[egarvue]

What you say about the OT being the foundation for the NT is true. But I am deeply disturbed by people's blind acceptance of everything that is marketed for Christian consumption.

As previous posters have corrected me, two (but only two) Veggie Tales videos do discuss, in brief Jesus Christ. Not one, in your quotation of Spurgeon, makes "a bee line for the cross, of course". The Cross, and Christ's redeeming work on it, is just not discussed in the Veggie Tales universe. I am not looking at the individual Veggie Tales tapes, I am looking at them as a whole. Presenting individual OT stories is not defective; presenting them without ever "making a bee line for the Cross" is.

Why should children be denied the Gospel message? Why should the forgiveness of Christ go absent in the stories we teach them? Why instead should we just present them with morality tales, who's only real message (as shown in the Veggie Tales Jonah movie) is "Be nice to other people"? Heck, even the heathens teach that. What happens when the child is disobediant to God, as we all will be? Will they remember the lessons they learned from Veggie Tales: "You Should Be Good - Try Harder"? Who will remind them that even though they sin, God forgives them on account of Christ? Certainly not the Veggie Tales.

And please note, I took pains to say that I did not outright condemn the Veggie Tales. Taken individually, they are some amusing recitations of OT Bible stories. But taken as a whole, they are a dirt poor representation of what Christianity really is.

[ConservativeDude]

we are close to agreement. good post.

[dfwgator]

And please note, I took pains to say that I did not outright condemn the Veggie Tales. Taken individually, they are some amusing recitations of OT Bible stories. But taken as a whole, they are a dirt poor representation of what Christianity really is.

Of course Veggie Tales should not be the only source of religious education, I don't think anyone in their right minds would advocate that. But it certainly is a way to open up kids to learning more about the Bible, than they would otherwise.