{"id":305778,"date":"2020-02-24T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/a-simple-word-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2020-02-24T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:00:05","slug":"a-simple-word-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-simple-word-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Word for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer relays how the concept of VeggieTales first began and talks about his latest project, the &#8220;Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids,&#8221; a book he hopes will take kids deeper into their faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2020-02-24.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:29:08","filesize":"26.68M","filesize_raw":"27972717","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2833,2806],"tags":[2209],"podcast_series":[8341],"cwp_profile":[9279],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-305778","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-godly-legacy","category-spiritual-development","tag-parenting","podcast_series-laugh-and-learn-bible-for-kids","cwp_profile-phil-vischer","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/305778\/a-simple-word-for-kids","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/305778\/a-simple-word-for-kids","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HW0ZhzpiGn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-simple-word-for-kids\/\">A Simple Word for Kids<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/a-simple-word-for-kids\/embed\/#?secret=HW0ZhzpiGn\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;A Simple Word for Kids&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"HW0ZhzpiGn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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That applies as we raise our kids; we want to keep our instruction to them simple. Phil Vischer says that comes with a caution. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> There\u2019s a big difference between simplifying something and making something simplistic. If you make it simplistic, they\u2019ll end up with a simplistic faith, which <em>won\u2019t<\/em> survive high school. If you simplify it, actually, grownups can understand it too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I talk to pastors\u2014I\u2019ve spoken several times at pastors\u2019 conferences\u2014I say, \u201cThe gap between what a third grader can learn and what a forty-year-old wants to learn is much smaller than you think it is.\u201d If you can present the gospel in a way that works for a third grader\u2014that they can retain\u2014you\u2019ve probably presented the gospel in a way that works for everybody. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, February 24<sup>th<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I\u2019m Bob Lepine. You\u2019ll find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. Phil Vischer wants to help us, as moms and dads, make sure we communicate clearly and simply the basic truths of the Bible for our kids. He joins us today to help us with that. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. I think everybody can tell this story: \u201cDo you remember where or when you first saw your first episode of <em>VeggieTales<\/em>?\u201d [Laughter] Do you remember? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Of all questions to ask, that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to ask; yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I can too. I thought, \u201cThis is genius!\u201d [Laughter] Then we were singing it all day every day: \u201cGod is bigger than the boogie man. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cboogie man.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> See, I was\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cHe\u2019s bigger than Godzilla.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> My first one\u2014somebody after church said: \u201cYou\u2019ve got to come see this! They are showing this in the kids department at church.\u201d I watch it; and they are singing, \u201cWhere is my hairbrush?\u201d I go: \u201cWhat is this about?!\u2014\u201c\u2026my hairbrush\u201d? They are showing this to kids?!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And it\u2019s vegetables singing it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s vegetables singing it. In fact, I have to tell\u2014well, I\u2019ll tell you this story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Who would think of this kind of thing, Bob? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019ll tell you a great story here as we introduce the man who thinks of this kind of stuff. Phil Vischer joins us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Oh, hi! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Phil, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Thanks for having me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou did not\u2014your first thought was not: \u201cThis is genius!\u201d Admit it; your first thought was, \u201cThis is weird.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No; it was genius\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Oh, come on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014because our kids were <em>singing<\/em> it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No; let me tell you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> When she said that, I thought, \u201cThat\u2019s a look inside of Ann Wilson\u2019s brain right there.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She <em>loves<\/em> that kind of stuff; she\u2019s <em>doing<\/em> that kind of stuff. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Nine out of ten people said, \u201cThis is the weirdest thing I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d [Laughter] Then, after a while, they thought, \u201cHey; but it\u2019s actually good,\u201d because it doesn\u2019t seem like it would be good at first\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That was me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014vegetable Bible stories. That is not a recipe for good family entertainment. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> But anything that gets your kids singing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes\u2014biblically helpful songs\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014except for the hairbrush song. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Hairbrush is not biblical; is it? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> No; I\u2019ve had people <em>try<\/em> to tease out the theology of the cheeseburger song for me, and it was like: \u201cDid I get it right?