Recently, I had the opportunity to review the new children's series What's in the Bible? from the one and only Phil Vischer, creator of VeggieTales. Tyndale House is partnering with Vischer to produce and promote the series that will go through the Bible, book by book, to help teach children...well, What's in the Bible.
My husband and I watched the first two episodes and enjoyed the show immensely. It is a combination of live action, animation, and puppets. The content is great, and although there are bound to be some theological differences in how the information is presented, I felt that overall, the series was remarkably well done. Vischer doesn't water down the information, but rather seeks to present the whole truth to children, teaching them the meaning of big church words thrown around so casually by many believers (e.g. covenant, redemption, canon). One of my favorite segments is titled A Pirate's Guide to Church History; I thought this particular bit was an especially important idea because church history is a generally untouched subject, and yet it is so critical to understand. Even in the first two episodes, Vischer manages to delve into difficult and sticky topics like original sin and the canonization of the Bible.
And of course, you can expect the series to be both serious and funny, engaging not just your children but most likely the whole family. Here is a short excerpt:
I am really looking forward to checking out all the other episodes as well! Maybe the best news of this particular post is that Tyndale has provided me with two certificates for one free DVD of What's in the Bible? to give to two lucky readers! Each certificate is good for one particular episode: The first episode is titled In the Beginning, and the second episode is titled Let My People Go. If you'd like to win one of these episodes, just leave a comment to be entered. I'll draw the winners one week from today on the Ides of March (that's March 15th for those of you who didn't take Latin).
Good luck and happy watching!
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2 comments:
Jenny, that is so awesome I only wish they had those when I was a child. Please enter me in your drawing...either way I am going to be getting those for my nieces and someday maybe a child or two of my own. Thanks for letting us all know about it. :)
Oooo...Bible stuff for kids. I'm in!
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