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Shining Armor, II

Album: 37: Counter Moves

Episode: 475

Lesson/Theme: Putting our trust in God instead of ourselves

Bible Verse: 2 Chronicles 20:15

Characters: Jason

Writer: Marshal Younger

Sound Designer: Rob Jorgensen

Original Air Date: November 17, 2001

Last Air Date: November 6, 2009

Description:
Continued from part 1... Jason storms into the station to find Victor and a security guard holding Luis. Victor won't listen to Jason and throws both of them in jail. Back at Manuel's house, Celia and Manuel hear more gunfire and worry about Jason and Luis. Then they hear an explosion...something's on fire! It's their church! They sort through the rubble the next morning when Victor approaches them and tells them what their son did. He offers that they should come to his church instead. Manuel and Celia refuse to believe him, but Santo thinks that Victor is probably right. Manuel arrives at the jail and finds Jason and Luis in their cells. The security guard tells them that they are free to go because Victor isn't pressing charges. Jason begins to tell Manuel his plans for fighting this, but Manuel isn't impressed. He says that Jason's place should be praying and helping to rebuild the church. Jason reluctantly agrees. Back at the church site, Luis makes a surprising discovery...a box of dynamite was left near the church. Jason is outraged because he's sure that Victor did it. He talks of revenge. Santo sees Jason's attitude and tells him that he's no longer interested in Jason's church. Discouraged by all this, Jason packs up. Celia tells him that he shouldn't leave. His problem was that people were worshipping Jason when they should have been worshipping God. Jason is humbled and shows up to help re-build the church. Suddenly, they hear another explosion in the distance. It was Victor's radio station...and Luis and the dynamite are nowhere to be found! Jason, Manuel, and Celia run to the station only to find Luis unconscious in the rubble. They take him to a hospital. Once there, Jason tells Luis that what he did was wrong. Luis says he was only trying to do what he thought Jason would do. Jason says he was a bad hero. After a makeshift church is built, Jason heads off to other missions. Weeks later, Jason is working in Costa Rica. A station there is having the same sorts of problems that his other mission was having. In the midst of what seems to be another crisis, he gets a letter from Manuel. Manuel tells him that the rebels attacked again and destroyed many homes. Many of Victor's congregation looked to him for help, but he says that they didn't have enough faith. Manuel and Celia are able to reach out to these people in Christian love. They help them rebuild. Manuel thanks Jason for his help. Jason sighs and says, "Manuel...it had nothing to do with me."

Questions:
Why was Santo angry at Jason when he came to the jail? Do you think he was justified in being angry? Jason said that Luis had picked a bad hero in Jason. Why was Jason a bad hero? Who do you think should have been Luis's hero? What did Jason mean at the end of the show when he said that the rebuilding of the church had "nothing to do with me"?