\u201d \u201cDid I get it right?\u201d \u201cNo!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s just fun.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cYou didn\u2019t get it right; it\u2019s just silly.\u201d Is that allowed? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell everybody about the song that got you in big trouble with moms and dads all over the country. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Oh, the bunny song: \u201cThe bunny, the BUNNY, oh I love the bunny. I don\u2019t love my mom or my dad, just the bunny.\u201d Yes; that was a good idea\u2014[Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That was it; huh? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014because it was supposed to be the song\u2014it\u2019s the story of Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and the fiery furnace. It was what they <em>weren\u2019t<\/em> supposed to sing. This was the song you\u2019re <em>not <\/em>supposed to sing, so it had to have things in it that were obviously things that you shouldn\u2019t sing! But then it was catchy, and kids sang it! Then their moms got mad at <em>me<\/em>, like I had something\u2014I had everything to do with it. I guess it made sense that they wrote me letters, and I felt terrible; so we <em>changed<\/em> the lyrics. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014to? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cI won\u2019t eat my soup or my bread, just the bunny.\u201d We made it dietary, not a rejection of parental authority. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s not as fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> No; it is not as fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No; mom and dad have got to be in there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I was talking to a friend of mine, who went to a meeting with people from a bunch of different Christian publishing houses. You may have heard this story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Sounds like a fun meeting already. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The theme of the meeting was: \u201cWhat was it that you passed on that wound up being a best-seller?\u201d Everybody was telling the story the thing that they rejected that went on to be a number one best-seller. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI said, \u201cWhat was the best story of the night?\u201d The guy said, \u201cIt was the people who looked at us, and they said, \u2018After the pitch meeting, when they\u2019d left the room, we looked at each other and said, \u201cTalking vegetables?!\u201d\u2019\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t think so!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; I pitched that at multiple places. I can\u2019t tell you for sure who that was, but I can narrow it way down. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Can I just ask you, because you\u2019ve probably been asked this a million times\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014where did you come up with that idea\u2014like, \u201cOh, I think I\u2019ll make them vegetables\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; that wasn\u2019t my first idea. I <em>knew<\/em> that they had to be extremely simple characters, or I couldn\u2019t afford to animate them by myself. [Laughter] And this was 1990, so this is five years before <em>Toy Story<\/em>. Computer technology is not where it needed to be. I couldn\u2019t do arms, legs, hair, or clothes; [Laughter] so I thought, \u201cWhat naked, bald, limbless characters could I put in Christian bookstores and not offend anyone?\u201d I thought: \u201cOkay; let\u2019s go objects. We can\u2019t do people; let\u2019s do objects. Kitchen countertop is cute; I\u2019m going to do that. Candy bars\u2014I\u2019m going to make a candy bar.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI made a chocolate bar. I gave them a face, and I could make them kind of bend. I was like: \u201cHey; this could work. I think I could do a candy bar show.\u201d My wife\u2014I had just gotten married\u2014my wife walked by and saw the candy bar on the computer screen; I was working at home. She said, \u201cYou know, moms are going to be mad if you make the kids fall in love with candy bars.\u201d I thought: \u201cEureka! She\u2019s correct!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s true. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cArgh. Okay; what\u2019s shaped like a candy bar that moms wouldn\u2019t be mad about their kids falling in love with?\u201d The <em>very<\/em> next thing that popped into my head was a cucumber. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And that\u2019s almost three decades ago now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; yes. That was 1991 when I was walking around with a ten-second clip. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The last <em>VeggieTales<\/em> episode we saw that was a <em>new<\/em> episode was back\u2014how many years ago? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Six years ago was the Noah. They did Noah\u2019s Ark; I wasn\u2019t involved in that. I haven\u2019t written anything for <em>VeggieTales<\/em> in more than a decade. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Christmas, this year, we got to see the relaunch\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014of brand new <em>VeggieTales<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> New veggies. What has happened, in the meantime, is <em>VeggieTales<\/em> went very well. The company I ran went very poorly. Sometimes, you can make a hit and also go bankrupt. It\u2019s kind of <em>amazing<\/em>, and it\u2019s the kind of stuff they talk about in business school\u2014like, \u201cHow did he mess that up so badly?\u201d [Laughter] Well, he had no idea what he was doing; he was 25. My company went bankrupt even while I had a hit project, so I <em>lost<\/em> the hit project in bankruptcy in 2003. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>Since then, <em>VeggieTales<\/em> has been owned by <em>four<\/em> different companies. Three years ago, it was DreamWorks<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. Then DreamWorks sold itself to Universal<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. Every time it had been sold, I would expect: \u201cAm I going to get a phone call? Is somebody going to say, \u2018Hey; Phil, can you help us with the vegetables?