Videos That Teach
Teachable Movie Moments From 75 Modern Film Classics
Zondervan · Print & ebook · September 7, 1999
Hollywood has become our culture’s dominant storyteller.
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- Who it’s for
- Use organized movie clips, Bible references, and discussion questions to shape lessons and conversation.
- Themes
- Bible-based teaching with film clips, Discussion of faith and everyday life
- Genres
- Youth Ministry, Children & Youth (Religious Education), Pastoral Resources
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Hollywood has become our culture’s dominant storyteller. So turn Hollywood to your own purposes. With Videos That Teach you can use clips from 75 of the best recent movies on video--already collected an organized by topic and Bible reference, complete with start and stop times--to illustrate your lessons and launch provocative discussion among your students. Discussions that get kids talking about themselves and life, about God and the Bible.
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Browse the book to find the movie clip you like, or use one of the Quick Clip Locators (by topic or Bible reference) to quickly find the perfect reinforcement for your lesson. Or build your entire lesson from a clip--with each clip are summaries of the movie and the clip, start and stop times, Bible references, and discussion-starting questions. And given the breadth of movies in Videos That Teach, you’re almost guaranteed to find what you want for a topic to teach or a discussion to lead--Forrest Gump, The Spitfire Grill, Michael, City Slickers, Romeo and Juliet (1996), Grand Canyon, Mrs. Doubtfire, Naked Gun, Fried Green Tomatoes, Mr. Holland’s Opus. And lots more. Whether you’re a youth worker, Bible study or small-group leader, or Sunday school teacher, with Videos That Teach you’ll get your students thinking biblically instead of merely absorbing passively.
Movie Clips and Scripture
Use organized movie clips, Bible references, and discussion questions to shape lessons and conversation.
Come here for
- Quick Clip Locators organized by topic or Bible reference
- Movie and clip summaries with start and stop times
Expect
- Clips from 75 recent movies, each paired with Bible references
- Questions designed to start discussion about life, God, and the Bible
Where it sits
| Children & Youth (Religious Education) | 54% |
|---|---|
| Youth Ministry | 47% |
| Pastoral Resources | 25% |
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Publisher categories
- Bible Study Guides
- Prayer & Devotion
- Youth Ministry
- Authors
- Doug Fields, Eddie James
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Published
- September 7, 1999
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Bible-based teaching with film clips · Discussion of faith and everyday life
- Reading lane
- Bible Study Guides