The Power of One

Kids' Radio is on the air with a lineup of heroes who win battles they have no business winning. In a championship boxing broadcast, young David faces a towering giant with nothing but a sling - and drops him with one stone in fourteen seconds. A hungry nation gets fed in the desert, mighty walls come tumbling down, and a whole army falls to just three hundred men. Then the apostle Paul turns secret agent, carrying good news through beatings, prison, riots, and a shipwreck. Finally comes Samson, strong enough to tear a city gate right off its posts... until Delilah cuts his hair and the Philistines take his eyes. Blind and in chains, he prays one last time and pulls a whole temple down on his captors. Behind every victory is the same secret: the strength was never their own.

Found on Eugene Returns! Album 44 · 12 episodes

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0562 The Last 'I Do' When a Roman emperor outlaws marriage to build a more loyal army, a defiant priest named Valentine risks everything to keep performing forbidden weddings.

0563 Tuesdays with Wooton A lonely boy's mailbox scheme unravels when the mailman he's been fooling decides friendship is worth more than an easy confession.

0564 A Most Intriguing Question A government agent's arrival, a secretive all-night invention, and a mysteriously running Imagination Station convince Whit's friends he's hiding something dangerous - and they're determined to find out what.

0565 A Most Surprising Answer When Eugene returns to Odyssey a stranger to his own past, his friends must find out whether love can reach memories that science locked away.

0566 A Most Extraordinary Conclusion With every experiment exhausted and his friends' borrowed memories failing to feel like his own, Eugene makes one last desperate attempt to reclaim the life he's forgotten.

0567 Two Friends and a Truck When Eugene borrows Bernard's beloved old pickup for his big move, a minor mishap sets off a chain of accidents, cover-ups, and comic misunderstandings that puts their friendship to the test.

0568 The Power of One A Kids' Radio broadcast reimagines the Bible's most famous underdogs - from a shepherd facing a giant to a secret-agent apostle - to discover where real strength comes from.

0569 The Invisible Dog When Lester introduces his friends to a dog only he can perceive, Trent sets out to disprove it with logic while Whit suspects the invisible companion is hiding something deeper.

1 of 2 0570 For Better or For Worse Eugene and Katrina's plan to renew their vows in front of friends spirals out of control as an overbearing mother, a competitive wedding planner, and Eugene's quest to be a romantic hero collide.

2 of 2 0571 For Better or For Worse Eugene's romantic rescue attempt strands him and Katrina on a mountain while fires, storms, and a runaway swan dismantle the elaborate wedding waiting for them back at the church.

0572 Odyssey Sings! When a cynical TV talent show comes to Odyssey hunting for stars and spectacle, Connie and Tamika learn that the judges' verdicts aren't the ones that matter.

0573 Back to Abnormal Returning to Odyssey after a long absence, Eugene discovers his old jobs and skills are no longer needed - while young Grady schemes against his mother's new work schedule - and both must learn what to do when life refuses to go back to the way it was.

1 of 3 0574 Prisoners of Fear A missionary couple parachutes into an isolated African village said to be cursed, where the locals mistake the newcomer for a legendary figure who vanished long ago.

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Minor characters & crew 22 more roles

22 supporting roles

Moses Townsend Coleman Paul Nathan Carlson Joshua (a) Ari Ross Gideon Will Ryan Woman Katie Leigh Ship Captain Will Ryan Bandit Will Ryan Delilah Katie Leigh Samson Will Ryan Traitor Paul Herlinger Government Official (a) Will Ryan Philistine (a) Will Ryan Government Official (b) Paul Herlinger Philistine (b) Townsend Coleman Philistine (c) Bob Luttrell Philistine (d) Ari Ross Narrator (j) Phil Lollar Commercial Announcer Townsend Coleman Lance Beaker Townsend Coleman Bruno Enormowitz Ari Ross Ferby Pachinko Will Ryan Newscast Producer Bob Luttrell

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Chris Anthony Host John Fornof Writer · Director Bob Luttrell Sound Designer · Producer Bob Hoose Producer Marshal Younger Producer Dave Arnold Executive Producer

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Connie presents a Kids' Radio program about relying on God's power rather than human strength. The first segment turns David's battle with Goliath into a championship boxing broadcast. Every commentator predicts that the enormous Philistine will crush the young shepherd, especially because David refuses armor and enters with only a sling.

David tells reporters that the battle belongs to God, but the broadcasters treat his confidence as foolishness. Before their cameras are even ready, a single stone strikes Goliath in the forehead and ends the fight in fourteen seconds. The stunned commentators can find no explanation for the victory except the strength David said God would provide.

A mock advertisement then promotes a prayer program for people exhausted by relying on themselves. Moses describes the impossible burden of feeding a vast nation in the wilderness until God supplies manna and quail. He learns that every good provision ultimately comes from God rather than his own plans.

Joshua explains that human courage and military power could not bring down Jericho's walls. Gideon remembers being frightened and weak before God used him and only three hundred men against a huge army. Their examples show prayer as trust in God's strength, not a trick for gaining personal power.

The next presentation transforms the apostle Paul into a daring secret agent. Once an enemy of Christians, Paul has been changed by Christ and now carries the good news across the world while authorities pursue him. Bandits, beatings, imprisonment, riots, an earthquake, and a shipwreck cannot stop his mission.

Paul's strength is not a collection of clever weapons or heroic abilities. He remains content in every circumstance because Christ strengthens him. His letters carry the life-giving message farther than any ordinary agent could travel alone.

Edwin Blackgaard and Harlow Doyle close the program with a rhyming drama about Samson. God grants Samson extraordinary strength while he obeys the command never to cut his hair. He defeats a lion, breaks his bonds, overcomes a thousand enemies with a donkey's jawbone, and tears a city gate from its posts.

Samson's weakness for Delilah leads him to reveal the secret of his hair. She cuts it while he sleeps, and the Philistines capture and blind him. Forced to labor and mocked as a powerless prisoner, Samson learns that his strength has never truly belonged to his hair or muscles; it has come from God.

As Samson's hair grows, he turns back to God and prays for strength one final time. Standing between the pillars of a crowded Philistine temple, he pulls the building down upon his captors and himself.

Across comedy, advertisements, sports, and adventure, the same truth remains: David, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Paul, and Samson accomplish what is impossible for one person because they rely on God. Prayer, humility, faith, and obedience open their lives to the power no human being can produce alone.