\u2019\u201d It didn\u2019t happen, and it didn\u2019t happen, and it didn\u2019t happen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, when Universal bought it\u2014Universal is so big that my thought was\u2014\u201cThey are not even going to know that they own this: it\u2019s inside a company, inside a company, inside a company\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cthat they just bought. This is going to be like the end of <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark <\/em>when they put the ark of the covenant in a box\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014in a warehouse. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cand they wheel it into a huge government warehouse. That\u2019s that!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just thought: \u201cWell, that\u2019s the end of Bob and Larry. They are in a government warehouse.\u201d Instead, what happened is the Trinity Broadcast Network, which is the biggest religious broadcaster, reached out to Universal and said, \u201cHey; can we buy <em>VeggieTales<\/em> from you?\u201d They said, \u201cNo; we don\u2019t sell characters\u201d; they said, \u201cBut you could <em>rent<\/em> it from us.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> What?\u2014renting characters? That\u2019s <em>weird<\/em>. So, TBN did a deal with Universal, where they could produce 18 new episodes of <em>VeggieTales<\/em>. Universal would give approval to them; but then both Universal and TBN reached out to <em>me<\/em> and said: \u201cHey; Phil, we\u2019re pretty sure you had something to do with this. [Laughter] Would you come back and try to make <em>new<\/em> episodes feel like the very old, original episodes?\u201d They want it to feel like 1994\/1995\u2014early episodes. I said: \u201cYes! I can totally do that!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You wanted it to feel like the original but be different even than the original; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; not to be exactly the same; it\u2019s in a different context. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey had\u2014TBN actually had the idea: \u201cWhat if it was like <em>The Muppet Show<\/em>, and it was Bob and Larry trying to put on a show\/a variety show in a live theater?\u201d I said, \u201cWell, I actually had that thought, probably, 15 years ago\u201d; because <em>The Muppet Show<\/em> was my favorite TV show when I was a kid. Of course, I also had the thought\u2014I was 25 when I started; I\u2019m 50 now\u2014my spiritual life has deepened quite a bit over the\u2014hopefully\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014over a quarter of a century of walking with Jesus: \u201cWhat can I bring to it that I couldn\u2019t bring to it as a 25-year-old?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the reasons I <em>wanted<\/em> to make the shows\/the episodes shorter and be able to a variety show style segments is there are great Bible stories that you can teach kids that wouldn\u2019t hold up as a 45-minute story. Paul and Silas in prison\u2014you know, it\u2019s a wonderful little story about trusting in God and having peace in bad circumstances. You can\u2019t turn it into a 45-minute story; but as a 10-minute, mini-musical, I can do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are stories that are worth telling kids that have value and are shorter, and they actually work. I am going deeper into the Bible now with kids than we ever could with <em>VeggieTales<\/em> before, and it\u2019s really been fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is where you have been while <em>VeggieTales<\/em> was away from you: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014you produced the <em>What\u2019s in the Bible?<\/em> series\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014and you got a podcast going on; you are doing a series on Right Now Media, where you are\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014teaching the Bible, basically. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014to kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; when I lost <em>Veggies<\/em>, suddenly, I had\u2014like, my desk was completely empty. There was <em>nothing<\/em> on\u2014there was nothing on the piece of paper; it was just <em>blank<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought, \u201cOkay; God, well, what do You want me to <em>do<\/em>, starting over from scratch?\u201d What I felt <em>very<\/em> strongly was Him saying: \u201cTake kids deeper. You can only go so deep theologically with happy, bouncy, talking vegetables. Figure out a way to take kids deeper into their faith.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things that kind of convicted me was, after ten years of veggies, I was looking back and saying, \u201cHave I spent ten years trying to convince kids to behave Christianly without actually teaching them Christianity?\u201d I was a rule-following kid\u2014like I can follow the rules with the best of them. If you say, \u201cBe more forgiving,\u201d\u2014\u201cIf I work hard enough, I will be more forgiving.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut there are lots of kids that, no matter how hard they work, rules don\u2019t come naturally; and Christianity is not something that should only work for rule-following kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> That\u2019s the whole point. None of us are really following the rules. The Holy Spirit <em>remakes<\/em> you from the inside out when you walk with Jesus. That\u2019s a story I couldn\u2019t tell in <em>VeggieTales<\/em> easily. The <em>What\u2019s in the Bible?<\/em> series was: \u201cLet\u2019s start with kids in the Book of Genesis and go all the way to the Book of Revelation; touch on every single book in the Bible.\u201d When you do that, you learn a lot, too; because, you know, how often do you sit down and try to teach someone the entire Bible? <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So, when you try to\u2014I know, when I teach Scripture on a weekend to adults, I learn more than anybody in the room, probably; but if I\u2019m going to try to do that with kids, same thing is happening for you? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, you\u2019ve got to take it and dumb it down; and it\u2019s a whole new deal; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> No; no; I\u2019m not dumbing it down. I\u2019m taking the cookies and putting them on a lower shelf. That\u2019s the way I look at it. It\u2019s not to make it simplistic but to make it simple. You can do\u2014there is a big difference\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> There you go; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014between simplifying something and making something simplistic. If you make it simplistic, they\u2019ll end up with a simplistic faith,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014which <em>won\u2019t<\/em> survive high school. If you simplify it, actually, grownups can understand it too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> We often overestimate what a 40-year-old is capable of learning and underestimate what a 4-year-old is capable of learning. We forget that kids\/elementary-aged kids are professional learners; it\u2019s what they do for a living. Every day, they get up, and they go to school, and they learn. Forty-year-olds, for the most part, have said: \u201cI\u2019m done with that. That\u2019s behind me. I want to watch the game.