The Case of the Delinquent Disciples

249: The Case of the Delinquent Disciples

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November 6, 1993

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Album

18: A Time of Discovery

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Bible study
Commitment

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Scripture

2 Timothy 2:15

Written By

Paul McCusker

Directed By

Paul McCusker

Produced By

Dave Arnold

Executive Producer

Chuck Bolte

Post-Production

Dave Arnold

Engineer

Dave Arnold

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Summary

Harlow Doyle investigates why people have stopped attending Connie's Bible study.

Plot

Harlow Doyle is prowling around Whit's End, looking for a case. Nothing seems to be cropping up, until Connie walks in and tells Whit that she's not going to teach her Tuesday night Bible study anymore. Her students have been disappearing over the past few weeks. Harlow gets interested. Missing persons cases were a specialty of his back in detective school. So he takes off to find Connie's students, with typically goofy results.

But Whit does a little detective work of his own. He discovers that there is a good reason why Connie's students haven't been showing up lately: Connie hasn't been preparing her lessons well. Whit is able to show Connie that she may have the gift of teaching, but she still needs to study. Studying would show Connie to be a worker approved by God (2 Timothy 2:15). As Whit puts it, just because the Red Sea was miraculously parted doesn't mean we don't need to build bridges.

Discussion Questions

1. Why did Connie's students quit coming to her Bible study?
   • Were they wrong to stop? Sort of.
   • Why or why not?
2. Connie thought that having the gift of teaching meant she didn't have to study. Why is that untrue?
3. Have you ever thought of quitting a Bible study or a church?
   • Why should you keep going?
   • Is there ever a good reason to stop attending a Bible study or church?
   • If so, what would be a good reason?

Cast

Characters	Actors
Connie Kendall	Katie Leigh
Courtney Vincent	Sara Buskirk
Giselle	Myeisha Phillips
Harlow Doyle	Will Ryan
John Whittaker	Hal Smith

Notes

• After "The Case of the Delinquent Disciples," the team decided that Harlow Doyle was better suited as a secondary character. From this episode on, Harlow was used in small doses.

Quotes

Connie Kendall: It happened in the Bible!
John Whittaker: So did parting the Red Sea, but we still build bridges.

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