The Bible Network

On Kids' Radio, Connie fires up the Bible Network, where every show puts Scripture on the case. A game-show contestant must pick the one teacher telling the truth about heaven out of five - and only Ephesians can unmask the fakes. A crime-lab detective traces stolen rocky-road ice cream and a smashed watch to Danny's envious roommate, until the last clue points at Danny's own pride... and the man with the evidence must let the Bible correct him too. Then it's off to Bible Boot Camp, where the roaring Sergeant Combs drills three recruits in memorizing verses until they start flinging them at each other like insults. But when the sergeant tumbles over a cliff's edge, only Stanley drops him a rope, loving his enemy the way Jesus commanded - and winning the contest. Connie signs off with the point of it all: God's Word isn't just for knowing, it's for living.

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1 of 2 0713 Something Old, Something New A bogus wedding invitation and a suspicious art deal throw Odyssey into delightful chaos as Connie battles a rumor she can't stop and two young detectives finally land a real mystery.

2 of 2 0714 Something Old, Something New An old flame's return to Odyssey - with a fiancée who looks suspiciously familiar - turns a welcome-home party into a tangle of secrets, suspicion, and second thoughts.

1 of 2 0715 The Perfect Church A boy disillusioned with his squabbling modern church travels back to the early days of Christianity, expecting to find a perfectly united congregation.

2 of 2 0716 The Perfect Church When the Imagination Station drops Matthew into the persecuted early church, he discovers that the "perfect" first Christians were anything but - and that their struggles might hold the answer to his own doubts about church.

0717 Great Expectations When a grueling school project makes Emily question her lifelong dream of becoming a judge, Whit takes her on an Imagination Station journey through the dreams - kept, changed, and abandoned - of his own life.

0718 For Three Dollars More When Barrett grumbles about putting three dollars in the offering plate, the Room of Consequence gets three very different chances to show him what his choice could really cost.

0719 The Bible Network On Kids' Radio, Connie tunes in to the Bible Network, where game shows, detective cases, and a boot camp put Scripture to the test as the ultimate source of truth.

0720 Happy Hunting Determined to engineer her own happiness, Penny throws herself into every self-help trick she can find - with painfully mixed results.

0721 The Holy Hoopster When a young basketball player's quiet courtside prayer turns him into a media sensation, he must navigate fame, team friction, and hard questions about what prayer is really for.

0722 The Lost Riddle A stuck locker yields a decades-old puzzle of riddles, hidden ink, and coded messages that leads two kids on a hunt to deliver a message meant for someone else long ago.

0723 Groundhog Jay When Jay tricks his way into a Room of Consequence program meant for someone else, he finds himself trapped reliving the same birthday party until he can figure out what the simulation is trying to teach him.

1 of 2 0724 Home Again Jason returns to Odyssey seeking secret solitude, but a well-meaning secret-keeper, a jewelry scam warning, and Eugene's uncanny resemblance to a wanted thief set everyone on a collision course.

2 of 2 0725 Home Again While Jason wrestles with an unexpected struggle back in Odyssey, a case of mistaken identity lands Eugene in dangerous company at a jewelry store.

Featured characters

Connie Kendall Katie Leigh

Minor characters & crew 20 more roles

20 supporting roles

Rick Jess Harnell Arthur Dan Hagen Joe (g) Jamie Alcroft Ron Will Ryan Stanley (c) Jamie Alcroft Bible Boot Camp Announcer Dan Hagen Bible Network Announcer Chris Edgerly BSI Announcer Jess Harnell Drill Sergeant Combs Dan Hagen Lori Ellison Katie Leigh Jody Hunt Actor Unknown Danny Paluso Will Ryan Bostonian Panelist Will Ryan Christian Panelist Jamie Alcroft Hippie Panelist Whit Hertford Holy Toledo Author Panelist Actor Unknown New Age Guru Panelist Jess Harnell Albert Ross Chris Edgerly Tanner Sparrow Jonathan Haerr Diane Wilson Actor Unknown

Made by

Chris Anthony Host Marshal Younger Writer Dave Arnold Director · Executive Producer Christopher Diehl Sound Designer Bob Hoose Producer

The story

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On Kids’ Radio, Connie hosts the Bible Network, a program devoted to the ways Scripture teaches truth, exposes sin, corrects wrong ideas, and trains people to live rightly. She answers young listeners’ questions through a collection of unusual shows in which the Bible provides the decisive evidence.

In “Who’s the Real Sheep?” a contestant must identify the one truthful teacher among five panelists. The others claim that heaven can be earned through partial obedience to the Ten Commandments, that everyone automatically goes there, that it is merely a state of mind, or even that it is a good bowl of clam chowder. The contestant consults Ephesians and learns that salvation is God’s gift of grace received through faith, not something anyone earns by good works. She correctly chooses the panelist who points to repentance and faith in Jesus.

“BSI: Danny’s Apartment” follows an absurdly thorough detective investigating tiny household crimes. Scientific clues expose Danny’s roommate Joe for stealing rocky-road ice cream and smashing a prized watch out of envy. Scripture identifies the sins beneath the evidence: theft and resentment. In the final case, however, the evidence points to Danny himself. His shelf collapsed under trophies he bought to praise his own greatness, and a proverb exposes his pride. The investigator who used Scripture against someone else must allow it to correct him too.

The last program, “Bible Boot Camp,” places three men under the command of the roaring Drill Sergeant Combs. He orders them to read and memorize Scripture, even making them drop down and read verses as punishment. After weeks of study, the men become frustrated by the sergeant’s harshness and begin hurling Bible references at one another as insults. They may know many verses, but their conduct shows that they have not yet allowed those words to shape them.

On the final day, Sergeant Combs leads the contestants into the woods and apparently falls over a steep edge. Two men are pleased to see their tormentor suffer, but Stanley lowers a rope and rescues him. Stanley explains his choice through Jesus’ command to love one’s enemies and pray for persecutors. By putting the teaching into action, he proves that he has truly become more Christlike and wins the contest.

Connie concludes that Scripture must be read, understood, remembered, and lived. It reveals truth about salvation, uncovers hidden wrongdoing, corrects false beliefs, and trains willing readers in righteousness. Its purpose is not simply to supply facts or ammunition against other people, but to change the person who listens to it.