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I talk to pastors\u2014I\u2019ve spoken several times at pastors\u2019 conferences\u2014I say, \u201cThe gap between what a third grader can learn and what a forty-year-old wants to learn is much smaller than you think it is.\u201d If you can present the gospel in a way that <em>works<\/em> for a third grader\u2014that they can retain\u2014you\u2019ve probably presented the gospel in a way that works for everybody, without realizing it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> When I picked up the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible<\/em>, that\u2019s exactly what I thought: \u201cEvery adult should read this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; we haven\u2019t even mentioned that yet. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We haven\u2019t mentioned that. Tell everybody about this\u2014I was going to say, \u201c\u2026this Bible that you wrote\u201d; but that\u2019s probably not the <em>right<\/em> way to say that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s not a good nomenclature. Let\u2019s phrase that differently. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Explain this project. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cSince we decided the <em>real Bible<\/em> is just not working anymore, I wrote a new one,\u201d\u2014No! That\u2019s not it at all. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDuring the <em>VeggieTales<\/em> days, I remember publishers coming to us and saying, \u201cWe should do a <em>VeggieTales<\/em> Bible.\u201d I was <em>really<\/em> uncomfortable with that idea: \u201cI don\u2019t think I want to rewrite the Bible.\u201d But as I learned more when we did <em>What\u2019s in the Bible?<\/em> series, I pretty much presented the whole Bible; so then the thought was: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you just take that and actually turn that into a storybook Bible for kids?\u201d\u2014you know, a way to start. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat we do with the Bible and kids, unfortunately, tends to go in two different directions. Either we simplify it so much that we ended up only giving them snapshots from the Bible\u2014you know, we\u2019re just basically Noah\u2019s ark, Daniel in the lions\u2019 den\u2014\u201cOkay; we\u2019re teaching kids the Bible\u201d; but we\u2019re actually just giving them slices of the Bible. They are not getting the whole narrative. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe other thing we do is: \u201cOkay; now that you are six years old, here\u2019s a full-text NIV\u201d\u2014you know?\u2014\u201cLook, we\u2019ve put your name in it. So, good luck!\u201d [Laughter] The Bible is a <em>difficult<\/em> book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Substantive; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It is <em>substantive<\/em>. You know kids\u2014you just hand them a full-text Bible\u2014even if they are ten or eleven, they are like the Israelites; they are going to die in the desert, somewhere around Leviticus; they are just going to drop like flies. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> That is true of adults as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It is! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It is! What I wanted to do is: \u201cLet\u2019s make a kids storybook Bible that covers the entire narrative flow of Scripture, starting with creation; ending with new creation\/new heaven and earth.\u201d It has 52 stories going all the way through\u2014you can read one a week, or one a day for two months, or whatever you want to do so that kids see the <em>story<\/em>. Because [if] we only give them snapshots from the Bible, they end up with a truncated version of the Bible in their heads; and it doesn\u2019t come together as a narrative. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tKids <em>want<\/em> to be a part of the story; they <em>want<\/em> a big story that explains the universe that they can be a part of. If we don\u2019t present the Bible that way, they will find a <em>different<\/em> story to be a part of\u2014so it may be <em>Star Wars<\/em>; it may be <em>The Avengers<\/em>; it may be <em>Harry Potter<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOn one hand\u2014gee\u2014it shows they are still hungry for a moral code; they are hungry for a sacred text; but it also shows how poorly we\u2019ve presented them the Bible that they don\u2019t think it is one. It is either a book of rules, or it\u2019s a book of improving your marriage, or it\u2019s a book of managing your money, or it\u2019s a book of how to vote when it\u2019s political season. No; it\u2019s a <em>story<\/em>. It\u2019s a <em>story<\/em> that explains why the world is the way it is and what God is doing about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It is <em>the<\/em> story, actually. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It is <em>the<\/em> story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> All other stories come out of\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014this story. <br><br><strong>Phil:<\/strong> There are echoes of <em>the<\/em> story in every story that you love. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We just did a series on the Bible at our church for adults. We\u2019re doing this on Sunday mornings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I open it up, saying: \u201cYou know stories of the Bible. Does anyone here know <em>the<\/em> story of the Bible\u2014just the flow from creation?\u201d\u2014very few people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It\u2019s so big. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cI just read\/you know, I read Philippians once a year.\u201d Does that give me the flow of the entire Bible?\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014not quite. [Laughter] No; the goal is: \u201cIf a kid goes through this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cthen, when they sit down with the full-text Bible when they are a little older\u2014you open it to the Psalms\/you open it to the Gospels\u2014you know where you are in the story, because you\u2019ve already experienced a condensed version of the entire story.