the Lord.
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Program # 3235 Tiffany Embers-Holubec, Part 1
3235 Tiffany Embers-Holubec, Part 1: (Suicide, Drugs) While Tiffany's dad is in Vietnam, her mother is unfaithful and wants a divorce when he returns. He commits suicide. Rife with guilt, Tiffany's mother also ends her life and Tiffany sinks into despair and drugs. With the estate money she parties, attracts a loser and gets pregnant. The first part ends as the unborn baby's father tries to kill her, so she leaves the state.
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Program # 3234 "Joseph"
3234 "Joseph": (Adultery, Pornography) Joseph discovers his dad's pornography in the basement and is hooked by age 10. Hoping to change, he goes with his mother to church and reads the Bible. Then his father dies and Joseph has a motorcycle accident in which his sister is fatally injured. Joseph begins patronizing prostitutes, even after his marriage. Unable to stop, he seeks help for two years. A counselor tells him to confess and his wife files for divorce. Joseph gets treatment at a...
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Program # 3233 "Billy" Jang Hwan Kim Classic
3233 "Billy" Kim Classic: (Korean War, Loneliness) During the Korean War, a poor Korean boy works for American soldiers who change his name to Billy. He meets a soldier who helps him go to the U.S. and pays for his education. Billy is saved, graduates and marries, then he returns to Korea to lead a church that now numbers 15,000.
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Program # 3232 Bill Staley, Part 2
3232 Bill Staley - Part 2: (Prison, Violence, Entrepreneur) Bill is paroled then commits robbery and is re-sentenced to more time in prison. His violence results in 60 additional years added to his sentence and he is put on 4-point restraints and kept in isolation for 7 years. Staying drunk and high, his sexual activity caused him to contract HIV. He hears "Unshackled!" and prays for salvation, but backslides and nearly dies of shingles. Finally, a prison ministry comes and he surrenders to...
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Program # 3231 Bill Staley, Part 1
3231 Bill Staley - Part 1: (Abuse, Bitterness, Crime) Blind in one eye, Bill is ridiculed for poor balance. An uncle abused him when he's seven and Bill develops resentment to the law that threatens to breakup his family. He steals and is sent to a boys' ranch where a doctor shares the Gospel and wants to adopt him. When Bill is punished without cause, he begins a life of violence, stealing cars and repeatedly escaping from reform school. The first part ends with him in prison.
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Program # 3230 Jim Fitzgerald, Part 2
3230 Jim Fitzgerald - Part 2: (Policeman, Prison Ministry) Jim continues to attend Lorraine's Bible study, and their children tag along to see what's come over their father. In less than a year all are saved. Jim's daughter has a serious eye injury after which he gives up smoking. One of his sons becomes a missionary in Ecuador; then Jim and Lorraine go to Ireland as missionaries. When they return, he goes into prison ministry, even serving those on death row.
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Program #3229 Jim Fitzgerald, Part 1
3229 Jim Fitzgerald - Part 1: (Alcohol, Policeman) After ten years as a police officer and tangling with the powers-that-be, Jim has a drinking problem. He quits the police department and struggles to find a job. Finally, he becomes a car salesman and succeeds but drinks even more. Moving across the country doesn't change anything, and his wife nearly leaves him because of his carousing. The first part ends as his wife joins a Bible study and Jim begins to question what he thinks he knows.
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Program # 3228 John Deming Classic
3228 John Deming Classic: (Physically Deformed, Lonely, Divorced, Dejected) From Freeport, Michigan, John has overly large hands and feet, and is teased or ignored throughout his life. He has no friends, no one to love him. His attitude begins to impact his work and he loses his job. Returning to live with his father, John finds his father has remarried. After a couple of months, his step-mother throws him out. He wanders the country and marries a woman in Pennsylvania. It is a good life for...
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Program # 3227 LaVerne Poole Classic
3227 LaVerne Poole Classic: (Rebellion, Crime) LaVerne's father gambles and cheats and brings home money that LaVerne's mother refuses to accept. What a contrast in parents! His mother then brings home a believer who shares the Gospel that his dad rejects. LaVerne's dad goes to hear an evangelist in order to mock and ends up getting saved. As a teenager LaVerne rebels against the faith, hangs out with hoodlums and is arrested. He steals a gun, planning a robbery, but stopping by Pacific...
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Program #3226 Darlene Moede, Part 2
3226 Darlene Moede - Part 2: (alcoholism, pain, trust) Darlene's husband leaves her and they are divorced. She meets Bill and they marry. Darlene's leg pain increases, but one doctor after another prescribes only pain pills. Finally, a CAT-scan reveals a large tumor that might cost Darlene her life or the loss of her leg.
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Program # 3225 Darlene Moede, Part 1
3225 Darlene Moede - Part 1: (Abuse, Alcohol) Darlene's blended family of 16 dwindles as siblings marry and join the military. Her deaf mother warns Darlene not to tell her dad about having been abused by an older brother, and Darlene becomes resentful. After her dad dies of cancer Darlene begrudges her mother's decisions. Darlene gets pregnant and marries Ray who is an alcoholic. She works which helped to support his drinking, loses a baby and becomes bitter. The first part ends when she...
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Program #3224 Norma Finley, Part 2
3224 Norma Finley Pt 2: (abuse, fear) Norma's daughter accuses Ernie of molestation, but he continues to keep Norma trapped and beaten into submission. During one of Ernie's violent attacks on Norma, their daughters escape, call the police and accuse Ernie of molesting them, too. The children are taken into custody and Norma finally escapes. She goes to a rescue mission where she prays for salvation. Ernie dies of cancer and after a year, Norma regains custody of her children.
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Program #3223 Norma Finley, Part 1
3223 Norma Finley Pt 1: (abuse, fear) Norma is shy and fearful of people. The family attends church until her father and mother have affairs that lead to fighting at home, driving Norma to quit school and marry at 16. Her husband abandons her just as her father goes to prison for shooting a man. Norma's slide into immorality includes drinking and a baby born out of wedlock. Then she meets and marries Ernie, a drunken abuser who keeps her pregnant and stuck at home when they aren't moving...
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Program # 3222 A. Grace Hanson, Part 2
3222 A. Grace Hanson Pt. 2: (fear, family, faith) Aggie's world collapses as Velma becomes abusive. Velma dislikes Aggie's family. After nine years Aggie finally runs away from Velma to her sister, but Velma stalks her with a gun. Suffering panic attacks, Aggie goes back to Velma; then Aggie has seizures. Her sister commits suicide, father dies, and Aggie retreats to a group home where she marries, but her husband divorces her. Aggie prays for salvation in the hospital with a chaplain. Years...
