Download our Mobile App! Click Here
Set up recurring giving of any amount and become an UNSHACKLED partner now! Donate
Of all the issues that can break up a marriage, near the top of the list you will find selfishness. When a man. or woman. follows his or her own desires, the results can be tragic. You'll see how this developed. and what the outcome was.. in the life of Dick and Maxine Kohl on this true-life story from UNSHACKLED!
Related Programs Browse All Programs
Addiction, Alcoholism, Evangelism, Loss/Grief, Mission Work, Searching, Stonecutter
For years Holland Oates was a stonecutter and a drunk. Then he stumbled over a Stone the builders rejected, and he was never the same. Don't miss this remarkable true testimony from the Classic files of Unshackled!
Abuse, Alcoholism, Depression, Drugs, Ministry, Searching
With such a rough childhood, it was no surprise that Daniel's life centered around just getting by - coping. In high school, the consequences caught up with him and landed him in jail. Will he make it out? Don't miss his exciting true story on UNSHACKLED!
Addiction, Aimlessness, Alcohol, Divorce, Drugs, Dysfunction, Family, Rebellion
When Yolanda's mother left the family for a married man, life was never the same. Without anyone caring if she was coming or going, Yolande believed what she did, didn't matter. Expelled from college she embraced the partying life until she reached her end. What did she find there? Find out in her exciting true story on UNSHACKLED!
Abandonment, Addiction, Aimlessness, Alcohol, Drugs, Fugitive, Prison, Rebellion, Robbery, Venezuela
Michael Buhrman was five years old when his father left. Michael numbs his rejection with alcohol and drugs, which eventually leads to an armed robbery. Don't miss Part 1 of this powerful story and of just how far his rebellion would take him, all on the next Unshackled!
Jettie is the fourth of twelve children. She believes in God but her family doesn't go to church. She goes occasionally with a neighbor. She has to quit school at 14 to help at home. At 18 she's allowed to stay behind when the family moves. She works, meets Brady and he promises to get a job. He joins the army and they marry. But his bad discharge from the navy ends his enlistment. He becomes a drunk, staying out all night. Jettie prays for salvation and leaves him. After he is saved, they move to Chicago and discover "Unshackled!" They go to PGM for years and foster a child from the Women and Children's Division.
Alcohol, Marital Strife, Pride
Chuck joins the navy at 17, hears and rejects the gospel during boot training. Later he says "yes" to Jesus but not with his heart. He marries 15-year-old Nell when he's 20. They party and have a son, Larry, but alcohol nearly drives them apart. When the navy sends him to Iceland, she wants a divorce. He persuades her to try again but the marriage founders. A sailor urges Chuck to come to Bible study and he eventually prays for salvation. Nell comes at Christmas but they fight, and he sequesters the boy. She goes back to Texas and he prays for two years. Finally, she returns, hears him preach and professes faith in Christ. The marriage is restored.
Addiction, Anger, Gambling, Inspirational, Loss/Grief, Poverty
Worth's family is poor. His dad has skin cancer and drinks whiskey to deal with the pain. Scared of hell while attending a revival, Worth joins the church at 12 years old, but he still doesn't know Christ. He drops out of school to work, and when he tries to return to his education, the Depression forces him back into the labor force. He falls in love with Dot, but gambling controls him after they marry. He mocks his sister's Christianity. After his brother is killed in World War II, he becomes bitter at God. His sister reminds him that if he had been killed, he'd be in hell. He finally yields to God and eventually becomes an evangelist.
Abuse, Alcohol, Drugs, Evangelism, Shame
Rejected at home, Sandy Kraller looked for acceptance through alcohol and drugs. Learn how she was transformed and found peace, another true dramatization right now on "Unshackled!"