\u201d It\u2019s like having a map; so that when you actually go out into the whole world, you can find your place in the story. When they can find their place in the story, their faith can take root as a foundation for their life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m reading here about John baptizing Jesus\u2014John the Baptist; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; I\u2019ve heard of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here, for example, is how Phil tells the story. \u201cIf you met John the Baptist, you\u2019d probably think to yourself this guy is a little weird. John the Baptist wasn\u2019t like most Israelites. He didn\u2019t dress like they did. Instead of clothes made from soft wool or cotton, John the Baptist made his clothes from itchy camel hair. Instead of eating food that most folks ate, John ate honey: yum! and bugs: yuck!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOkay; so that\u2019s how Bible stories get told by Phil Vischer. When you tell them with a little humor and with a little\u2014kind of: \u201cHey; kids, this is real. This is what it feels like\u2026\u201d\u2014kids are right there, hanging on every word; aren\u2019t they? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; it\u2019s the Mary Poppins\u2019 \u201cspoon full of sugar\u201d technique that helps the medicine go down, because there are hard topics in the Bible. I mean, the fall, and sin, and death\u2014you <em>cannot<\/em> skip those topics and have the story make any sense. It\u2019s like trying to tell the story of <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> without Mordor. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Then you get to the end of the story, and you have these family connection moments, where you talk about the tricky bits\u2014so, \u201cWhat is baptism<em>?\u201d<\/em> is a tricky bit\u2014\u201cLet\u2019s understand that.\u201d Then things to talk about: \u201cWhat made John the Baptist stand out from the crowd?\u201d \u201cWhy do you think Jesus asked John to baptize Him?\u201d Those are good conversation starters. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen there is a prayer at the end that a family can pray together that, in this case, is three lines: \u201cDear God, we want to stand out for You like John the Baptist did. Please show us how to boldly point people to You. Amen.\u201d That\u2019s <em>achievable<\/em> for any parent\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014once a week\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014to sit down and read that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You\u2019re saying these stories take five minutes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes, it does. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t take very long. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> That\u2019s the goal: it\u2019s after dinner\/before bed. So many parents hear in church, \u201cYou need to be discipling your kids\u201d; but what we forget to ask is, \u201cDid anyone disciple <em>you<\/em>?\u201d And if no one discipled you, how on earth are you supposed to disciple someone else? What we\u2019re trying to do here is make easy wins for parents\u2014say: \u201cAlright; here is how you present a chunk of the Bible to my kids,\u201d and \u201cHere, then, are questions that can spawn conversation.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI don\u2019t have to be the expert; I can actually learn along with my kids without having to admit that I\u2019m learning along with my kids. When a family learns something together\u2014that\u2019s why it was so important to me that <em>VeggieTales<\/em> was enjoyable for adults; because people sometimes say, \u201cWhy are you putting in so much stuff that kids don\u2019t get?\u201d It is because if mom and dad find it humorous, they will sit down on the couch with their kids; they will all learn the lesson together, as a family; and now, mom and dad can reinforce it to their kids; and the kids can reinforce it to mom and dad. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo get a letter from a mom saying that she was complaining about something and not being very grateful; and then her five-year-old daughter said, \u201cMom, remember Madame Blueberry.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> If mom hadn\u2019t seen Madame Blueberry\u2014because it was boring\u2014and she just put it on for her five-year-old, that means <em>nothing<\/em>; but now, you\u2019ve got a moment for a family. That\u2019s what I\u2019m hoping this Bible will do for the whole family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And if mom breaks into \u201cI\u2019m so blue-hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Bob, you\u2019ve been waiting the whole show to do that. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I have been waiting the whole show. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I know you have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Are you going to give this to your kids, or are you going to keep this around for when the grandkids come to your house? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Both! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I just told Dave, \u201cI would like to have <em>three<\/em> copies of this so that I can give them to our kids and have one at home.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I mean, the first thing I thought, when I read the intro that says I can do this in five minutes, I thought, \u201cEvery\u201d\u2014at least, in my opinion\u2014\u201cdad is this guy, going, \u2018I know I\u2019m supposed to lead my family,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201c\u2018I don\u2019t know how to do it. Can somebody help me?\u2019\u201d Here it is! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, I read the first one about creation, and already\u2014you saw this; right? We\u2019re talking about the Trinity in creation. It\u2019s like: \u201cWow! Who would have thought, with a children\u2019s book, you would go there?\u201d but you do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It\u2019s so easy for kids to say\u2014that is specifically why I did that\u2014it\u2019s so easy for kids to say: \u201cWow, God must have been lonely. That\u2019s why He made us because He was lonely.