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Program #3221 A. Grace Hanson, Part 1
3221 A. Grace Hanson Pt. 1: (Dysfunctional Family, Fear, Emotional Illness) Aggie's family is dysfunctional and she is autistic and fearful. When Aggie's sister attempts suicide, Aggie is jealous and leaves home to escape the rejection. She's addicted to stimulants, and happily goes to the state hospital where she meets a female worker and becomes co-dependent on her. The first part ends when Aggie leaves the hospital to live with the female employee.
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Program #3220 Eddie Quinn-Classic
3220 Eddie Quinn Classic: (pride, Canadian, policeman) Born in England, Eddie and his family move to Canada where his dad works in construction. The family moves so often, Eddie drops out of high school, goes to Buffalo and joins the U.S. Marines. He returns to Canada to marry Elizabeth. When he's discharged, Eddie decides to be a crooked cop in New York City. Elizabeth urges him to go to church and the pastor leads him to Christ. He witnesses to his family but his dying Mum waits until the...
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Program #3219 Doug Swafford
3219 Doug Swafford: (religion, deception, fear) Doug is born with holes in his lung but doctors save his life. He grows up in a Christian home and lives like a saint but his heart is duplicitous. He marries Jennifer and they quit going to church for a time, then return. He makes a profession of faith in Christ but knows he isn't saved. For 15 years he lives with uncertainty, serving in church, even becoming a preacher. What must he do to be saved?
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Program #3218 Charles Oswalt
3218 Charles Oswalt: (desertion, alcohol, navy) As a boy, Bud witnesses his drunken father trying to kill his mother. His mother abandons the family and Bud and his siblings then live with a foster family for years. They survive a tornado at school. At 17 Bud joins the Navy to avoid reform school, but he goes AWOL several times. An assignment to Guantanamo, Cuba results in a drastic change in Bud's life but threatens his marriage.
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Program # 3217 Ray Young
3217 Ray Young: (Vietnam, Alcohol, Courage) Ray grows up hearing the Gospel in church but lacking the courage to go forward to receive Christ. He joins the Navy and meets Grace. They date until he goes to Vietnam. On his second day in Saigon a grenade attack nearly kills him and he goes back to the states for rehabilitation. He marries Grace, and decides to rejoin the Navy. A book about deception opens his eyes and he prays for salvation.
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Program #3216 John Thomas Allen, Part 2
3216 John Thomas Allen Sequel - Part 2: (Alcohol, Fighting) After yet another fight John goes to jail where he vows to never drink again. He doesn't but he's a "dry drunk" for eight years. A co-worker quotes Scripture, convicting John of his sins, and they go to a church where the pastor leads John to Christ. John's life is transformed and he spends the next 40 years witnessing to others about God's love and grace.
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Program #3215 John Thomas Allen, Part 1
3215 John Thomas Allen Sequel - Part 1: (fighting, alcohol) John grows up with a love for fighting and gets a lot of practice. In spite of a false arrest and imprisonment in New Orleans, he joins the army and serves during the Korean War; but afterward, he becomes a brawling alcoholic. Even though he falls in love with Donna, marriage and children don't change him. Donna reads the Bible and prays, but the first part ends with her long-suffering hope for his salvation.
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Program #3213 Bill Hathaway, Part 1
3213 Bill Hathaway - Part 1: (rebel, orphanage, Japan) Bill's father disappears on a Navy cruise, and his mother struggles to care for Bill and his sisters. Because Bill is a troublemaker, the state puts the children in an orphanage, where Bill hates the harsh treatment. He also hates Japan. World War Two ends on V-J Day when he hears the Gospel and is saved, changing him miraculously. He graduates, joins the Air Force and completes computer school. The first part ends as he is sent to Japan.
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Program #3212 Gary Cohen, Part 2
3212 Gary Cohen - Part 2: (Jew, persecution) To avoid conflict at home, Gary enlists in the Army; though having a college degree, he could have become an officer. He meets and weds Marion, then he completes seminary and earns a doctorate in theology. He becomes an officer in the reserves as a chaplain where he confronts bigotry. His mother professes Christ before she dies but his father refuses the Gospel, though he attends church to see his grandchildren perform. God blesses Gary's...
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Program #3211 Gary Cohen, Part 1
3211 Gary Cohen - Part 1 (Jew, persecution) As a boy on the streets of Philadelphia, Gary learns about bigotry, fighting bullies who hate Jews. An only child, he loves scouting and does well in school. Then, in high school his friends goad him into reading the Bible, and he comes to believe in Jesus as the Messiah. His parents are upset and take him to a rabbi, but he is resolute. The first part ends when his father's rejection causes Gary to make a radical decision.
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Program #3210 Amy Luke, Part 22
3210 Amy Luke - Part 2: (Japanese, Blindness, World War 2) After Pearl Harbor Amy and Percy are held under house arrest in Japan. The family endures hardship but survives the war, returns to South Africa and then back to Japan, where they serve as missionaries another 25 years. They retire in Australia where Amy goes blind, but the son she refused to abort takes cares of them.
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Program #3209 Amy Luke, Part 1
3209 Amy Luke - Part 1: (Japan, missionary, blindness) Amy's mother is Japanese, her father is English and Amy grows up in Japan, straddling the two cultures and languages. Her Christian mother instills biblical values but her father's conversion triggers Amy's redemption. She meets and marries Percy, a missionary from South Africa, and they are trapped by the events of World War II. Amy suffers some blindness, and the first part ends when Percy is arrested in Japan.
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Program #3208 Promode Haique Classic
3208 Promod Haique Classic: (India, fear, superstition) Because of the many false gods in India, Promod decides that God doesn't exist. Promod's family dabbles in sances until his younger sister has a mental breakdown that drives Promod to seek God. A friend takes Promod to an evangelical meeting where he receives Christ. Promod gets an engineering degree, serves the Lord, and then goes to the U.S. for a doctoral degree.
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Program #3207 Mitchell Boggs
3207 Mitchell Boggs: (religious but lost) Mitchell's mother dies when he's 14. A few months later he's hospitalized with acute pain from three kidneys. One is removed. He marries Cora, and their life together is characterized by hard work and several accidents, one of which causes Mitchell to wonder where he will go when he dies. He surrenders to Christ and they serve the Lord wholeheartedly.
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Program #3206 Dean and Dee Mader, Part 2
3206 Dean & Dee Mader - Part 2: (alcohol, rejection) Dean's alcoholic father calls him "Stupe." This rejection leads to Dean's drinking as a teenager. His drunkenness then causes many foolish decisions and near-death accidents. He completes a tour in the Navy but quits college. He tries moving to California but can't escape his bad habits. Even marriage and family don't change him. A head-on encounter with another car on the Pacific Coast Highway ultimately leads to an encounter with Christ.
