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3118 Meritan Baraku Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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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 station that now reaches remote Albanian villages.

3119 “Jennie” Sep 27, 2026

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“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.

3120 Norma Landsberg Sequel Sep 27, 2026

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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.

3121 Cathie DuLaney Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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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.

3105 Butch Kopak Sep 27, 2026

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Homeless by choice at 15, Butch manages to elude reform school, unlike his two older brothers. His mother tries but cannot help him. His older brother dies from drinking-induced pneumonia. Panhandling, he meets a woman who sends him and friends to a mission. He leaves, then returns nine times. His drunkenness leads to crime, and he is stabbed in the stomach but lives. His mother goes to the mission, is saved and prays for him. Finally, he is given one last chance and surrenders to Christ. While blind, he gets his GED, college and master’s degrees.

3103 Jerry Beaver Sep 27, 2026

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Growing up, Jerry comes between his stepdad and Mom when they fight. He becomes a brawler as a teenager, drinking, crashing his car while drunk. He plays the bass guitar in a small band, wants to be a rock star and writes songs. Looking for lyrics, he searches the Bible, then reads Revelation and is scared. He quits drinking, reads the Bible and goes to a coworker’s church, where he is saved. He becomes a soul-winner and goes to Bible college. On a trip home, his mother confesses that she tried to abort him. Now a pastor.

3040 Kay Henderson Sep 27, 2026

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Kay’s troubled brother causes her anxiety and depression even though her parents are educated and loving. She tries to be perfect but suffers more depression in college until she meets Matt and they marry. She becomes a Special Ed teacher while he’s in Vietnam as a Marine. Afterward, he practices law and they prosper, having two children. When he confesses to fathering a daughter with his secretary, Kay is devastated. A neighbor leads her to Christ, and she leads Matt to the Lord. They begin adopting children, bi-racial and Hispanic—even his illegitimate daughter.

3092 Richard Frantz Sep 27, 2026

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During combat Richard vows to serve God, but afterward slides sideways until his parents’ prayers intervene. He goes to Bible college, meets Jean and they marry. They become missionaries to Indians in Mexico, then start various ministries to Spanish-speakers in Texas. Jean writes Bible doctrine books before she dies in 2008. Richard is still in ministry.

3083 Paul Licciardi Sep 27, 2026

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Paul grows up without his father but around a drunken uncle. As a child he hears a preacher talk about hell and is terrified. Still, he drinks and steals and ends up in juvenile prison, escapes and goes to maximum juvenile lock up. He drops out of school in the 7th grade, works and drinks; loses his license to a DUI. He meets Cordie and they marry, but he can’t quit drinking. He keeps seeing a Bible verse in granite on a church and finally calls on the name of Lord and is saved. Now a pastor in Texas.

3087 Tom Ray Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Tom learns the art of salesmanship as a youth helping his father at auctions; but he also learns to drink and gamble. He quits high school to join the Navy in World War II, but returns to finish. He joins the Air Force during the Korean War, meets Bobbi and they marry. A salesman, he is gone a lot and falls in with shady characters. They rig poker games and Tom is nearly killed several times. Then he starts counterfeiting money. Meanwhile, his wife and sons are saved. The first part ends when Tom prays for salvation.

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