\u201d \u201cNo; He wasn\u2019t lonely, because He wasn\u2019t alone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cLet\u2019s talk about what that means\u2014that God wasn\u2019t lonely\u2014because He <em>wasn\u2019t<\/em> alone,\u201d\u2014and how that theme: \u201cSo He didn\u2019t create us because He had a need. He created us because He <em>loves<\/em> creating, and He wants to <em>invite<\/em> us into an adventure with Him\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a whole different thing. We are not worshipping a <em>needy<\/em> God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> We can\u2019t conceive of why He wouldn\u2019t have been lonely until we realize He wasn\u2019t alone! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> There is something about families having that conversation\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014every night, or once a week, or whatever they want to do\u2014that is <em>genius<\/em> that families are going to sit around and do this; and it\u2019s going to start when they are kids and never stop. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I love that it\u2019s called the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em> because you don\u2019t always put that word, \u201claugh,\u201d with the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; and I\u2019m not trying to make the whole Bible <em>funny<\/em>; but I try\u2014when I tell Bible stories, I try to make them engaging. If it\u2019s engaging for kids, it\u2019s engaging for parents. If parents see their kids\u2014so, we have had people say, who have already gotten the Bible, \u201cWe read two stories to our kids last night; and this morning, we found them reading more on their own.\u201d You know, if you can do <em>that<\/em>, like, \u201cOkay; now, you are creating an understanding.\u201d Like the Trinity\u2014when I say, \u201cIt should be simple but not simplistic\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014that\u2019s not simplistic\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Nope. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014to explain the Trinity before you explain creation; but it\u2019s done simply so that it makes it sticky. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com; get a copy, or two, or three like Ann\u2019s going to do of the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em> from Phil Vischer. In fact, let me just say this right here\u2014you know, we, here at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, we\u2019ve got a group of people\u2014Legacy Partners\u2014who make this ministry possible for all of us. They make it possible for us to tune in every day and hear practical biblical help and hope for your marriage and your family. We\u2019re grateful for those of you who are Legacy Partners. Thank you, guys; yay for you! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>We want to see that number of Legacy Partners increase this year. We\u2019d like to send you\u2014if you become a new Legacy Partner, we\u2019ll send you the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em> as our thank-you gift for becoming a Legacy Partner; <em>and<\/em> we\u2019re not done. We\u2019re going to send you a certificate to attend a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>marriage getaway as our guest. We\u2019ll cover the registration fee for you or for a couple you know. If you want to give it as a gift to your kids or to somebody else, you can do that; <em>and<\/em> we\u2019re still not done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou sign on this week to become a Legacy Partner\u2014we\u2019ve had some friends of the ministry, who know that this is a need for us; so they\u2019ve agreed they are going to match the donations we receive from new Legacy Partners\u2014this week when you sign on as a Legacy Partner and agree to monthly giving\u2014they are going to match your monthly giving for the next 12 months up to a total of $30,000. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and order Phil\u2019s book; <em>or<\/em> you can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and say, \u201cI want to become a Legacy Partner\u2014support the ministry of FamilyLife; keep it on the air in our community\/help more people hear this\u2014and I want to take advantage\/I want to get a copy of the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em>; I want to get the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> certificate; and I want to make sure that my donations are matched, dollar for dollar, for the next year.\u201d Pretty good deal for new Legacy Partners. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThose of you who are regular listeners\u2014you\u2019ve been listening for a long time\u2014you know the need. Would you join us and help make <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> possible in your community as one of our monthly Legacy Partners? Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. The information about becoming a Legacy Partner is right there, or you can order the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em>. Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com. If you need any help with any of this, call 1-800-FL-TODAY; and we can take your order, or we can get you signed on as a new Legacy Partner. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me just say, \u201cThanks,\u201d in advance, to those of you who are regular listeners and you say: \u201cOkay; I\u2019m\/we\u2019ve thought about doing this. Now is the time. We\u2019re going to do it. We\u2019re going to become Legacy Partners.\u201d Thank you for partnering with us in the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. We appreciate you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you can be back with us, again, tomorrow. Phil Vischer is going to be here again. 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creator Phil Vischer relays how the concept of VeggieTales first began and talks about his latest project, the \"Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids,\" a book he hopes will take kids deeper into their faith.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2020-02-24.pdf","transcript_content":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You are familiar with the \u201cKeep It Simple\u201d principle. That applies as we raise our kids; we want to keep our instruction to them simple. Phil Vischer says that comes with a caution. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> There\u2019s a big difference between simplifying something and making something simplistic. If you make it simplistic, they\u2019ll end up with a simplistic faith, which <em>won\u2019t<\/em> survive high school. If you simplify it, actually, grownups can understand it too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I talk to pastors\u2014I\u2019ve spoken several times at pastors\u2019 conferences\u2014I say, \u201cThe gap between what a third grader can learn and what a forty-year-old wants to learn is much smaller than you think it is.