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Program #3205 Dean and Dee Mader, Part 1
3205 Dee & Dean Mader - Part 1: (atheist, abuse, fear) Dee grows up afraid of her cold and cruel father. Even when she graduates and works, she must give her dad her salary. She meets and falls in love with Dean, but her father fights their plans to marry. Dean prevails and they marry; but his alcoholism sours their marriage. On a trip up the Pacific Coast Highway, they are nearly killed and atheistic Dee realizes there is a God who saved them. A neighbor leads her to Christ, and the first...
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Program # 3204 Linda Kropp, Part 2
3204 Linda Kropp - Part 2: (missionary / miscarriages) Linda and Mitch marry and then she discovers that she is unable to have children. But she becomes pregnant and the baby, born prematurely, dies. Several miscarriages follow before her daughter is born healthy. Unable to return to the mission field, Linda finds fulfillment in running a thrift store to help missions.
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Program # 3203 Linda Kropp, Part 1
3203 Linda Kropp - Part 1: (misfit, missionary) Linda grows up feeling as if she doesn't fit in, especially when her parents separate for a year. Her mother takes her to a revival where Linda is saved. She joins an evangelistic team that travels the country and she's arrested for witnessing at a mall. Then her team goes to Europe where she spends several years in Italy. The first part ends when the team goes to India, passing through Turkey and Iran.
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Program # 3202 Jeanette Towne, Part 2
3202 Jeanette Towne Pt. 2: (from fear to success) Jeanette suffers recurring pelvic infections because of her husband's immorality and is unable to bear children. Nick's abuse continues, but Jeanette fears leaving without Laura. She lands a computer sales job with a major company. When Nick tries to kill her, she finally stands up to him and he backs down. She gets a divorce but lives in fear until she meets Sam and he takes her to church where she is saved. They marry and through fertility...
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Program # 3201 Jeanette Towne, Part 1
3201 Jeanette Towne Pt. 1: (abuse, fear) Jeanette's hard work in nursing school is undermined by missing class to work as a waitress. She's dismissed from school and goes to work at an upscale restaurant where she meets a suave but unsavory man, Nick, who has a toddler daughter. They marry and she discovers his abusive nature, leaves once but he lures her back. After that she is too ashamed and frightened to leave. The first part ends as she prays to God for rescue.
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Program # 3200 Lynda Remus
3200 Lynda Remus: (abuse, fear) Lynda's father is so brutal to her mother that the mother gets a restraining order, then is put into the witness protection program. They move to Chicago where Lynda's cousin molests her for a year, and Lynda is too scared to tell anyone. Lynda becomes promiscuous, lives with her boyfriend and gets pregnant. She has two children out of wedlock whose father abuses her. She goes to church and prays to receive Christ. Now married.
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Program # 3199 David Spurgeon
3199 David Spurgeon: (motorcycle gangs, drugs, crime) David grows up in Ohio with a family that goes to church, but he rebels to be cool. He joins the army and becomes a paratrooper but learns to use drugs and is arrested in Italy for possession. After his honorable discharge, he buys a motorcycle, joins a motorcycle gang and descends into 15 years of wild behavior. A police raid catches him with cocaine and illegal weapons. In jail he hears the gospel and is saved. Now an evangelist.
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Program # 3198 Mem Luton, Part 2
3198 Mem Luton - Part 2: (Thai, pride, forgiveness) Mem rejects Alak's proposal of marriage. She still endures her sister's bouts of madness and her brother's abuse at home. Bryan returns to Thailand but remains aloof from the women who desire him. Mem goes to Bible college in Bangkok where another suitor pursues her. She calls Bryan for counsel and he professes his love for her and they marry. During a phone call to Bangkok, she leads Alak to Christ.
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Program # 3197 Mem Luton, Part 1
3197 Mem Luton - Part 1: (Thai, Buddhism, bitterness) The youngest of seven siblings and the only one to not receive a Monk's blessing, Mem battles family pride, Bangkok's street life and fear. Her older sister is saved and shares the gospel with the family. An American missionary, Bryan, comes to Thailand and Mem learns to love him, but he leaves. The first part ends as she narrowly escapes her own foolishness with a young Thai man.
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Program # 3196 "Hezi" Classic
3196 Hezi Classic (Israeli, gambling) Born in Jerusalem, Hezi fights for the country's independence in 1948, becoming a war hero. While he's a colonel in the Israeli Air Force, he resigns to go to university, starts a business and becomes wealthy. When he becomes addicted to gambling, his wife wants a divorce. Hezi has a massive heart attack, decides to gamble everything in Atlantic City and loses all. Suicidal, he ends up in a rescue mission where he receives Christ.
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Program # 3195 "Firuz"
3195 "Firuz" (Iranian, Muslim, paralysis) Firuz is born into a devout Muslim family in Iran. He falls in love with Jasmina when he's only 10, tutors her when he's 18 and they marry. On a trip to Mecca an Imam tells him to divorce his wife, so Firuz walks away from Islam. When he has an auto accident that leaves him partially paralyzed, everyone blames his refusal to go to mosque. After 14 years and several surgeries, he ends up in the U.S. where he hears the truth, is saved and ultimately...
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Program # 3194 "Cynthia", Part 2
3194"Cynthia" - Part 2: (rock singer, divorce, idolatry) After Cynthia's salvation her husband divorces her. She remains pure, serving the Lord and growing in faith for nine years; then she meets Dennis and they marry. They have four sons. She struggles with a time of spiritual dryness but roots out idolatry and thrives.
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Program # 3193 "Cynthia", Part 1
3193"Cynthia" - Part 1: (drugs, selfishness, rock music) Cynthia takes control of her life after her parents divorce. Self-centered yet insecure, she's driven to be a rock singer, quits school in her senior year and goes on the road with a rock band that abandons her when she tries to quit. Back home she forms her own band, gets a manger and becomes a hit, attracting record companies and a drummer who marries her. The first part ends as her now-saved brother shares the Gospel and she prays...
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Program # 3192 Holly Hammons, Part 2
3192 Holly Hammons, Part 2: (academic failure, pastor's wife) Although Connie and her family grow in faith, she is unprepared for life when she graduates from high school. Her pastor helps her go to Bible college, but she flunks out. She pleads and the college readmits her. She meets Todd and they eventually marry, going into ministry together. They plant a church in Queens, go through 9-11 and Connie home schools her children.
