This Weeks Story
337 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis Weeks Story relives American history and Bible through brief inspiring stories presented on mp3 audios and text for reading.
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Episodes
Lafayette in the School of Hard Knocks, part four
May 12, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBLafayette learned disciplines of hardship unlike any he had as an aristocrat.
Lafayette: I am going to America! part three
May 05, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBLafayette eludes captors and reaches America
Lafayette: Aristocrat and Patriot for the people! part two
April 28, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBWhy would a nineteen year old leave home to fight for another country?
The Master Mechanic, part three
April 14, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBHenry Ford convinces Americans that cars are not ridiculous!
The Master Mechanic, part two
April 07, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBHenry Ford sees possibilities and has the "guts" to pursue them.
The Master Mechanic, part one
March 31, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBHenry Ford: a born mechanic sees an astonishing vehicle
Not Looking for Gold ? & !
March 17, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBTODAY: violence and compassion THEN: Conquistadores stole and New World priests served
Who is the mother?
February 24, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBA baby boy is rescued from death by sword.
Too Much!
February 17, 2019 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.9 MBMartha works hard and resents her sister Mary who sits listening to Jesus? Is one woman right and the other wrong?
An Ordinary and Extraordinary Son
December 30, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBHow does a mother love and guide a son unlike any boy she has known?
The Final Climb to a Manger
December 23, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBMary travels 93 miles to Bethlehem on a donkey with her husband Joseph. What extraordinary event in history occurs there and to her?
With An Open Heart, part one
December 16, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBMary is visited by an angel with an unusual message!
The Questioning of John Chau
December 09, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.7 MBJohn Chau: a disturbing story embedded in fact and surmise!
When Tradition Becomes Hypocrisy
December 02, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.85 MBThey" condemn us with their impossible rules.
Twice-Kidnapped Rescuer
November 18, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBSquanto's hard times help him on an unusual mission to the Pilgrims.
A Quiet Observer, part two
November 11, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBPaul and Silas were innocent convicts in a prison hole in Philippi.
A Quiet Observer, part one
November 04, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBPaul and Silas were targeted by a wild young woman while walking on a busy street in Philippi, Greece.
Firestorm!
September 30, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBGigantic political fires burned in the United States in 1787. They burn now!
I Promise
September 23, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBJackie Robinson agrees to be harrassed, in hopes of breaking the color barrier in American Major League baseball.
Mail Gauntlet, part two
September 16, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBPony Express action: Sam changed horses eight times and climbed about 4000 feet into the Sierra Nevadas
Mail in Ten Days—Impossible! part one
September 09, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBThrough enemy attacks, blizzards, and mud young men on horseback delivered the U.S. mail for eighteen months.
Joshua: And the walls came a-tumbling down! part six
August 19, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBHow can the Israelite soldiers march around the city of Jericho and defeat it?
Joshua: Battle Plan Jericho, part five
August 12, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBJoshua accepts a battle plan that defies military experience.
Joshua Crosses the River Jordan, part four
August 05, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBNo sound system could replicate the Israelites' bursts of amazement as the waters of the River Jordan parted.
Joshua: Covert Operators, part three
July 29, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBRahab makes a deal with two enemy spies and the Israelite nation crosses the Jordan River.
Joshua, I am with you. part two
July 22, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBJoshua sends two spies and mobilizes Israelite forces to enter the Promised Land.
An Unplanned Execution
July 18, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MBA manipulating king is tricked by his wife into beheading John the Baptist, a great prophet.
Joshua, boot camp is over. part one
July 15, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBFor forty years Moses led a nation of stiff-necked complaining rebels!
The Kansas Flyer, part four
July 01, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBGlenn lost his savings and arrived at the University of Kansas with $7.65 in his pocket.
The Kansas Flyer, part three
June 24, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBGlenn Cunningham's "great strength, his courageous attitude, and his strong heart and lungs make up for his lack of normal legs."
The Kansas Flyer, part two
June 17, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBGlenn Cunningham, age 11, competes against high school boys in his first track meet without knowing the rules.
The Kansas Flyer, part one
June 10, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBGlenn Cunningham, later to become a champion runner, is caught in a fire.
What happened to Big Man Neb?
May 20, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBNobody has the power to block Big Man Neb.
Crowds in the News, part one
May 13, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBI prefer crowds where there's physical and mental room.
Onesimus: Decision Made, part six
May 06, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBWhat more do I need to know before I can accept Paul's testimony?
Onesimus: Capture Delayed, part five
April 29, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBWhat if someone from Onesimus's hometown recognized him in Rome as a fugitive from slavery?
Louie Zamperini Lives part three
April 26, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBLouie Zamperini is captured by enemy soldiers after 47 days lost in the Indian Ocean.
Onesimus: a new identity, part four
April 22, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBOnesimus, a slave to a man, cannot understand why Paul chooses to be a slave to Jesus Christ.
Onesimus: who is he? part three
April 15, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBCould the prisoner be attached to the people who meet in Philemon's home?
Onesimus attempts to lose his identity, part two
April 08, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBWill anyone recognize Onesimus as a slave, or worse, as an escaped slave?
Onesimus: I am property. Just property. part one
April 01, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBOnesimus runs from his slavery. What can his owner do?
Faith and Five Smooth Stones
March 04, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBA huge Philistine soldier challenges any Israeli soldier to fight him.
They welcomed us to Greystones! part four
February 25, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBAn Irish-American family journeys to understanding.
Greystones! part three
February 18, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBA grey stone, proposal, and family briefing are drawing Andy's family to Ireland
This stone has possibilities! part two
February 11, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBAndy's proposal shocks his father, who believes his son does not know how to work or earn money.
My present was a stone
February 04, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBDad likes to think I could be like Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, or Tesla.
Louie Zamperini, adrift in the Indian Ocean Part 2
January 31, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.12 MBLouie Zamperini crashes into Indian Ocean and struggles to survive shark attacks and starvation
Two Dinners
January 21, 2018 13:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBA man discovers that Jesus is not intimidated by people who hate him.