\u201d If you can present the gospel in a way that works for a third grader\u2014that they can retain\u2014you\u2019ve probably presented the gospel in a way that works for everybody. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Monday, February 24<sup>th<\/sup>. Our hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson; I\u2019m Bob Lepine. You\u2019ll find us online at FamilyLifeToday.com. Phil Vischer wants to help us, as moms and dads, make sure we communicate clearly and simply the basic truths of the Bible for our kids. He joins us today to help us with that. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. I think everybody can tell this story: \u201cDo you remember where or when you first saw your first episode of <em>VeggieTales<\/em>?\u201d [Laughter] Do you remember? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Of all questions to ask, that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to ask; yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I can too. I thought, \u201cThis is genius!\u201d [Laughter] Then we were singing it all day every day: \u201cGod is bigger than the boogie man. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cboogie man.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> See, I was\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cHe\u2019s bigger than Godzilla.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> My first one\u2014somebody after church said: \u201cYou\u2019ve got to come see this! They are showing this in the kids department at church.\u201d I watch it; and they are singing, \u201cWhere is my hairbrush?\u201d I go: \u201cWhat is this about?!\u2014\u201c\u2026my hairbrush\u201d? They are showing this to kids?!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And it\u2019s vegetables singing it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s vegetables singing it. In fact, I have to tell\u2014well, I\u2019ll tell you this story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Who would think of this kind of thing, Bob? [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019ll tell you a great story here as we introduce the man who thinks of this kind of stuff. Phil Vischer joins us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Oh, hi! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Phil, welcome back to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Thanks for having me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou did not\u2014your first thought was not: \u201cThis is genius!\u201d Admit it; your first thought was, \u201cThis is weird.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No; it was genius\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Oh, come on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014because our kids were <em>singing<\/em> it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No; let me tell you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> When she said that, I thought, \u201cThat\u2019s a look inside of Ann Wilson\u2019s brain right there.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She <em>loves<\/em> that kind of stuff; she\u2019s <em>doing<\/em> that kind of stuff. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Nine out of ten people said, \u201cThis is the weirdest thing I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d [Laughter] Then, after a while, they thought, \u201cHey; but it\u2019s actually good,\u201d because it doesn\u2019t seem like it would be good at first\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That was me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014vegetable Bible stories. That is not a recipe for good family entertainment. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> But anything that gets your kids singing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes\u2014biblically helpful songs\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014except for the hairbrush song. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Hairbrush is not biblical; is it? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> No; I\u2019ve had people <em>try<\/em> to tease out the theology of the cheeseburger song for me, and it was like: \u201cDid I get it right?\u201d \u201cDid I get it right?\u201d \u201cNo!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s just fun.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cYou didn\u2019t get it right; it\u2019s just silly.\u201d Is that allowed? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Tell everybody about the song that got you in big trouble with moms and dads all over the country. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Oh, the bunny song: \u201cThe bunny, the BUNNY, oh I love the bunny. I don\u2019t love my mom or my dad, just the bunny.\u201d Yes; that was a good idea\u2014[Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That was it; huh? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014because it was supposed to be the song\u2014it\u2019s the story of Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and the fiery furnace. It was what they <em>weren\u2019t<\/em> supposed to sing. This was the song you\u2019re <em>not <\/em>supposed to sing, so it had to have things in it that were obviously things that you shouldn\u2019t sing! But then it was catchy, and kids sang it! Then their moms got mad at <em>me<\/em>, like I had something\u2014I had everything to do with it. I guess it made sense that they wrote me letters, and I felt terrible; so we <em>changed<\/em> the lyrics. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014to? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cI won\u2019t eat my soup or my bread, just the bunny.\u201d We made it dietary, not a rejection of parental authority. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s not as fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> No; it is not as fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No; mom and dad have got to be in there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I was talking to a friend of mine, who went to a meeting with people from a bunch of different Christian publishing houses. You may have heard this story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Sounds like a fun meeting already. 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[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Can I just ask you, because you\u2019ve probably been asked this a million times\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014where did you come up with that idea\u2014like, \u201cOh, I think I\u2019ll make them vegetables\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; that wasn\u2019t my first idea. I <em>knew<\/em> that they had to be extremely simple characters, or I couldn\u2019t afford to animate them by myself. [Laughter] And this was 1990, so this is five years before <em>Toy Story<\/em>. Computer technology is not where it needed to be. I couldn\u2019t do arms, legs, hair, or clothes; [Laughter] so I thought, \u201cWhat naked, bald, limbless characters could I put in Christian bookstores and not offend anyone?