UNSHACKLED! Audio Dramas

With cerebral palsy, Debbie’s life is hard. Parents fight and dad takes Debbie gambling. A school bus driver molests Debbie and she has temper tantrums. Grandmother is bad influence, smoking and entertaining men. At 15 Debbie goes to church and receives Christ. She quits going gambling with dad. Her test scores are so high, she goes to college but parents won’t support a Christian education, so she works her way through as janitor, then works with the disabled.

Terri has good family but marries into a cult. When they move to be near his family, she gets depressed. When her husband leaves, she becomes manic and is put on lithium. She reads self-help books but becomes suicidal. Husband returns but they bicker. She goes off her meds and becomes psychotic, calls police. Family has her committed, then she does therapy for a year. Her daughter leaves the false church and is born-again, witnesses to Terri. She receives Christ at a Christian church.

Raised by strict grandparents, Rebecca rebels as a teenager, lying and stealing. With a car and a job, she is popular with peers; but she gets raped and then starts using drugs. She becomes promiscuous and a drunk. She marries an unfaithful man, has numerous DUIs and finally leaves him. Her life is a revolving door of men. Co-workers witness and she goes to church. Then she marries a man who goes to prison. She finally gives her life to Christ and changes. Now raising her daughter in the Lord.

Abandoned by her mother at age one, Judie is raised by Italian grandparents. Abusive grandmother terrifies her. She marries abusive man and they drift apart as children grow up. She has numerous affairs but guilt plagues her & she lives on tranquilizers. She leaves her husband for another man and gets her children but is still unhappy. Her aunt leads her to Christ, then her husband is saved. They take care of her grandmother before she dies. Both now in ministry to troubled boys.

Illness causes Jeff to be held back in school and he suffers ridicule. Then the grandfather he loves dies. Family moves to the South where his accents brings Jeff ridicule. As a teenager, he drinks, smokes pot, works for uncle. Parents kick him out for drunkenness and irresponsibility. A friend witness about Christ, and Jeff takes a job on power lines, working with believers. He goes to church and prays for salvation in his grandfather’s cornfield. Wife and he now missionaries in Bulgaria.

Jack grows up in Christian family but he resorts to mockery and profanity in high school. He has religion but not Christ. At his job a drunken mechanic gets saved and changes dramatically. Jack is impressed but offended when the man confronts him. He leaves that job, marries and does well. They serve in church. A speaker offends Jack, and he asks God for answers, starts reading the Bible, convicted. He struggles, confesses to church board and the church holds revival. Jack and his wife receive Christ as Savior. Becomes pastor serving 34 years before death.

Sam’s dad is saved and imposes restrictions on children who rebel. Sam and brother are out of control, drinking, stealing. Father gives up. Sam & brother beat a friend for stealing their musical equipment and they go to jail for six months. His Christian sister constantly witnesses to him. He marries but frequent moves and failed business ventures prepare his heart when they live with sister, go to church and receive Christ. Now in ministry.

Are you widely respected? Do you live a clean life? Do you enjoy considerable success? Are you considered to be at the top of your game in whatever field of endeavor you are in? Soon you will meet a man who was all that and more. He was a champion in the fine art of fisticuffs until he realized that entering the battle for the souls of men would be the greatest victory of all.

Because both his parents die when he is a small child, Roger is raised in foster homes, some good, some bad. He nearly dies of pneumonia at ten. Fears death. Brother is killed when both are teenagers, adding to his despair. Joins the Air National Guard, but is medically discharged after nervous breakdown. Finds his sister who was adopted as baby. Ends up in rescue mission where woman demonstrates the love of Jesus in ministry. Roger is saved, brother, too. He marries Nadine and they serve the Lord in children’s ministry for 35 years.

Being in military family leaves Julie insecure. Drinking gives her confidence and she becomes alcoholic in high school. Graduates, goes to beauty school. Meets Rich and they move to Florida to sell cocaine. They steal and work part-time to survive. Julie gets pregnant twice, aborts both because she can’t stop drinking. Guilt makes her drink more. Prays for salvation but doesn’t surrender will. Rich gets saved while she’s in rehab and they follow Christ together.