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3953 A Voice Above the Waters Oct 17, 2026

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On the night the Titanic sank, passengers cried out for rescue. But one Scottish preacher raised his voice above the waters with a greater message. Would it be enough? Hear the powerful true story of „John Harper, A Voice Above The Waters“…soon on the next Unshackled!

3952 Stephen McPherson Part 2 Oct 10, 2026

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He risked his life going to the jungles of New Guinea, but Stephen McPherson would do it again for the one who gave his life for him. Don’t miss the sequel to his true testimony—another dramatization coming soon on Unshackled!

3951 Stephen McPherson Part 1 Oct 03, 2026

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He ran for his life as a boy, and Stephen McPherson is still running … but for a different prize. Don’t miss the first of his two-part story, another true dramatization coming soon from the Classic files of Unshackled!

2793 “Gary” Sep 27, 2026

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Gary grows up in a Catholic family and always goes to church, believing God rewards good works and punishes bad. He continues going to church long after his peers quit, but his real gods are money and success. In college he uses drugs to gain acceptance and even sells cocaine. After graduation he lands a good job in sales, does well, but feels empty. Success isn’t enough. His boss invites Gary to Bible study, where Gary realizes he doesn’t have to earn God’s love; Jesus earned it for us. Now married with three sons.

2928 George Snow Classic Sep 27, 2026

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George quits school in the seventh grade to work and slides into gambling with dice. Then he works for a gambling joint and is taught to cheat at cards. His mother prays for him and asks him to take her to Pacific Garden Mission. He does but ignores the truth he hears. After 25 years of cheating people, he begins to lose, lives in fear for several days before going back to the mission where he gives his life to Christ. He shares his testimony there for years, well into his eighties. The story is set around 1900.

2929 Ashish Majmundar Sep 27, 2026

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Ashish is born into a Hindu family in Bombay. He idolizes first cricket, then a rock star. He is selected for a near-professional cricket team that goes to England; but when he fails to make his college team, he despairs, drinks alcohol and tries hashish. Then he and a friend volunteer at a blind organization and Ashish goes to a camp for the blind in North Carolina. There he meets Emily and is introduced to Christ, Whom he rejects. He works on his Master’s degree in the U.S., finally receives Christ and marries Emily. Getting his Master’s in Bible, hoping to go back to India to share Christ.

2930 Nathan Raymond Stigler Sep 27, 2026

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Nathan grows up with a twin brother, a fear of God and a family devoted to religion. Going to parochial school he hears stories of God’s anger but also hears Bible stories read aloud. His anxiety about death causes heart palpitations. Nathan talks to and experiences God at ten, but his faith is not nurtured; and religious rituals, peer pressure and his fears squash his love for God. He drinks in high school, swears to be accepted and takes a job as carpenter after graduation. A friend mentions Revelation, and Nathan reads and becomes convicted of his sin. On the job he cries out to God and finally asks God to save him. His father rejects the gospel but Nathan continues to follow Christ.

2931 Darwin Merrill Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Dar grows up in poverty. He helps his dad make beer and teaches his friends to do the same. His mother takes him to church once when he is five. He cooks dinner and irons for his younger sister because his parents work. He caddies at age eleven with Johnny, a boy who is faithful in church. Dar has a gift of humor and enters a contest that he wins over thousands; but he turns down a contract to go to Hollywood. Too poor for college, he works at the battery factory where his dad works and Dar is made the manager. Then he buys a gas station. Johnny invites him to church where Dar gives his life to Christ. The first part ends after he leads his sister to the Lord.

2932 Darwin Merrill Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Dar and a friend go to California to evangelize but are ill-prepared. Dar meets a missionary who impacts his life but who is later martyred in Brazil. Back home he is disillusioned by an unfair believer and a charlatan, but his pastor’s sermon revitalizes him and he dedicates himself unconditionally to Christ. He goes to Bible college, becomes assistant pastor and marries Elaine. They pastor a church for 16 years, during which they travel to India and feel called as missionaries to unreached areas. Still in ministry.

2933 Angie Castellaw Sep 27, 2026

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Angie’s parents divorce when she is ten, and she grows up without her Italian father. Her mother works, so they go to church only on Christmas Eve. At an advanced academic school she learns English and then goes to England when she’s 17 as an exchange student, where she falls in love with philosophy and becomes an atheist. Back home, a Christian challenges a teacher about disrespecting Jesus, and Angie goes to church with a friend where an evangelist shares the gospel, which Angie fails to accept. At the university she plans to be a journalist and change the world, but her old friend gets saved and helps Angie understand God’s love. She opens her heart to Christ. A Scottish exchange students disciples her. She witnesses to her former teacher and leads her mother to Christ.

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