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Program # 3191 Holly Hammons, Part 1
3191 Holly Hammons Part 1 (religion, fear of death) Raised in a loving home, Connie hates school and does poorly, especially after the family moves from Long Island to Queens, where she hangs out on the streets. After her dad's heart attack and her grandfather's sudden death, she and her mother sense a growing darkness in the family. Old friends visit, bringing sweet rolls and even sweeter words. The first part ends with Connie's mother professing faith and Connie coming to Christ.
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Program # 3190 James Wilson, Part 2
3190 James Wilson Part 2 (Naval Academy, Korean War) When an underwater mine explodes on his navy ship, Jim narrowly escapes death. Why was he spared? He has graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy where a midshipman led him to Christ. During the aftermath of the explosion, he witnesses his faith to suffering sailors. And while the ship is in dry dock, he meets and falls in love with Bessie, a missionary in Japan. They marry and he discovers his life ministry: reaching young people for Christ.
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Program # 3189 James Wilson, Part 1
3189 James Wilson Part 1 (self-righteousness, Naval Academy, Korean War) Jim survives three major childhood diseases, putting him behind in school, but he's a fighter. He works at the stockyards in Omaha to support the family after his father's heart attack. He graduates, joins the Navy and then is appointed to the Naval Academy where he struggles with self-righteousness during his Plebe year. The first part ends as he is saved during his "youngster year."
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Program # 3188 "Paul"
3188 "Caleb" Coblentz: (Amish, religion, coercion) Caleb follows the old ways without question until he is trampled by horses and ponders death. Would he have gone to Heaven? He marries, and the birth of his children brings more questions. He seeks answers and assurance, but his doubt makes him suspect. Bible study leads Caleb to salvation, and church leaders try to coerce him into conformity then prevent their flight. Ultimately, they leave and are shunned. He and Debra now minister to the...
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Program # 3187 Henry Christian
3187 Henry Christian: (alcohol, selfishness, military) Henry is an alcoholic by age 15, gets in trouble with the law and joins the army; receives an honorable discharge, still a drunk. Injured at work, he needs back surgery and with the settlement money, he buys a home. Still a drunk, he marries a woman who is unfaithful and leaves him, taking their 4 children. Desolate, Henry plans suicide but God intervenes. Henry goes on to get a PhD and serves the Lord in rescue work and as an evangelist...
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Program # 3186 Ron Wheeler, Part 2
3186 Ron Wheeler - Part 2: (cartoonist, pride, drugs) Ron tries parachuting to experience life but finds no answers. He moves to Kansas City, determined to break into cartooning; but after 8 months, his work is rejected. He has found a church that teaches the Bible, and he yields to Christ. Only then does God open the door to cartooning. Ron meets Cindy and they eventually marry. As Ron grows in the Lord, he gains more free-lance cartooning jobs, and now has millions of tracts in circulation.
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Program # 3185 Ron Wheeler, Part 1
3185 Ron Wheeler - Part 1: (cartoonist, pride, drugs) Ron's cartooning skill is manifest as a child and he becomes full of pride and arrogance. He resists drinking and drugs in high school--even college at first. But success with a comic strip inflates his self-worth. He succumbs to drinking, then drugs, still hankering for a career as a cartoonist. The first part ends when he graduates and goes to work in the corporate world where he fails.
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Program # 3184 Robert Mortenson Classic
3184 Robert Mortenson Classic (religion, rage, alcohol) After witnessing and experiencing bullies, Robert develops a twisted view of living pure to avoid evil. When his religion fails him, he became a cynical alcoholic, prone to rage, rendering himself 4-F to the Draft Board. Dabbling in philosophy, he discovers the power of Jesus the Man, reads the Gospels and surrenders to Christ. He hears "Unshackled!" and writes to Pacific Garden Mission. He enlists in the Army, serves his country and...
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Program # 3183 Ron Unger
3183 Ron Unger: (drugs, crime, infidelity) The middle of seven children, Ron has an alcoholic dad and an overworked mother. Feeling neglected, he resorts to troublesome friends, drugs and crime. He joins the Navy to avoid jail, goes AWOL, then takes his punishment. He marries but his wife is unfaithful and he divorces her. Then he meets Bonnie. When she, too, is unfaithful, he gives his life to the One who is Faithful and True.
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Program # 3182 Lane Turner, Part 2
3182 Lane Turner - Part 2: (fear, witnessing) Lane's fear of death vanishes after he is born again while bicycling. He witnesses ineffectually to his cousin, who is dying of cancer. Then, after much Bible study, he begins to give his testimony and speak God's truth. When a long-time friend is dying of cancer, he shares the Gospel in the presence of a cynic, and becomes an effective apologist for the Gospel.
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Program # 3181 Lane Turner , Part 1
3181 Lane Turner Pt. 1 (alcohol, self-deprecation) School peers belittle Lane for attending church and also for his sports abilities, even though he runs fast. Doubt plagues him, but he masks his fears with self-deprecating humor. He turns his back on the church, drinks a lot and takes risks to prove himself to others. But his life is empty and he remains unmarried at age 45. When the first part ends he has returned to church and given his life to Christ.
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Program # 3180 Warren & Jennie Winters, Part 2
3180 Warren & Jennie Winter Classic - Part 2: (missionaries to China, World War II) Warren returns to China in 1940, and World War II separates him and Jennie. He establishes an orphanage inland, and Jennie joins him at war's end, bringing many lepers from their original shelter. Civil War in China disrupts their ministry as Warren is arrested and disappears. Then Jennie is arrested. She witnesses to women in prison, is released and returns to the U.S.
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Program # 3179 Warren & Jennie Winters, Part 1
3179 Warren & Jennie Winters Classic Pt 1 (China Missionaries, WWII) Warren is suicidal until he is saved on New Year's Eve. He goes to Bible college, meets and marries Jennie and they go to China as missionaries to riverboat people. They start a ministry to lepers, and Jennie rescues female babies left by the roadside. The Imperial Japanese Army invades China, and they are told to leave the country in 1939. The first part ends as Warren decides to return to China in 1940.
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Program # 3178 James Byron, Part 2
3178 James Byron - Part 2: (spina bifida, bigotry, forgiveness) Jim leaves home and works for a college in Wheaton where he meets Illa. They fall in love, but her parents object to their marriage. Nevertheless, they marry and have healthy children. Jim discovers a gift for healing through massage, but he still endures prejudice from his in-laws. Jim ultimately needs back surgery to correct his spine problems; and through an outpouring of love from the community, his in-laws gain respect for...
