Life Lessons from Puppets

My assignment this week was to watch some dvds to see if they would be appropriate for the junior campers. These videos are from Phil Vischer, the guy who did VeggieTales, and they involved puppets. At first, I wasn't sure what I thought of them. But, the more I watched, the more I realized how great these videos really were. The material is phenomenal. It is basically a walk through the Bible that little kids can understand. What I loved was that the focus was on the Bible all being one story, the story of God's love for humanity. They don't sugar coat things either. Lots of people die in Joshua, and instead of glossing over that, they actually tackle it. ( People die because the land was God's in the first place, everyone sins, the price of sin is death, so truthfully they got what they deserve, and a good question is why don't we? If you were curious.) I didn't get the concept that the Bible is all one story and that God is still fulfilling the promises He made to Abraham until last summer when we did a walk through the Old Testament as a staff at camp. And these videos present it in a way kids can understand. My eighteen year old brother also sat through several with me, and he liked them as well. I did a complete turn around from my initial skepticism. The title of the series is What's In The Bible, and that's what they tell you. They even pointed out the usefulness of Leviticus! (Ritual vs. Ethical laws, yet another thing I hadn't ever considered.) This is something I would want to have for my kids someday. And, quite honestly, I would watch the rest of the series if I had it.