Acts! With puppets and Phil Vischer's humor!
I will NOT post any spoilers here, but the DVD is solid gold. The series is priceless, and the single best way I've ever seen to teach kids about the Bible. Vol. 11 goes through the heavy Book of Acts, addressing the apostles' post-Ascension actions in the first half and the Saul/Paul story in Part Two. (If you consider those "spoilers", you need this show more than I thought!)
Buck Denver (Man of News!), Ian and his explorer brother Clive [Cleans Little Iguanas Very Efficiently] and their friends walk kids and adults alike through the Book of Acts with songs, humor, and a serious dedication to explaining What's In The Bible. While most kids' shows and books tend to soft-peddle the tougher stuff in the Bible, Mr. Vischer doesn't pull any punches about the hard items in Acts. He explains flogging, mentions that sometimes God heals and sometimes He doesn't; and points out that Peter was released from prison, but that James was executed. The story of Acts is a...
Great for kids - and adults can learn something, too!
My family have been long-time fans of the Veggietales series and now have thoroughly enjoyed the What's in the Bible series. As a Christian Mom, I'm always looking for ways to help my kids understand and learn more about the Bible - and to foster an interest in learning more and digging in for themselves! We own the first 10 of these dvd's and were very excited about Vol. 11 about Acts.
The dvd kept the interest of my kids, age 11 and 7, who have followed the whole series. My 3 year old is a little too young to really "get" the concepts but she does enjoy the songs and silly (sometimes) characters. It doesn't hold her interest as much yet. But, my 7 and 11 year olds enjoyed this one a lot - and liked the discussion around people who try to say that Science makes the Bible obsolete...I appreciated the definition of Science and explanation that God is from a supernatural (Beyond nature) realm. It was a bit "deep" but fostered a great discussion with my kids. I also...
God's word made accesible!
We love this entire series! It makes the Bible accessible to our children and it's entertaining even to us. Not only do the children (7 and 8) enjoy watching it, but they retain so much of the information. As we're Catholic, we were very pleased that the series was very respectful of the differences. This particular DVD 11 is perfect for Pentecost and just teaching the kids zeal and a heart for others to know Jesus. :)
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