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2766 Ken Duffield Sep 27, 2026

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Ken becomes a Mama’s boy while his brother becomes a favorite of his pop. He goes to church with his mother but rejects the church in high school to hang out in pool rooms. He runs with a con-man, drives drunk and has close calls. Becomes disillusioned with life after an abortive trip to California, tries therapy but efforts to reform himself fail. Pretending to be Christians, he and a friend go to a Bible camp where Ken is saved but the friend wanders away. Ken marries and has a ministry in Mexico. Now retired with disabilities.

2767 Randal Rodgers Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Randy grows up in a Christian family, taught to work hard and finish whatever he starts. His dad becomes a pastor when Randy is twelve. Randy is working his way through Bible college, goes forward to gain assurance of salvation, and marries Tina, also a student. After three children are born, he drops out to pay debts, opens a painting business. He falls from a scaffold and breaks his neck. The first part ends as he survives surgery but faces grueling rehabilitation as a quadriplegic.

2768 Randal Rodgers Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Randy suffers many setbacks but finally leaves the hospital for a rehab center. After one day there he is rushed back to the hospital where, after two weeks of tests, he despairs of getting well and decides to starve himself. A Christian friend confronts him, and Randy decides to try again. He sees many others suffering and witnesses to one disfigured man. After four months, he finally goes home. Church becomes a lifeline. He tries to return to college but abandons classes because of his poor health. He manages to preach some and write a book.

2769 Jesse Glassburn Classic Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Jesse is a moonshiner, barely able to survive as a hardscrabble farmer in West Virginia. Government agents raid his farm but cannot find his still. He is arrested but the sheriff lets him go. He moves his family to Ohio but cannot find work because of the Depression, so he moves to a farm intending to make moonshine again. A neighbor tries to help but Jesse rebuffs him. The neighbor prays, then the whole church comes to help Jesse plant corn as the first part ends.

2711 “Doris” Sep 27, 2026

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Growing up in a godly home, Doris becomes responsible for family at age thirteen when her mother dies. Dad sends her to college, but Doris longs for fun. She marries an unsaved man against her father’s wishes. Husband’s drinking and gambling strain the marriage. Doris gives her life to Christ, and remains in a difficult and loveless marriage for 62 years for her children’s sake. Her children know the Lord because of her faithfulness.

2709 Mary Jane Ponten Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Not expected to live at birth, Mary Jane is slow to walk and talk and diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Her parents pray and don’t give up, but teach her patiently. She even learns to ride a bike and does well in school; but she hates being thought of as mentally retarded. Active in church, she wants to be a missionary to China. In Bible school she commits her life to Christ. Not allowed to be a missionary, Mary Jane gets a job but sinks into self-pity for a time. Part I ends as she is about to meet her husband.

2791 Bill & Elise Taylor Classic Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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Elise grows up in England but comes to the U.S. from Canada. She meets Bill who pursues her but feels unworthy of her. They marry just as the Depression hits, and jobs are nil. A daughter is born to them. They go to church but are not saved. Bill’s drinking leads to abuse. Elise goes to her brother but returns when she is unable to live on her own. Their daughter is born-again at sixteen. Elise & Bill find his sister and learn about his past. His drinking gets worse, and the first part ends when Bill pushes Elise down some stairs.

2636 Bernie and Agatha Boone Pt 2 Sep 27, 2026

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2661 Doris Barr Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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2663 Christina Davis Pt 1 Sep 27, 2026

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