Sam Childers - The Machine Gun Preacher

Episode 139 of the Towards Understanding podcast, hosted by Positive Media, titled "Sam Childers - The Machine Gun Preacher" was published on April 30, 2025 and runs 9 minutes.

April 30, 2025 ·9m · Towards Understanding

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Whether you saw the Hollywood film about Sam’s story or not, make sure you listen as Sam talks about his life story: from being a drug dealer and incredibly violent man, his life-changes as he became a Christian and then his decision to fight against the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) to free children in South Sudan, who had been kidnapped to be part of the army.

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