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Program # 3177 James Byron, Part 1
3177 James Byron - Part 1: (spina bifida, ridicule, forgiveness) Born with his feet turned inward, Jims spina bifida is life-threatening but his parents resolve to give him a good life. Jim faces ridicule and bullies at school, falling behind because of hospitalization. He repeats the first grade three times but keeps a sense of humor. The plucky boy has surgery to realign his feet, changing his future. Part one ends as Jim leaves home to be independent.
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Program # 3176 Rebecca Terry, Part 2
3176 Rebecca Terry - Part 2: (manic-depression, forgiveness, China missionary) Rebecca's husband, a manic-depressive, makes her life unbearable. Then her youngest daughter is murdered and another daughter dies of viral pneumonia, adding to Becky's struggles. After 41 years of an increasingly chaotic marriage, Becky separates from her husband. She goes to Bible college and, like her father, smuggles Bibles into China.
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Program # 3175 Rebecca Terry, Part 1
3175 Rebecca Terry - Part 1: (missionary kid, religion) Having grown up a missionary kid in China, Becky tries to be good. At 17 she catches a glimpse of hell during a ship fire on the Pacific Ocean. A college student tells Becky she needs to be born again but pride deflects the warning. She marries Lucas and they have six children, five of whom are saved as teenagers and also challenge Becky to read the Bible and seek salvation. The first part ends when Becky is saved but facing an...
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Program # 3174 Timothy Ellis
3174 Timothy Ellis (drugs, crime, prison) Tim rebels when his preacher father doesn't come to any basketball games in which Tim stars. When Tim slides into drugs, his father evicts him. Tim begins a life of crime, ends up in jail, then prison. He meets and marries Annette but corrupts her, and they become drug dealers. They divorce and Tim stabs a man during a fight, which brings him to his knees and a prayer of repentance. With God's help Tim embarks on a mission to restore his family.
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Program # 3173 Gordon Young
3173 Gordon Young Australian punk rocker, drugs, schizophrenia) Gordon's bizarre behavior causes peers to mock him. He quits school, slips into drugs and crime and discovers punk music in jail. His parents pray for him, but he is often jailed or committed to psychiatric wards. Finally diagnosed with schizophrenia and given meds, he struggles until he finally surrenders to Christ.
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Program # 3172 Cecil Moe Sequel
3172 Cecil Moe Sequel Alcohol / Bitterness After his dramatic conversion, Cecil witnesses to his wife. He struggles to give up smoking but does. Feeling called to preach, he moves his family many times, following that call. He witnesses in jails and hospitals and serves as director of three rescue missions, but the family struggles financially until he starts his own roofing company in Denver.
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Program # 3171 Cecil Moe Classic
3171 Cecil Moe Classic rejection, alcohol Cecil's mother dies when he's thirteen, and his stepmother throws him out of the house when he's 17. His dad enlists him in the navy during World War II, but his dad's death from a heart attack turns Cecil against God. He marries Jean, but his drunkenness leads to job losses and nearly suicide when his wife packs to leave. In desperation Cecil calls a pastor in the middle of the night, goes to the pastor's house and is saved. What will Jean do?
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Program # 3170 Daniel Glushefski, Part 2
3170 Daniel Glushefski Part 2 alcohol, bitterness, missions Dan and friend buy a bar but Dan's drinking and gambling drive Dan to therapy. His psychiatrist helps him understand his fears. Dan is reconciled to his dying father, and both quit drinking. Dan marries Maria, but their arguments baffle them. They go to their first Bible-teaching church where Dan surrenders to Christ. He learns to follow God's Word, gives his real estate business to God and prospers. He builds an orphanage in...
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Program # 3169 Daniel Glushefski, Part 1
3169 Daniel Glushefski Part 1 alcohol, paternal neglect, wrath Dan's father is a drunk who neglects and abuses his family. Dan finds acceptance in sports and in foolishness to make others laugh. His older brother returns from a long absence and is born-again. He witnesses to Dan who prays but doesn't change. Dan is a drunk by the time he graduates, and he and a buddy join the Coast Guard where he excels in spite of his drinking and pranks. His father doesn't come to his graduation. The first...
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Program # 3168 "Liam," Part 2
3168 "Liam Part 2 Drugs, bitterness, acting In college Liam discovers a love for acting, but his talent is compromised by drug use. Friends warn Liam, but his heroin addiction destroys his acting career. He confides in a friend who takes Liam to church. After a wicked weekend, he understands the Gospel and is saved.
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Program # 3167 "Liam," Part 1
3167 "Liam" Part 1 bitterness, drugs, soldier Liam's parents divorce when he's seven, and the acrimony confuses him. His maternal grandmother provides religious training, but he gravitates to troubled kids and drugs. He learns that his dad adopted him, that his birth father didn't want him. Many men drift through his mother's life, and Liam makes poor decisions. He joins the Army, then goes AWOL. The first part ends as he fights in Desert Storm after reuniting with his dad.
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Program # 3166 Lawerence Hufhand Pt. 2
3166 Larry Hufhand Pt 2 Alcohol, Abandonment, Stuttering Larry's dad nearly dies of liver cirrhosis but goes to a rescue mission and is saved. Larry marries Marion just before his senior year of college. Still stuttering after years of speech therapy, Larry goes to seminary after which he pastors a church in Indiana. He goes to a Bible convention where he goes forward and begs God for His Holy Spirit. He is delivered from stuttering and continues preaching 40 years.
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Program # 3165 Lawerence Hufhand Pt. 1
3165 Larry Hufhand Pt 1 Poverty, Alcoholism, Stuttering Larry's dad abandons the family often, and they suffer neglect, hunger and near-freezing when they're left in a tin shanty in winter. Fear causes Larry and his older brother to stutter. After years of frequent moves, they live in a house for six peaceful years when their father vanishes. Larry's older brother joins the Marines, is saved and witnesses to the others. Larry prays for salvation, goes to Bible college and the first part ends...
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Program # 3164 Susan Malnati Pt. 2
3164 Susan Malnati Part 2 Multiple Myeloma Cancer, Young Widow For 14 months Susan and Robert deal with his multiple myeloma, trying various treatments. He remains dedicated to the Lord even as he suffers broken bones from the cancer. When the myeloma invades his lungs, doctors send him home with Hospice care. Susan experiences the extraordinary providence of the Lord.
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Program # 3163 Susan Malnati Pt. 1
3163 Susan Malnati Part 1 Anorexia, Religion, Spouse's Cancer Susan longs to know God. On an athletic scholarship in college, she battles anorexia but graduates magna cum laude in accounting. A prime job back home doesn't satisfy, so she quits to work at a methadone clinic where she meets Bible college students working part-time. They take her to church where she learns about salvation. She receives Christ, meets Robert and they marry. The first part ends as he is diagnosed with multiple...
