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2796 Thelma Hildebrand Sep 27, 2026

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Thelma’s mother, who often abandons her children, forces Thelma to quit school at age fifteen and marry. Thelma’s husband dies, leaving her with eight children and no income. One daughter runs away. Destitute, Thelma gives up three daughters for adoption. “Unshackled!” writer, Kennetha, comes back home however. Thelma manages to build her own house. Kennetha gets saved and witnesses to Thelma, who is hostile to the gospel but who prays for salvation before her death.

2797 Reuben Collins Sep 27, 2026

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When Reuben’s parents divorce, he starts drinking at thirteen and running with the wrong crowd. Drugs and a bad attitude cause him to fail at school. Arrested for assaulting police officers, he joins the army, but gets in trouble there, too. He marries Coretta and fights in the Gulf War. When he returns, his sister visits and talks about Jesus. He finally goes to church with her, where he and Coretta are saved. After serving in Germany, he leaves the army for Bible college. His father is saved at the graduation. Now pastoring a church in Providence, home of his father’s family.

2798 Tom Herro Sep 27, 2026

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Tom grows up in a religious family, a descendant of Arab Christians. As a boy, he is fearful of God’s wrath. He discovers pornography as a teenager and becomes addicted, lying to his parents, hiding his obsession for x-rated movies. He marries Mary Jo but their marriage suffers because of his secret life. After five years, they begin going to Bible study with his cousin, and both get saved at a church retreat. They go to Bible college, then serve as missionaries to Arabs in Israel. Now a chaplain in a jail ministry.

2800 Levi Whisner Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Levi asks his dad’s forgiveness, and the two are reconciled. He finishes Bible college, marries Phyllis, and begins serving the Lord as pastor. In 1972 his daughter brings home books from school that contain abhorrent teaching, and Levi starts a Christian school. The State of Ohio takes him to court and Levi fights a four-year battle to the State Supreme Court, winning the right to have his school and winning his adversary to the cause. Still teaching Bible study at 80.

2802 Dwight Tomlinson Sep 27, 2026

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Dwight’s family is poor and he is ridiculed in school for his southern accent. He becomes a rebel, fighting and being suspended from school, drinking, smoking pot and stealing. He joins the army at 17 and fights in Vietnam, but gets three courts martial. Ashamed that the army wants to dump him, he asks for another chance. On leave at home, his parents are born-again, but he refuses salvation. Finishes his tour in Nam, goes home and his brother is saved. After a car wreck, he gives his life to Christ. A pastor for 30 years.

2811 Morris Snook Classic Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Morris grows up in a Christian family, but he longs for affirmation and acceptance that he receives from classmates when he sings. He dreams of singing with the big bands, cuts class to drive to Chicago to hear stars sing. He is disappointed in love while he’s in the navy, and disillusionment grows the longer he’s in the world. His parents pray for him. He gets drunk and spends a night in jail. He finally agrees to hear an evangelist after which he gets alone and prays for salvation, where 1st part ends.

2803 Greg West Sep 27, 2026

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Rebellious and wild, Greg worships his older brother who teaches him to fight. When he disappoints his brother, Greg becomes self-destructive, injecting drugs with his cousin. Treatment doesn’t help, talking with the pastor doesn’t help. He marries Tammy, and they are invited to revival at church, where Greg gives his life to Christ. Now an evangelist.

2804 Larry Hale Sep 27, 2026

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Larry confesses Christ at age twelve to escape hell, but lust for fame as a rock music star leads him into immorality and drugs. He leaves his wife and children, becomes a dealer of cocaine. When the law closes in, he cooperates, quits the band, marries his girlfriend and takes a respectable job. A man at work witnesses to him. Larry’s parents pray for him, and he is sentenced to six months work release, after which he receives Christ. His new wife leaves him, but he is remarried and they are evangelists together.

2805 “Brianna” Sep 27, 2026

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Born three months after her mother leaves her father, Brianna’s innocence is compromised by her drunken father. Overweight, she spends time in a bar and becomes boy-crazy at fourteen. Has an affair, gets pregnant and has an abortion. When she goes to college, she becomes promiscuous, has another abortion, then tries to straighten up. Finally, goes to church and gives her life to Christ. She goes to Bible college, marries and describes the difficulties of having an autistic son. Now has a jail ministry.

2833 Mollie Rollins Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Five-year-old Mollie comes to Jerry McAuley’s rescue mission in New York City to hear the music. Her mother is a drunk who yanks the children out of the meeting. The McAuley’s pray for the family, and one night seeks help when their drunken father locks them out. Maria McAuley ministers to Mollie’s mother as she recovers from delirium tremens. The woman then comes to a service and gives her life to Christ. Within months the woman lies dying of tuberculosis and asks that the funeral be held at the mission.

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