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The Poor Rich Guy

Album: 46: A Date with Dad (and other Calamities)

Episode: 585

Lesson/Theme: Bible study

Bible Verse: .

Characters: Grady, Marvin, Tamika, Wooton, Whit

Writer: Torry Martin

Sound Designer: Jonathan Crowe

Original Air Date: February 11, 2006

Last Air Date: March 14, 2009

Description:
Grady, who has refused to go to church for a long time, finally shows up at church one Sunday because his mom wants him out of the house. Tamika and Marvin invite him to join their group in Sunday School. Tamika quotes Matthew 19:24, which talks about how it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Grady thinks the verse is ridiculous because a camel can't go through the eye of a needle. Together, the three kids decide that the verse means that rich people can't get into heaven, which is okay because they don’t know any rich people anyway. But when Mr. Whittaker surprises the class with a free trip to Water World, Tamika and Marvin become worried about his eternal future. Maybe he is rich afterall. The two of them set out to discover if he really is rich so they can warn him if they need to. Meanwhile, Grady is helping Wooton fix up the tree house when he accidentally stumbles upon Wooton’s secret life as the creator of PowerBoy and the wealth that goes along with it. Grady starts thinking about the verse he heard in Sunday school...and realizes the Wooton is rich, too! He dismisses church and Bible reading as a bunch of baloney and runs off. Later, Grady watches as Tamika and Marvin confront Mr. Whittaker, having concluded that he really is rich. Whit realizes what they’re trying to do, and what has caused their misunderstanding about rich people. He shows them a valuable lesson about the importance of context. After the lesson, Grady is relieved that Wooton actually will be going to heaven. He concludes that maybe the Bible does make a littlesense.

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