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Program # 3162 Gorege Mohr Classic
3162 George Mohr Classic Death, Alcohol, Despair His father's unloving repression and his mother's death leave George with bitter despair as a child. Drinking eases the pain but he becomes an alcoholic. He marries but repeatedly leaves his wife and five children. After 20 years he leaves for good and becomes a homeless drunk, wandering the country. He wanders into Pacific Garden Mission but isn't saved. When he learns of his wife's sudden death, George returns to PGM where he is saved.
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George Mohr Classic
Death, Alcohol, Despair
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Program # 3161 Akira Tomita Classic
3161 Akira Tomita Classic Japanese, Buddhism, Search for Truth Akira grows up during World War II in Japan. His father, a Buddhist, lets Akira go to America after college. Akira ends up in Chicago, stays at a Buddhist temple but is sent to Pacific Garden Mission when he needs help. At the mission Akira meets Mike who leads him to Christ.
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Program # 3160 Greg Dixon Pt 2
3160 Greg Dixon Part 2 near death, religious freedom Greg stands up to his stepfather and goes to Bible College where he meets Wanda, a redhead like his mother. They marry and Greg begins pastoring small churches. He is successful as an evangelical preacher, and his church in Indianapolis grows to thousands. Then he suffers life-threatening health issues, followed by his daughter's bone cancer. He is arrested for standing up for the unborn and for religious liberty.
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Program #3159 Greg Dixon Pt 1
3159 Greg Dixon Pt 1 Anger, Cursing, Adoption Greg is born out of wedlock, and his mother tries to raise him alone during the Depression. When he's four, she gives him up for adoption, then reclaims him, but leaves him with a Christian family till he's nine. He goes forward during revival as a child but no one explains. He has a big problem with hidden anger and cursing. His mother marries when he's nine and Greg's new stepfather adopts him. At fourteen he's saved, but drops out of church...
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Program #3158 Jean Schneider
3158 Jean Schneider Classic Religious but lost, family crisis, widow Jean elopes with Bob and they have seven children in a dozen years. Their youngest experiences multiple health problems, including entering a coma for a time. When Bob suffers a heart attack and dies, Jean is expecting their eighth baby, who later also has health problems. Her mother and cousin try to tell Jean that she is religious without knowing the Lord. So Jean finally goes to church with her cousin, hears about...
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Program #3157 Lester & Grace Place Classic
3157 Lester & Grace Place Classic marimba players, itinerant evangelists Lester grows up on a farm in Pennsylvania but hears a marimba played and saves his money to buy one, wanting to be a Jazz musician. He meets Grace and they go to dance halls. Just before surgery, Lester prays for salvation, then gives up on his ambition. He and Grace marry and surrender to the Lord's service, becoming itinerant musical evangelists.
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Program # 3156 Sultan Ali Rahim Pt 2
3156 Sultan Ali Rahim Part 2: Ismaili Muslim, Pakistani, US Immigrant, Pride, Hypocrisy After hearing Bible truth, Sultan realizes he is still lost and asks Christ to save him, but pride keeps him from telling others. Then he has three close calls with death in one day. He confesses his hypocrisy and witnesses to his family but they reject Christ. He marries Kim, a co-worker in the bus ministry at church and they have six children. His mother dies without Christ and Sultan becomes an...
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Program # 3155 Sultan Ali Rahim Pt 1
3155 Sultan Ali Rahim Part 1: Ismaili Muslim, Pakistani, US Immigrant, Search for Truth Sultan grows up an Ismaili Muslim in Pakistan, but he learns about Jesus by going to the library and reading. At 15 he sees a movie and declares that he wants to be a Christian. His family tries to redirect him. At 23 he joins his brothers in Chicago, but he ends up as an illegal who cant go to college. He goes to church with a girlfriend and thinks hes saved, but he isnt. The first part ends with his...
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Program # 3154 Gunnar Hanson Pt 2
3154 Gunnar Hanson Part 2 Navy SEAL, Abortion, Alcohol Gunnar loses his security clearance, goes to Bible study and church, where he prays for salvation. He meets Anna. After his security clearance is restored, hedeploys to the Middle East as a SEAL. He marries Anna but doesnt tell her about the abortion in his past. He goes to Bible college and is ordained. After their daughter is born, he confesses, devastating Anna. But they agree that he should preach about abortion.
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Program # 3153 Gunnar Hanson Pt 1
3153 Gunnar Hanson Part 1 Abuse, Alcohol, Navy Seal Gunnars parents divorce and his drunken mother abuses him and his younger sister. His father, a former Naval aviator, fights for custody. Gunner suffers beatings, near drowning and attempted suffocation from his unstable mother; but his dad finally gains custody. Ironically, his abusive background and love of surfing prepare him for the strenuous Navy SEAL program. Sadly, his own weakness endangers his chosen profession.
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Program # 3152 James Mullen Pt 2
3152 James Mullen Part 2 - Kickboxing, Urban Missionary James meets Anne and they marry and move to Minneapolis where they become urban missionaries in the worst part of the city. Violence and degradation surround them, but they give themselves away to help others. Anne struggles with fear for their children as bullets hit home, but the ministry James founds begins changing lives.
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Program # 3151 James Mullen Pt 1
3151 James Mullen Part 1 - Drugs, Divorce, Kickboxing James parents divorce when hes six. As teenagers, he and his older brother become drug dealers. At15 James goes to church with a friend and goes forward but then forgets God. He worships the martial arts, learns kickboxing and becomes a world champion. After he commits to Christ, his brief marriage ends and he feels compelled to leave the career he loves. Part 1 ends as his faith is tested.
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Program # 3150 Ron Mulins
3150 Ron Mullins - Divorce, Lovesickness, Selfishness Rons parents leave him with his paternal grandparents for the first six years of his life. Then his parents divorce when hes 13. A wild boy, he drinks alcohol at 15, quits school at 16 and spends six months in jail at 17. He marries, takes up weigh-lifting and selfishly leaves his wife and son after 14 years of marriage. Then he falls madly in love with a woman who tries to change his wild ways. They have a daughter but divorce and he...
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Program # 3149 Jeff Barker Classic
3149 Jeff Barker Classic Drugs, Occult, Motorcycles Jeff indulges in drugs and dabbles in Zen, then gets hooked on motorcycles. His first bike is nearly his last when he suffers a bad accident, breaking his leg. Lying in the hospital, Jeff hears an evangelist andtries an experiment that leads him to salvation.
