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2681 Michael Talaga Sep 27, 2026

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Mike grows up believing in salvation by works. Works and studies for degrees, then marries. Very responsible but success leaves him empty inside. Wife finds Christ and Mike finds a girlfriend. Wife prays but doesn’t condemn. Boss invites Mike to men’s prayer breakfast where he’s convicted of sin. Prays with wife for salvation. Now a pastor.

2912 Frank Hampshire Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Frank joins the army but is so undisciplined that he is discharged honorably. Back home he meets Cheryl. They fall in love and marry and she has a calming effect. He works hard, goes to college but becomes briefly hooked on prescription drugs for stress. He works for a biomedical firm that moves them to Georgia where the owner prays for Frank one day. He’s transferred to South Carolina, and a preacher comes to their house, invites them to church to hear evangelist, Phil Kidd. The last night they go and Frank is convicted but not saved. The pastor and evangelist visit again and Frank submits to Christ. His dad professes faith before he dies. Frank forgives his mother and is now in ministry.

2897 Gilbert Massengill Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Gil’s parents drink, fight and practice infidelity. His aunt provides each of the five siblings with a week of respite at her home. Gil’s father, who spent five years in prison for bootlegging, punishes the children for their occasional church attendance. But Gil loves his dad more than he loves his mother; and when dad dies of liver failure, Gil chooses to go to a boys’ home. His mother visits once to tell him his younger brother has accidentally shot and killed his youngest brother. He runs away but is caught and returned. At a church service at the home, he learns to pray. Gil’s aunt brings him home after three years, but he rebels, drinking and doing drugs with school friends. The first part ends as he sees the girl he will marry.

2890 “Nick Randolph” Sep 27, 2026

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Nick’s parents divorce and his father raises him and his sister. In drug and gang infested Detroit, Nick and his friends make a pact to never use drugs. They steal some plywood to build a skateboard ramp and the police catch them. In high school they fall prey to drugs and gangs, but Nick graduates. His best friend is killed in a car accident and then his father nearly dies of a brain aneurysm, leading to fear of death in Nick. He hears a radio preacher and gives his life to Jesus, then goes to Bible college after being called to ministry.

2891 Ed Tibbits Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Ed grows up with his mom, grandma and great-grandma, but no father. He fears his grandma, who is mean to him and his mother. At ten he is addicted to alcohol. At thirteen he drops out of school, addicted to drugs. He and his drug friends take over the house. Ed is violent. He steals his mother’s car, breaks into a gas station and goes to jail but not for long. He forges his grandma’s checks and goes to jail for six months. His mother becomes delusional and Ed trashes his grandma’s house, so they are evicted. He becomes a vagabond for ten years, roaming the country, a drunk who fears both death and life. He begs at a church and hears the gospel. The first part ends as he hits the road again, unsaved.

2892 Ed Tibbits Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Ed steals a car loaded with marijuana but the police catch him. In a jail Bible study he meets Pastor Don, who visits him in prison and helps Ed when he’s released. Ed gets drunk, but Don and the church keep accepting him. Ed goes back to prison for parole violation, gets out and then fails by getting drunk and trying to rob a restaurant. Pastor Don doesn’t give up. Ed gets probation, goes into recovery for a year, where he surrenders his life to Christ. Pastor Don takes him into his home for a year; Ed meets and marries a cousin of Don, goes to Bible college and is now in ministry.

2893 Harvey A. Thomas Sep 27, 2026

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Harvey is one of ten children, the only one to graduate from high school in his family. He surrenders to full-time ministry and manages to work his way through a Christian college. He marries Norma but isn’t accepted at seminary, so he becomes a lay minister in his church then is ordained – with difficulty – through equivalency ordination. As a pastor of several churches, he reluctantly visits relatives of church members in prison and thus begins a jail ministry to which he devotes himself.

2914 Earl Ankron Sep 27, 2026

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Earl’s dad doesn’t drink but his mother drinks and uses drugs daily. She won’t let him join Cub Scouts because she doesn’t believe in God. At age eleven he begins listening to heavy metal music and the lyrics lead him astray. He cuts school, hangs out in bars and leads a degenerate life, quitting school at 16. He attempts suicide and hates his life and himself. He meets Amy and they live together. She urges him to quit drinking & drugs. A friend invites him to church and he goes. Then a man from church comes to his job and leads him to Christ. His family ridicules him, but Earl is still in ministry.

2916 Wayne Brown Sep 27, 2026

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Wayne’s parents drink and fight until he is eight when they go to church and profess faith in Christ. But his mother becomes disillusioned and they quit attending when he is twelve. He follows the world, learns karate and hurts others. He drinks, loses his license and his front teeth when he brashly rides a bull that horns him. His principal, a pastor, tries to warn him. He is badly burned by hot tar, promises to get back to God but doesn’t. Unable to work, he gets into drug dealing, has many close calls and even flies to Colombia, where God warns him again. Finally, he goes back to church, commits his life to Christ and walks away from drug dealing. Married with three daughters, he is faithful in ministry.

2875 Tom Rakow Sep 27, 2026

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Tom’s first rebellion is poaching a deer at age eleven. His beloved grandfather dies when he is thirteen. Six months later his older brother is killed, and Tom quits going to church. His anger is aggravated by drinking, and he picks fights, has accidents and starts using marijuana. But he hates himself for hurting his parents, and prays for salvation after hearing an evangelist on television. He struggles, can’t change his lifestyle, so he goes to Houston where he meets a false prophet, prays and returns home to Wisconsin. He keeps reading the Bible, finally talks with the pastor and a counselor and has the assurance of salvation. Now a pastor with a ministry to hunters and fisherman.

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