Results tagged “dvds”
Free Stuff Fridays (08/28/09 - 2 Comments)
With another Friday (it's amazing how quickly they come and go) we have another edition of Free Stuff Fridays. This week's sponsor is Frontline Missions International. For nearly 20 years Frontline has worked among people in areas of war, persecution, and poverty, primarily in restricted-access countries, seeking to strengthen the Church, give voice to persecuted Christians, and proclaim the Good News. Recently, FMI has developed a new DVD series on 21st-century missions entitled Dispatches...
Review - John Piper DVDs (08/04/09 - 7 Comments)
Desiring God and Crossway have partnered together to create some interesting new products. They have recently released three small group studies which combine lessons on DVD with book-format study guides. I will provide a brief description of each and then share my thoughts on the series: Why We Believe the Bible. "With the deluge of communication around us--books, newspapers, blogs, journals, and magazines all insisting that their view of the world is most compelling--which should...
DVD Review - The Late Great Planet Church (07/14/09 - 54 Comments)
I am no authority on eschatology, on the theology of the end times. In fact, I need all the help I can get in understanding it and in separating one view from the next. It is an area where seemingly small distinctions can make profound differences and where tensions often run high. It was with some interest, then, that I turned to The Late Great Planet Church, a new documentary by NiceneCouncil. It is hosted...
Free Stuff Fridays (05/08/09 - 7 Comments)
With a new Friday comes a new edition of Free Stuff Fridays. This week's sponsors are White Horse Inn and Modern Reformation. This week five winners will each be sent a prize package that contains: Too Good to Be True by Michael Horton (Signed by the author) Christless Christianity DVD A one-year subscription to Modern Reformation magazine. Here is what the publisher says about Too Good to Be True: "In a world of hype,...
The Richard Wurmbrand Story (03/01/09 - 8 Comments)
The Torchlighters video series is a series of animated DVD's dedicated to "Highlighting the honor, integrity and life-changing experiences of those well-known and little-known Christian men, women and children who in response to God's call, dedicated their lives to a life of whole-hearted commitment and passionate service to Jesus." It is a production of Christian History Institute along with International Films and Voice of the Martyrs. The series recently expanded to six videos with the...
DVD Reviews (11/28/08 - 9 Comments)
Over the past weeks I've had quite a few DVDs added to my collection and today I thought I'd offer brief reviews of some of the more notable selections. Every one of them is available from Vision Video. The Gladys Aylward Story he Torchlighters video series is a series of animated DVD's dedicated to "Highlighting the honor, integrity and life-changing experiences of those well-known and little-known Christian men, women and children who in response to...
DVD Review - "The Blue Planet" and "Planet Earth" (02/17/08 - 13 Comments)
The Blue Planet and Planet Earth are among the finest nature documentaries you could ever hope to see. Produced by the BBC and narrated by David Attenborough, the first looks to the world’s oceans and the second primarily to its land masses. The Blue Planet (first broadcast in 2001) is comprised of eight 50-minute episodes. As Attenborough explains in the opening moments, “Our planet is a blue planet: over seventy percent of it is covered...
February DVD Giveaway (02/13/08 - 2 Comments)
This is the first of the “Great Giveaways” for 2008 (somehow January slipped past without one). Through the last months of 2007 I was able to give away books, Bibles, CDs and all sorts of good things. We’ll be starting 2008 by giving away a load of great DVDs. The Sponsor This month’s sponsor is Franklin Springs Family Media. Franklin Springs exists “to provide families with top-quality DVDs that set forth a vision for the...
DVD Reviews on the Run (01/05/08 - 8 Comments)
The War The War is a new documentary series by acclaimed producer Ken Burns (best known for his series on the Civil War). Something of a unique take on a history of World War 2, the series tells the war through the eyes of four towns from across America. It deals both with the home front—the war years as they were experienced through the lives of the people who remained behind, and it deals with...
December DVD Giveaway (12/03/07 - 4 Comments)
This is going to be the last of the “Great Giveaways” for 2007. Over the past four months I’ve been able to give away books, Bibles, CDs and all sorts of good things. We’ll be closing out the year on a high note here, with giving away the Modern Parables DVD set. The Sponsor This month’s sponsor is Modern Parables. Modern Parables is “an original Bible study curriculum designed for people who like movies. It...
Rebellion, Kindle, Amazing Grace and Other Miscellania (11/21/07 - 12 Comments)
I’m off to a late start today. We had a regularly scheduled parent-teacher kind of conference for my daughter (who is in Kindergarten/Preschool) and my wife had to first observe her in her class for an hour and then to speak with the teacher for a few minutes. Turns out our girl is near the top of her class in everything. So we’re pleased! But, because I had to keep an eye on the baby...
Modern Parables: Living in the Kingdom of God (DVD) (11/14/07 - 17 Comments)
Modern Parables: Living in the Kingdom of God is an original Bible study curriculum designed for people who like movies and is just the first in a planned series of film-driven studies on the parables of Jesus. The films are geared towards use for youth groups, small groups, evangelism or even home schooling curriculum. Volume 1 features six of Jesus' parables, told anew through film and set in a contemporary context. The 12-lesson study combines...
DVD Review - The Eric Liddell Story (10/13/07 - 2 Comments)
The Torchlighters video series is a series of animated DVD’s dedicated to "Highlighting the honor, integrity and life-changing experiences of those well-known and little-known Christian men, women and children who in response to God’s call, dedicated their lives to a life of whole-hearted commitment and passionate service to Jesus." The series is targeted primarily at children between the ages of eight and twelve. It is a production of Christian History Institute along with International Films...