Between 1951 and 1976 some 1200 young men refused to join the military. Their religious beliefs forbade their taking another human life. Instead, they volunteered to build homes for refugees, taught farmers modern farming methods, helped villages preserve food for the winter, and built roads. They did this through an alternative service program called PAX. This DVD features the Pax work in Germany, Austria, Greece, Paraguay and the Congo.
A powerful film on forgiveness, surrounding the story of Karla Faye Tucker, a murdered who was put to death by the state of Texas.
Precarious Peace, a documentary, explores the Guatemalan peace process, past and present, and the complicated role religion plays in that drama.
This is a moving program that will change the way you understand freedom and life.
Do you find it difficult to relate to your teenager? Mary Ronan can help. In speaking to thousands of teens each year, Mary has discovered the three things that most concern our youth today: pressure, drugs and alcohol, and sex.
In Regrets, Reality, Restoration you will hear the heartfelt stories of people who have experienced profound regret over their actions. Drug addiction and alcohol abuse, abandoning one’s Christian faith, poor ethical decisions, terminal accidents - these are the stories of the people you will meet in this program. As distraught as these individuals had become, see how—even in their most tormented moments —it was God’s love in Christ Jesus that brought forgiveness and restoration to their anguished pasts. This VOD version contains all four parts.
Today, there are over 160 million children worldwide who are without parents. In America there are as many as 144,000 boys and girls in foster care wanting to be adopted.
Reunion tells the amazing story of Kim and Duane Copple and their daughter, Sarah Ann Evans. Kim became pregnant as a teenager and chose to give Sarah Ann up for adoption. But 25 years later parents and child were reunited. Learn about their emotional journey and see how God brought two families together through adoption.
This Hallmark Channel original movie is based on the remarkable true story of couple Doug and Robbie Smith, who founded the Safe Harbor Home for Boys in Jacksonville, Florida.
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
What speaks to them? How are they misunderstood?
Here is an inside look at what it is like to live with a mental illness and how individuals and their families find their way through medical, governmental, societal and spiritual issues--to hope.
Kris Kivi is an everyday man who has lost his family to a tragic accident and his job to the recession. Forced to play his guitar on the streets for donations, Kris must overcome harassment from a small town gang as well as prejudice from members of a local church.
Since the early 1990s Christians all over the world have been singing the songs of modern-day psalmist, Dennis Jernigan. His music and ministry, sparked by his lifelong struggle with homosexuality and the healing that came through his relationship with Jesus Christ, have led him on a remarkable journey of redemption.
By highlighting biblical teaching related to immigrants, sharing compelling stories of immigrants who are also evangelical Christians, and addressing some common economic and political misconceptions, The Stranger seeks to mobilize evangelical Christians to respond to immigrants and to immigration policy in ways that are consistent with Biblical principles.
As a student in college, Steve got a girl pregnant and pushed her to have an abortion — a decision he regrets to this day. Steve shares the pain and heartache of "post abortion syndrome." The despair of the abortion intensified after learning that he and his wife were an infertile couple. See how God's grace filled their lives as the Lord gave them a precious little baby girl to adopt. This program will inspire you and show you the power and grace of the God of second chances.
An intensely honest and hope-filled documentary for those who have experienced combat firsthand and for those who honor them.
This video presents a Christian perspective on sex and reveals to teens the reasons for pre-marital abstinence. It focuses not only on the physical, but also reveals the male/female perspective on the emotional and relation and relational benefits from living according to the Biblical truths on sexuality.
The story of the notorious New York City notorious gang leader Nicky Cruz (Eric Estrada) and the skinny, Bible welding preacher, David Wilkerson (Pat Boone) is one of those rare films that has shown its unique power to connect with the deepest hopes and fears of youth around the world.
In this program, Australian author Kelvin Crombie, along with Israeli academics and British churchmen, presents the story of how this outworking of Britain's Christian heritage was intertwined with her geo-political objective in the Middle East of maintaining access to her Eastern Empire.
A story of one man's Journey from Tragedy to Hope.
In 1963, Lee Ezell, a confused and frightened 18-year-old—the victim of a brutal rape—bravely chose to have her baby and give her up for adoption. In the years that followed, Lee's life changed dramatically, with God's help: she had a successful marriage, two beautiful adopted daughters, and became a popular inspirational writer, speaker, and radio personality—but she would always feel a piece missing from her heart.
Lee Ferguson’s biggest desire is to leave his past behind and make a fresh start with Katie, his new love. But when Lee finds out Katie is a Christian, his pre-conceived ideas and her moral standards clash. This film aims to help seekers and believers understand one another.
It’s Christmas Eve in the suburbs of Chicago and a bored and disengaged taxi driver reluctantly accepts one more pickup. He soon begins to suspect that his passenger is planning to commit suicide. The cabbie prolongs the ride in an uncharacteristic attempt to connect and help. See how grace invades the hearts of both men in this powerful short film by Dallas Jenkins, producer of What If…