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Program # 3148 Elishaba Speckles Pt 2
After her brothers escape, Elishaba and her sister flee on a snow machine. A brother tells the state troopers about their fathers abuse and Papa Pilgrim is arrested. The whole family lives with a Christian family while they await Papas trial. Elishaba struggles with guilt and shame even after she prays for salvation. She marries Matthew who stands by her during the trial, where Papa is convicted, sent to prison and dies within six months. (Topics:Incest, Abuse, Fear)
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Program # 3147 Elishaba Speckles Pt 1
Elishabas father is violent and fanatically religious. He sequesters his family on a mountain in New Mexico where he molests his oldest daughter, keeping his 15 children from school. Seeking greater isolation, they move to Alaska where his abuse intensifies. There they meet a Christian family and discover what true faith is like. The first part ends when Elishabas family confronts Papa. (Topcis:Incest, Abuse, Religion)
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Program # 3146 Dan Seifert
Religious ritual without meaning characterizes Dans experience with church. He joins the U.S. Air Force after graduating high school, but receives a hardship discharge when his father dies of cancer. He helps his mother with the farm while studying business in college where he meets Maggie. They adopt two children and have one of their own when Dan begins listening to Christian radio, which transforms his life. (Topics:Religion, Adoption)
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Program # 3145 Brett McCormick
Bretts parents divorce and he grows up with his mother who leaves him alone to work. He fills the emptiness with porn that he discovers. When hes 20 he gets two girls pregnant out of wedlock, then goes to church and discovers Jesus. He is saved and gives up alcohol and drugs but not girls. After he gets a third girl pregnant hes suicidal, and his pastor suggests he learn to live a pure life at rehab. Bretts life is transformed. Now married and serving God. (Topics:Pornography, Addiction,...
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Program #3144 Russell Anderson, Pt 2
Russell pays a debt he doesnt owe and begins tithing half his income as God prospers his business. He speaks at conventions, sharing wisdom from the Bible. He and a pastor friend found a Bible college and Russell goes on to start more Bible colleges in the U.S. and overseas. He gives away millions to start churches and help missionaries.Topics: Millionaire, Businessman, Speaker
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Program #3143 Russell Anderson, Pt 1
Russell grows up in poverty, his dad a coal miner in Kentucky. The family never goes to church. When the mines layoff, he moves to Michigan and works in drywall, then starts his own business. He meets Maxine, a believer, whose pastor will not marry them because Russell is not a Christian. They marry anyway and 9 months later Russell is saved. The first part ends as they face financial trials.Topics: Coal Miner, Businessman
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Program #3142 Al Worthington, Pt 2
Al stands up for his beliefs, witnessing to his teammates in Major League baseball. His gambling, smoking and nail-biting end, but he refuses to play on a team that cheats and walks away from baseball, breaking his contract. Hes called back and his team wins the Pennant in 1965 but loses the World Series. His boldness in the faith lead to ministry in baseball clinics and mission trips.Topics: Baseball, Gambling, Courage
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Program #3141 Al Worthington, Pt 1
Al nearly dies of pneumonia at six but recovers and becomes a sportsman, achieving fame in Alabama. He does poorly in college, loses his athletic scholarship and focuses on playing baseball. He signs with the minor leagues, marries, and after two years, plays for the Giants where he pitches a shutout against two major league teams. But hes addicted to gambling and has no peace. The first part ends when he hears an evangelist and gives his life to Christ.Topics: Professional Baseball, Gambling
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Program #3140 Lynne Miller
Lynnes dad is an alcoholic who dies when she is eight. No one explains death; people just disappear. With undiagnosed ADHD she struggles in school, tries liquor when she is fifteen and becomes like her dad, an alcoholic. After a dozen years she dries out and turns to God but then is diagnosed with M.S. She trusts in the Lord, marries and after 16 years is still serving God, free of M.S. symptoms. (Topics: Alcohol, ADHD, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) )
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Program #3139 David Tripiciano
Gifted in music but self-seeking, Daves first two marriages end in divorce due to his infidelity. He is faithful to his third wife and they have three children. He is the unsaved director of music at church, but he neglects her for his career, and she has an affair. They patch things up for a year as he tries to be a good Christian husband. Then she is killed in a car crash and he learns she was still unfaithful. Convicted of his own failures, he gives his life to Christ, and remarries a...
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Program #3138 Patricia Phillips Pt 2
After her aunts suicide Patricia leaves the church. For the next dozen years, drugs and alcohol consume her. Then in 2005 shes accused of child abuse and her three children are taken from her. She turns to the church that helps and disciples the bitter woman. After she receives Christ she visits her mothers grave and makes peace with her past. (Topics: Violence, Drugs, Forgiveness)
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Program #3137 Patricia Phillips Pt 1
After her mothers murder Patricia spends two years in foster homes before her aunt adopts her. Her great-grandfather takes her to church but he dies when she is ten. She gets involved in gangs, sells drugs and is addicted when she graduates. She is assaulted but has the baby. Believers take her to church for several months. The first part ends with a family suicide, shaking her nascent faith. (Topics: Bitterness, Violence, Drugs)
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Program #3136 "Levi" Pt 2
Levi and Elyse divorce while living in Scandinavia, her home country. She cant forgive his infidelity. Their two children live with him; then he loses his job and takes one leading an English class, where a woman gives him a Christian book that helps him understand sin and Gods forgiveness. He joins a mens discipleship class, repents of his sin and is saved. He and the children move to U.S. where he continues to pray for Elyses salvation. (Topics: Pornography, Adultery, Scandanavia)
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Program #3135 "Levi" Pt 1
Levi develops a lust for pornography as a teenager that nullifies the morality he learned in church growing up. When he falls in love with Elyse, a Scandinavian exchange student, he suggests they have an open engagement, which warps her personality. He promises fidelity before marriage but cannot keep his vows. An evangelist shares the gospel, but Levi is too burdened with guilt to receive salvation. When he confesses to his wife, she divorces him. The first part ends as he begs God to help....
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Program #3134 Jeff Mayon
Jeffs dream of owning his own bar leads to divorce because of alcoholism and adultery. His former wife gets saved and invites him to church where he hears about peace, something he desperately wants. Week after he goes but doesnt understand the sermons. Then his ex-wife invites him to dinner where an old drinking and gambling buddy shares the Gospel with tears. Still he waffles. The next day he is saved and ultimately pours his liquor down the drain to become an evangelist. (Topics: Alcohol,...
