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Problematic VeggieTales Theology: The Dangers of Teaching Kids an Over-Simplified Anthropology
Copyright: ©1999 Big Idea Productions, Inc. A few days ago I was giving my daughter a bath, and I figured that it would be fun to play some music in the background. So, I reached into the cupboard and pulled out a CD of VeggieTales songs. The words of the first song astounded me. The song…
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So, What Do I Do with That? Part 2: The Bible as How Things Are
Sometimes our Bible reading can leave us profoundly stumped and not for the right reasons. In the first part of this series, we talked about biblical application, that applying what the Bible says is believing what the Bible says. In this second part, we will expand upon that idea and notice that the Bible is our…
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So, What Do I Do with That? Part 1: Applying the Bible
Reading the Bible can be hard work. There are difficult concepts and ideas to think through. Sometimes the Bible is just confusing because of locations, peoples, and historical realities that are now foreign to us. Yet we believe that God’s word is essential for us to live lives pleasing to him (Psalm 1; Matt 4:1-4; 2 Tim…
