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The Search for Whit, I

Album: 27: The Search For Whit

Episode: 355

Lesson/Theme: Knowing what you believe; the joy of reunion.

Bible Verse: James 1:16-18

Characters: Eugene, Jason, Whit

Writer: Paul McCusker

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: May 18, 1996

Last Air Date: June 3, 2009

Description:
Jason is behind the counter at Whit's End, trying to fix the phone answering machine when Eugene enters. Suddenly, the machine rewinds, sputters, and plays a muddled recording of . . . Whit! He has called to tell Jason of a significant find he's made at the archaeological site where he's working. He's brought the find back to Chicago for tests. Whit tells them he's found "the Q". Jason feels they need to go to Chicago to unravel the rest of the mystery. Once there, they find that Whit is missing and the lab where he'd been working has been ransacked. Tasha even tells Jason that the National Security Agency is looking for Whit. Jason decides that the only way to solve this mystery is to go to the Middle East. In Israel, Jason and Eugene are met at the airport by Whit's associate, Alfred Brownlee, who reveals that Whit's parchment said that Jesus didn't rise from the dead. It even details exactly where His body was buried! The story continues in part II...

Questions:
Why was Jason angry with Tasha? Why was Tasha angry with Jason? Why would Whit have to be so secretive about a document that might be another gospel?