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Program #3133 Sam Dalton Classic
Sam grows up in a family that goes to church and has daily Bible reading, but he rebels against religion. He runs away at 16 and hops a train, taking his gambling addiction. He doesnt let his mother know hes even alive for two years. World War II comes and he joins the Navy, still gambling. Afterward, he goes to church, gets saved and marries Pearl. He takes his eyes off Jesus and becomes suicidal because of selfishness. Gods grace saves him and he goes into ministry at a rescue mission....
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Program #3132 Don Killey Pt 2
Don works hard to earn his wifes trust and make a comeback after his probation ends. Then he steals a boat trailer and faces charges of theft as an habitual offender. Even though he endures only jail time on work release, he goes into deep depression and attempts suicide. His pastors Palm Sunday teaching helps Don see Christ, Who redirects his life. (topics: Recidivism, Theft, Suicidal)
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Program #3131 Don Killey Pt. 1
Dons grandparents adopt and raise him and his sister, always taking them to church. To please them Don pretends to be saved at age 10. At 16 he actually prays for salvation. But he rebels against God when his parents object to his choice of law enforcement as a career. He marries Terri and goes into the field of security where he excels. Then adversity tempts him to thievery. He is caught, and the first part ends as he again rebels against his probation requirements.(Topics: Law Officer,...
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Program #3130 Kelly Stigliano
Kelly grows up in a religious home but drifts into the occult and smoking pot. She marries a brutal man who beats her, but tolerates his increasing abuse, thinking he will change. She tries a domestic violence shelter, but because of the squalor returns to her husband. She finally gets a divorce then becomes promiscuous. After two years she meets a man who takes her to church, and she is saved at a womens retreat. She then meets and marries a Christian. (Topics: Abuse, Occult, Drugs)
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Program #3129 Denise Cooper
Her parents are drug addicts, so Denise grows up in foster homes. She prays at eight but cant see God for the confusion. At 17 she marries but her mother lures her into using heroin. Denise begins selling her body to buy drugs. One day she is found in the street, having been dragged. When she comes out of the coma, she is paralyzed on one side. Caretakers abuse her, so she lives alone, learning to walk with a cane. Invited to church, she prays for salvation, goes to college and marries....
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Program #3127 Robert Cunningham Classic
Bobs depression starts when his fiance breaks their engagement. He drinks too much, then smokes pot and begins dealing with a buddy. A jealous girlfriend turns him in and he loses his career in the Air Force. A lawyer helps him avoid prison but not the prison of despair. He takes anti-depressants until a friend gets saved and tells him about Jesus. After reading the Bible, Bob cries out to the Lord, then goes to Pacific Garden Mission where he served as a counselor.(Topics: Depression,...
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Program #3126 Scott Stinar
Scott hungers for answers to lifes questions but his father is 40 years older and doesnt know how to communicate well. Addicted to pornography at a young age, Scott hides his secret until he breaks the law at age 20, ruining a career in the Air Force. He spends 80 days in jail, during which his dad dies of cancer. A pastor visits and Scott goes to his church where he hears the gospel and surrenders his life and his addictions to Christ. Now married with four children. (Topics: pornography,...
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Program #3125 Beverly Crull
Beverlys parents are drunks who dont want her when shes born unexpectedly and prematurely with cerebral palsy. Her grandmother tells her about Jesus. Her drunken father beats her and her brothers abuse her also. Strangers violate her and leave her for dead. Sent to a girls home, she runs away and plans suicide until God speaks to her heart. A rescue mission counselor takes her in and teaches her about God. Beverly receives Christ, then falls in love with John who stands by her even when she...
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Program #3124 Jackson Chien-Ming Lee
Jackson grows up in Taiwan, excels in school and goes to Louisiana to get a PhD in chemistry. He starts an import business and does so well that he gives up his research. But his marriage suffers and he and his wife divorce. He moves his business to L.A., suffers health problems and tries Chi, breath-control to influence fate. Spirits of darkness oppress his life and he withdraws. A Christian banker shares the gospel and Jackson reaches out to Jesus, Who transforms his life. Jackson goes to...
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Program #3123 Charles Svoboda
Charles's father dies of alcoholism, so his mother raises her children alone. Born again when he's in high school, she persuades him to attend a tent revival where he and his fiancee, Eleanor are saved. They marry and Charles fights in World War II in North Africa and Anzio. After the war he attends Bible School and becomes a counselor to pastors and churches having conflict. He starts a ministry of reconciliation where he still counsels by phone at age 90. (Topics: WWII, atheism, heroism,...
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Program #3122 Cathie Dulaney Pt 2
Cathie marries a third time, a man who rescues her from an abuser; but she cannot be faithful, and the third marriage ends. She uses cocaine, becomes a dealer and police arrest her. Sentenced to seven years in prison, she has Bible study with a mentor from the outside but Cathie isn’t saved. When she’s released, she goes on a cruise where she meets Christians who help lead her to Christ. Now ministering to women in prison. (Topics: Promiscuity, Abortion, Prison)
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Program #3121 Cathie Dulaney Pt 1
Cathie and her sister are late-in-life babies whose parents send them to church but otherwise let them do as they please. Both girls run wild, smoking, drinking and sleeping around. Cathie runs away several times with different boys, marries and divorces and uses drugs. She thinks she’s a Christian but the first part ends as she gets her second divorce and second abortion. (Topics: Promiscuity, Abortion, Drugs)
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Program #3120 Norma Landsberg Classic
Norma is raised by foster parents but sees and loves her blood mother. Mischievous but determined, she goes to Bible college, then visits her dad in Oregon where she is bitten by mosquitoes and contracts a disease that puts her in a coma for seven weeks. Her foster mother cares for Norma, who is unable to speak, walk or even swallow. After 13 years she walks and learns to talk some, becoming a witness for God. (Topics: polio, foster family, coma, disabled)
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Program #3119 "Jennie"
"Jennie" grows up with recurring high fevers from a bad kidney. She slips into depression after graduation from high school and quits her job. Unable to talk with a psychiatrist, he hospitalizes her and gives her shock therapy. When the insurance dries up, she is put in the state hospital. There she cries out to God Who miraculously heals her. She meets and marries Harry, but after their son is born, her mother-in-law’s control makes Jennie ill again until she learns to stand up for herself....
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Program #3118 Meritan Baraku Pt 2
As a pastor, Tani’s dad carries his sermons to remote Albanian villages that have no radio or TV. He dreams of starting a radio station to reach people. Just as he gets the station started, he has a heart attack and nearly dies. Efti comes to work for the station and she and Tani plan to marry. Tani’s father takes a month-long trip to the U.S. and dies of a heart attack. Tani loses faith in God, but believers help him see God’s plan. Fulfilling his father’s dream, Tani manages the radio...
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