Tag: Video

Live TV Debate on the King James Version: James White and Jack Moorman

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James White of Alpha & Omega Ministries and author of The King James Only Controversy will be debating Dr. Jack Moorman, author of Forever Settled and other books defending the King James Bible. The debate will be live on British cable TV and online at www.revelation.tv. It is to be held at 9pm local UK time Feb. 2nd, which translates to 4pm Eastern time here in the US.

You can watch for free online. Click here for more details. I’ve been asked to encourage those interested to send in their email comments or text messages during the debate as a measure of knowing which side is the winner. If you watch the debate, consider chiming in here in the comments and let us know who you thought had the most convincing position and why.

UPDATE: The news posting is not available anymore but the debate is on Youtube here.

The True Meaning of Christmas

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Reconsider the true meaning of Christmas. That’s the message of this short 10 min. video clip produced by St. Helen’s Bishopgate in London. The clip below is designed for those who aren’t Christians. It’d be a great clip to spread on your Facebook page and other places this Christmas. [HT: Justin Taylor]

That’s Christmas (Short Film) HD from St Helen’s Church on Vimeo.

Casting Crowns – Set Me Free

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I enjoyed my first Christian concert in a large venue last night. I saw Casting Crowns with Tenth Avenue North and Caleb Chapman at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul. I really enjoyed the concert as Casting Crowns has amassed quite a list of really good, rock solid, God-centered songs over the last several years. Plus I was with some friends from church.

I thought I’d just post a video of my favorite Casting Crowns song, which unfortunately they didn’t do last night. I don’t post video clips often, and its good to have a change of pace every once in a while. Let me know if you like the song. The song is from the perspective of the demonaic of Gadeira in Mark 5. May this song move you like it has me.

“What’s in the Bible?” DVDs by Phil Vischer

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As a father, I’m always looking out for wholesome programming for my children. My kids have enjoyed VeggieTales, so I was intrigued when I heard that VeggieTales creater Phil Vischer, had developed a new series: “What’s in the Bible?”. When I got my review copy, I was pleasantly surprised. I didn’t expect to like the series this much!

The new episodes feature muppet-like puppets, animation and interaction with Phil personally. The characters are varied including, a “Sunday School lady”, an anchor man “Buck Denver”, and more. Phil and the characters teach the storyline of the Bible.

In the Beginning, focuses on what the Bible is, and the first half of Genesis. Let My People Go covers the call of Abraham through the end of Exodus. The varied segments, enjoyable characters, unique settings, and the fast-paced teaching combine to capture the attention of kids. Several puns are appreciated by older viewers as well. My kids were spellbound.

More important in my estimation is how the emphasis is on the Bible’s overall story, rather than the heroics of the Biblical characters. The DVDs don’t hone in on how much faith Abraham had and the suffering of Joseph. Instead they tell the larger story, the meta-narrative, of the Bible. This is the “story of redemption” . Important themes are also addressed. Salvation, redemption, atonement, forgiveness” these basic Christian doctrines are explained.

At times, difficult questions (like canonization and the Apocrypha) are explored in a somewhat simplistic manor. But the fact that the show would address such matters gives insight into its aim. These DVDs aren’t about simple entertainment, they aim to instill an affection for the “story of redemption” in the hearts of our children. I recommend them highly.

My thanks go out to Tyndale House for providing me with an advance review copy of the DVDs. I was not obligated to give a favorable review.

Be sure to watch the trailer for a preview. Visit whatsinthebible.com or Tyndale House for more information. You can pick up a copy at your local Christian bookstore, or through Amazon.com.

Don’t forget to enter my free contest for a gift certificate for a free copy of both of the first 2 DVDs in the What’s in the Bible series. Contest closes Friday night, 3/19/2010.

One more thing, you can download coloring sheets for the characters in the DVD here [.zip file].

Beautiful Pro-Life Video: “I’m Holding a Miracle” by Jason French

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I have promoted this video before, back near the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Since then, the video had to be temporarily pulled from youtube, and Jason French the author of the song informed me a while back that I’d have to refresh my link to the video.

So I went to do that and discovered to my dismay that the new video has only been viewed over 500 times. So I thought that would be a good excuse to highlight the video here again. You couldn’t ask for a more beautiful and emotion-strings-pulling video than this one. It doesn’t give graphic images of aborted babies; instead, it focuses on the beauty and glory of life. The song written by Jason French (a fellow member with me of Bethlehem Baptist, John Piper’s church), is very moving. You can learn more about Jason and his ministry at crossworksministries.com.

I know you’ll like this video clip and I want you to watch it and spread the word. Link to it, put it on your blog. Remember it when you have a post to do about abortion, or around the Roe v. Wade anniversary. I think we can use this video for a good cause. Let’s also work to try to get its Youtube “views” up into the thousands!

So here it is again: