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3070 David Lemmond – Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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David is arrested for stabbing his brother who survives and even goes to court on David’s behalf. He quits drinking but after six months resumes, worse than ever. His marriage threatened, he quits drinking again but still sells drugs. Then he hears a radio preacher and goes to church. While reading a book by the radio preacher, he understands Christ’s sacrifice and is born again. He witnesses to his brother who goes to a Christian rehab where he is saved. Then his brother dies of cancer. Still faithful, David goes to college.

3063 Bruce & Doris Burke Classic – Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Bruce and Doris run away to marry when she is only 16. His motorcycle crashes into a car, and he prays for her to live, promising God to change. He doesn’t. Then she nearly dies after having their first baby. Again he promises God to change. They move to a small town where a neighbor prays for them. They go to church, hear the gospel and later that night, both pray to receive Christ. Change begins as they choose the LORD over the world. They grow as they trust in the LORD. Then God calls them to Africa and Bruce resists. The first part ends as he chooses to obey.

3064 Bruce & Doris Burke – Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Daughter, Gann, chooses to go to South Africa with her parents and they arrive by Greek freighter. Their co-workers, however, are liberal and the Burkes leave the mission after 9 months to serve on their own, forming Open Bible Ministries. The government doesn’t renew their visa, so they go home but continue to raise support, starting new churches and schools. When they return to S. Africa they face corruption, losing two schools; also rebellion from students. They flee Lesotho and start a school in Fouriesburg. Their story concludes as a former Bible school convert calls, still serving the Lord.

3065 Byron Dotson Classic – Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Byron’s assertive father stirs up rebellion in the son. Wearing braces for the first six years of his life due to bow-legs, Byron walks to Sunday school and is beaten for not telling his parents. He learns to smoke and drink by age ten; commits vandalism and nearly dies. He runs away and his dad arranges to have him arrested. Byron quits school at 16 and his dad sets him up in business. Byron is successful, but alcohol consumes him. The first part ends with his dad’s death and Byron’s addiction having led to heartache for his family.

3066 Byron Dotson Classic – Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Byron attempts suicide several times. His doctor refuses to treat him because of the drinking problems, and his wife is at wit’s end, even having Byron put in jail for his own protection. The family tries to have him committed but the judge lets him try to change. He can’t. Finally, in an alcoholic center, a pastor explains the gospel and Byron is saved. He spends the rest of his life as a witness for Christ.

3061 John Denson – Part 3 Sep 27, 2026

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The associate warden John works with in prison is a Messianic Jew who teaches John about the roots of Judaism in Christianity. He also tutors him for a G.E.D. As an inmate John is allowed to go to Bible college. When released, he and Donna go into ministry, speaking at prisons across the country. He asks forgiveness from his family. He brings his dad to live with them, speaking at his dad’s funeral. After training, he and Donna are now in Jewish evangelism.

3045 Charlene Phillips Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Charlene’s family life is full of drunkenness and fighting. Her stepfather feuds with his family and they move constantly. Her step-grandmother and mother practice spiritualism, bringing fear. When she’s 12, her stepfather tries to molest her and continues trying until she’s 17. She begins using drugs, sniffing paint. A girl at school witnesses and takes her to church. Charlene runs away but has a bad experience and ends up in the hospital. She reads the first chapter of Proverbs and knows God is real. A pastor comes to the house and takes her to church. She prays to receive Christ, but the first half ends with learning her stepfather’s sordid past.

3047 Bob Phillips Sep 27, 2026

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After his mother dies, Bob’s father raises him and his older sister. Speaking Cherokee at home, he struggles in school. Tribal superstitions rule. His dad remarries, a woman who takes them to church and teaches responsibility; then she dies. His dad drinks; Bob sneaks alcohol and steals, feeling shame. Finally, he graduates, goes to vocational technical school but drops out. His father dies of a heart attack in Bob’s arms, and he rages at God. Drunk and homeless, he stays here and there. A man gives him a tract; he goes to church. The pastor leads him to Christ. He serves as youth pastor and meets Charlene. They marry & he goes to Bible college. They are still serving as missionaries on a reservation in Washington.

3112 Tom Geremia Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Tom leads his cousin astray, then tries to make amends after he’s saved. The cousin rejects Christ because his parents’ divorce leaves him bitter. The cousin loves to travel and goes to Israel with Tom’s church. There he witnesses the prayers of a parishioner and God’s answer; and he longs for inclusion. The parishioner leads the cousin to Christ and God answers his prayer at the Garden of Gethsemane.

3104 Karen Noe Sep 27, 2026

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Karen’s father is an alcoholic who beats her mother. He abandons them when she’s four, and she spends her life longing for a reconciliation. He wants nothing to do with them even when he’s dying. Karen’s grandmother loves the Lord and takes her to church, but Karen becomes an alcoholic during a first, failed marriage. She weds Bud and they adopt children. Working at a crisis pregnancy center, Karen gets saved, but her addiction ends only when she surrenders to Christ six months later. By phone, she leads her father in a prayer of salvation. Still at the pregnancy center.

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