Comments on: A Confession http://www.newreformationpress.com/blog/2008/04/23/a-confession/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:42:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Patrick Kyle http://www.newreformationpress.com/blog/2008/04/23/a-confession/#comment-67 Patrick Kyle Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:05:16 +0000 http://www.newreformationpress.com/blog/?p=66#comment-67 Pastor Watts, I recently shared my views on this subject with my pastor. He agreed with me but warned that I would be tarred and feathered and run out on a rail by the moms in the congregation. My boys accidently misplaced their Veggie Tales DVD and my wife is convinced I threw them away. I really did not, but I am not sad they are gone. Pastor Watts,

I recently shared my views on this subject with my pastor. He agreed with me but warned that I would be tarred and feathered and run out on a rail by the moms in the congregation.

My boys accidently misplaced their Veggie Tales DVD and my wife is convinced I threw them away. I really did not, but I am not sad they are gone.

]]> By: Rev. Jonathan C. Watt http://www.newreformationpress.com/blog/2008/04/23/a-confession/#comment-56 Rev. Jonathan C. Watt Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:43:10 +0000 http://www.newreformationpress.com/blog/?p=66#comment-56 Ah! I agree. Veggies have done this in all their stories... and some of the new ones aren't even bible stories. Worse yet, they reduce every story to morality. The story means "do want God tells you to and everything will be alright." Veggie Tales are Christ-less. (a minor exception is the Jonah movie that had some less-than-explict visual images of the cross (see the song "God of Second Chances" still, they mis-interpreted the meaning of the cross. As far as trivialization we've done this for a long time. Look at any kinds room with the cutesy pictures of Noah's ark and animals on the wall. Doesn't resemble anything like God's judgement on a sinful world. On and on it goes in Sunday school after sunday school. Veggies didn't invent it... they just carry on the bad tradition. BTW: my kids love veggie tales... Pastor Jonathan C. Watt St. John's, Howard, SD http://sermons.wattswhat.net Ah! I agree. Veggies have done this in all their stories… and some of the new ones aren’t even bible stories. Worse yet, they reduce every story to morality. The story means “do want God tells you to and everything will be alright.” Veggie Tales are Christ-less. (a minor exception is the Jonah movie that had some less-than-explict visual images of the cross (see the song “God of Second Chances” still, they mis-interpreted the meaning of the cross.

As far as trivialization we’ve done this for a long time. Look at any kinds room with the cutesy pictures of Noah’s ark and animals on the wall. Doesn’t resemble anything like God’s judgement on a sinful world. On and on it goes in Sunday school after sunday school.

Veggies didn’t invent it… they just carry on the bad tradition.

BTW: my kids love veggie tales…
Pastor Jonathan C. Watt
St. John’s, Howard, SD
http://sermons.wattswhat.net

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