Blog entries from lifestory

Saved By Grace

info@lifestory.org — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:54:27 +0100

Jonathan Lippmann - I grew up as a kid with a lot of attitude in Nashville, TN. When I was in 7th grade, my father had a brain tumor and was given 6 months to live. I knew it was bad when his high school marching band came over to the house to perform for my father in the front yard. I knew at that point he was probably going to die from the brain tumor.

My grandmother was a ChristiaRead More...

A Cowboy Keeps His Hat On

info@lifestory.org — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:21:25 +0100

Tom LandryNFL Hall of Fame, 20 consecutive winning seasons, 13 division championships, five trips to the Super Bowl, two world championship titles: he went to the top and always wore his trademark hat.

Tom Landry was one of the most easily recognized men in the USA: a man so identified with his job that he was usually called "Coach Tom Landry". As head coach of the Dallas Cowboys football team for nearly thirty yearsRead More...

Texas' Controversial Murderess

info@lifestory.org — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:34:50 +0100

Karla Faye Tucker lived a hard and dangerous life: by the time she was 23 she was an addict, a prostitute and murderer. Read her fascinating and gruesome tale, Karla Faye Tucker: Texas' Controversial Murderess, written by Joseph Geringer and watch interviews with Karla from Karla Faye Tucker: Forevermore, found at the bottom of the page:

(Warning: This story contains violent descriptions and sRead More...

Confession of an Ex-Abortionist

info@lifestory.org — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Bernard Nathanson's Conversion

One cold January morning in 1989, Bernard Nathanson, famous Jewish abortionist-turned aRead More...

Science Fiction Author Finds Order in Chaos

info@lifestory.org — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:53:04 +0100

Author of 9 science fiction books, and a professed atheist, John C. Wright began to question the foundation of atheism and began to find himself drawn towards Christians. Watch this inspirational video to hear John's motivations for searching for faith and the story of what happens when God is dared to show himself.

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Reformed Performer

info@lifestory.org — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:45:35 +0100

Hello, my name is Lauren Shaw, and I’d like to share a part of my story with you. I am a performer. Not the kind of performer who steps on stage and wows audiences with my ability to play an instrument, recite a monologue, or create a work of art. Rather, I am the kind of performer who gets things done and meets expectations. Read More...

Street Smart Survival

info@lifestory.org — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:23:24 +0100

Karen Green grew up with little parental influence in her life and her only male role models took advantage of her. By 13 she had a child of her own and her own mother soon dismissed her, choosing her boyfriend over her daughter. Karen was forced to turn to the streets to survive. She began to live a life of drug addiction and prostitution; she would do anything to keep give her son a life. Her inspirational story of her conversion to Christianity is one you have to hear. Watch Karen's vidRead More...

Cerebral Palsy and Purpose

info@lifestory.org — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:41:19 +0100

Gary Klein's story is both inspirational and heartbreaking. Born two months early and unable to breath, Gary set out to live life with Cerebral Palsy. He grew up being laughed at, longing for companionship, and loosing himself in alcohol. Watch this motivational video as Gary gives incredible insight into living out his Christian faith and understanding why God made him handicapped.

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A Muslim's Evidence For the Gospel

info@lifestory.org — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:53:16 +0100

Passionate for his Islamic faith, Abdu got tired of Christians give him reasons for their faith. He decided to dive into the Qur'an and the Bible for God's truth. Watch Abdu's videos on his revelation that kick started his conversion and forced him to choose between pleasing his earthly father or his Heavenly father.

A Muslim Testimony - 1 of 2 from Verity on Vimeo.

A Hustler's Conversion

info@lifestory.org — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:20:26 +0100

Gospel rapper "Message", Adrian Persad's story starts with him selling drugs in high school to support himself and his mother who was a single parent. Unfulfilled and searching for a peace that was missing in his life, God answered Adrian's prayers with a shooting star. With no foundation for his new found faith, Adrian soon fell like that star. What this young man's inspirational video as wrestles to pick himself back up.

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From Islam to Forgiveness

info@lifestory.org — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:42:15 +0100

Akik has always had a religious life, but now he has a relationship. Telling the inspirational story of his testimony brings persecution from his friends but it is what he loves to do. Watch his video as young Akik explains how he discovered Jesus as Holy and why living a life of Christian faith is "difficult, but worth it".

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A Strange Hope

info@lifestory.org — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:41:14 +0100

Jordan Hachey knew that God did not exist and was confident that He would have no part in his life. Eventually some of his friends convinced him to come to church and through a series of tragic events Jordan discovered a true peace found only in Christ. Read as Jordan shares his own inspirational testimony.

I accepted Jesus in May 2008. It was my second time through the Alpha program at North View, and almoRead More...

The Biggest Loser Won it All

info@lifestory.org — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:21:55 +0100

Michelle Aguilar was born into a broken "christian" family and learned to turn to food instead of God to cope with the pain. Realizing she had a problem, she was inspired to auditioned for the hit reality TV show The Biggest Loser, and became a contestant with her estranged mother. Watch her video as she tells how she was able to lose control in order to gain faith, discover herself, reconcile witRead More...

Redemption From Cutting

info@lifestory.org — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:13:45 +0100

At first glance Lanae Hale looked like any other girl. But below the surface, and hidden from the world she was broken and torn, looking for a way to escape her emotional depression. And like many other teens in America she tried to find an escape through cutting.

Lanae is now a singer/songwriter who has been featured on the hit TV series The Hills. Her lyrics are inspired by her past sRead More...

Understand the True Father's Love

info@lifestory.org — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:23:37 +0100

Raped by father at six, Lisa Luby Ryan's childhood was destroyed. She thought what followed in her life - affairs, abortions, divorce, neglect - could never be forgiven by God. But the revealing of her secrets gave her the only thing she ever wanted - true, unfailing love.

"I would crawl under the sheets and make Barbie houses all day long and created the most incredible houses you've ever seen,"Read More...

On The World's Stage: Korn

info@lifestory.org — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:48:35 +0100

The jaws of the music world dropped when Brian "Head" Welch, the guitarist form nu-metal band Korn, announced he was quitting the band. It was dubbed a bad joke when he went on to say he had found Christ. Brian struggled to kick drugs, understand the love of the Father, and become a good father to his own daughter, all on the world's stage. Watch these videos to hear what inspired Brian to live for God, and for his dRead More...

From Judaism to Jesus

info@lifestory.org — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:28:28 +0100

David Stein grew up in Jewish household and followed Jewish tradition. With God having no place in his life, Satan began to get a hold on David's life at the young age of seven. Watch this video as David shares his great sense of humor, and the story of how at 42 he ended up on a closet floor a divorced "alcoholic pot smoking porn addict" and how a revelation from God inspired him to get up.

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Dennis Cowan's Fresh Start

info@lifestory.org — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:36:02 +0100

In eight short months Dennis Cowan was able to turn his life from anger, pride and addiction to the man you see now. Watch this short inspirational clip of Dennis telling some of his story and taking the next step in his faith.

Dennis Cowan - Baptism Video from HR Sweat on Vimeo.

From Mormonism to Christianity

info@lifestory.org — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:20:56 +0100

Jim Scott's StoryJim followed the teachings of Joseph Smith until a seed was planted about the truth of Jesus Christ. This seed was not lost on Jim and his family as their eyes were opened to lies of the church they were apart of. This is his testimony; may you be inspired to find truth.

My name is Jim. I left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1993Read More...

California's Eternity Surfer

info@lifestory.org — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:37:50 +0100

Chris O'Rourke was slated to be California's biggest surfer back in the 1970's. Every surfer was jealous of this talented, hot headed young man who lead the idea of localism at his home beach of Windandsea. But tragedy struck in the form of cancer, Hodgkin's disease, when Chris was only 18. Brew Brigg's, a close friend of Chris', had recently come to know Christ as his Lord and saviour, and shared all he knew with Chris.