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Isaac the Chivalrous

Album: Gold Audio 13: It All Started When

Episode: 184

Lesson/Theme: Chivalry.

Bible Verse: Job 13:15

Characters: George, Eugene, Whit, Rodney

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: February 29, 1992

Last Air Date: September 3, 2008

Description:
It all started at Whit's End. Isaac Morton wants to know about the meaning of chivalry. So Whit sends Isaac back in the Imagination Station to the time of knights and maidens. Isaac becomes the squire to Sir William of Marshall and helps him defeat the Black Knight. But when the adventure ends, Isaac exits the Imagination Station and informs Whit that he's rather disappointed. He didn't learn much about chivalry. Whit asks Isaac to write down how the program could be improved, and the first thing Isaac writes is "spend more time with Sir William of Marshall". Suddenly, the door to the Imagination Station opens, and out steps Sir William! Being a typical thirteenth-century knight, Sir William instantly believes that witchcraft has brought him to the twentieth century. Isaac explains that it isn't witchcraft, but Whit-craft that's responsible. He takes the knight to Whit and Eugene. The only explanation they can come up with is that some sort of quirk must have occurred in the Station's programming. Sir William has some difficulty understanding modern-day Odyssey. When he has an unfortunate run-in with Connie's portable radio, Whit suggests that Isaac take the knight around town to get him used to things in our time. Meanwhile, Whit and Eugene will figure out a way to get the knight back to his time. Sir William and Isaac have many comical misunderstandings on the streets of Odyssey. After visiting a local church and running into Rodney Rathbone, Isaac learns the real meaning of chivalry: "Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him". (Job 13:15).

Questions:
What is chivalry? Why is it important? Sir William didn't know what a radio, a car, or ice cream was. Name some other items that weren't available in the thirteenth century. What do you think Job 13:15 means? How can you apply it to your life?