\u201d I thought: \u201cOkay; let\u2019s go objects. We can\u2019t do people; let\u2019s do objects. Kitchen countertop is cute; I\u2019m going to do that. Candy bars\u2014I\u2019m going to make a candy bar.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI made a chocolate bar. I gave them a face, and I could make them kind of bend. I was like: \u201cHey; this could work. I think I could do a candy bar show.\u201d My wife\u2014I had just gotten married\u2014my wife walked by and saw the candy bar on the computer screen; I was working at home. She said, \u201cYou know, moms are going to be mad if you make the kids fall in love with candy bars.\u201d I thought: \u201cEureka! She\u2019s correct!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s true. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cArgh. Okay; what\u2019s shaped like a candy bar that moms wouldn\u2019t be mad about their kids falling in love with?\u201d The <em>very<\/em> next thing that popped into my head was a cucumber. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And that\u2019s almost three decades ago now. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; yes. That was 1991 when I was walking around with a ten-second clip. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> The last <em>VeggieTales<\/em> episode we saw that was a <em>new<\/em> episode was back\u2014how many years ago? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Six years ago was the Noah. They did Noah\u2019s Ark; I wasn\u2019t involved in that. I haven\u2019t written anything for <em>VeggieTales<\/em> in more than a decade. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Christmas, this year, we got to see the relaunch\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014of brand new <em>VeggieTales<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> New veggies. What has happened, in the meantime, is <em>VeggieTales<\/em> went very well. The company I ran went very poorly. Sometimes, you can make a hit and also go bankrupt. It\u2019s kind of <em>amazing<\/em>, and it\u2019s the kind of stuff they talk about in business school\u2014like, \u201cHow did he mess that up so badly?\u201d [Laughter] Well, he had no idea what he was doing; he was 25. My company went bankrupt even while I had a hit project, so I <em>lost<\/em> the hit project in bankruptcy in 2003. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>Since then, <em>VeggieTales<\/em> has been owned by <em>four<\/em> different companies. Three years ago, it was DreamWorks<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. Then DreamWorks sold itself to Universal<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. Every time it had been sold, I would expect: \u201cAm I going to get a phone call? Is somebody going to say, \u2018Hey; Phil, can you help us with the vegetables?\u2019\u201d It didn\u2019t happen, and it didn\u2019t happen, and it didn\u2019t happen. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, when Universal bought it\u2014Universal is so big that my thought was\u2014\u201cThey are not even going to know that they own this: it\u2019s inside a company, inside a company, inside a company\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cthat they just bought. This is going to be like the end of <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark <\/em>when they put the ark of the covenant in a box\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014in a warehouse. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cand they wheel it into a huge government warehouse. That\u2019s that!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just thought: \u201cWell, that\u2019s the end of Bob and Larry. They are in a government warehouse.\u201d Instead, what happened is the Trinity Broadcast Network, which is the biggest religious broadcaster, reached out to Universal and said, \u201cHey; can we buy <em>VeggieTales<\/em> from you?\u201d They said, \u201cNo; we don\u2019t sell characters\u201d; they said, \u201cBut you could <em>rent<\/em> it from us.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> What?\u2014renting characters? That\u2019s <em>weird<\/em>. So, TBN did a deal with Universal, where they could produce 18 new episodes of <em>VeggieTales<\/em>. Universal would give approval to them; but then both Universal and TBN reached out to <em>me<\/em> and said: \u201cHey; Phil, we\u2019re pretty sure you had something to do with this. [Laughter] Would you come back and try to make <em>new<\/em> episodes feel like the very old, original episodes?\u201d They want it to feel like 1994\/1995\u2014early episodes. I said: \u201cYes! I can totally do that!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You wanted it to feel like the original but be different even than the original; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; not to be exactly the same; it\u2019s in a different context. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey had\u2014TBN actually had the idea: \u201cWhat if it was like <em>The Muppet Show<\/em>, and it was Bob and Larry trying to put on a show\/a variety show in a live theater?\u201d I said, \u201cWell, I actually had that thought, probably, 15 years ago\u201d; because <em>The Muppet Show<\/em> was my favorite TV show when I was a kid. Of course, I also had the thought\u2014I was 25 when I started; I\u2019m 50 now\u2014my spiritual life has deepened quite a bit over the\u2014hopefully\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014over a quarter of a century of walking with Jesus: \u201cWhat can I bring to it that I couldn\u2019t bring to it as a 25-year-old?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the reasons I <em>wanted<\/em> to make the shows\/the episodes shorter and be able to a variety show style segments is there are great Bible stories that you can teach kids that wouldn\u2019t hold up as a 45-minute story. Paul and Silas in prison\u2014you know, it\u2019s a wonderful little story about trusting in God and having peace in bad circumstances. You can\u2019t turn it into a 45-minute story; but as a 10-minute, mini-musical, I can do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere are stories that are worth telling kids that have value and are shorter, and they actually work. I am going deeper into the Bible now with kids than we ever could with <em>VeggieTales<\/em> before, and it\u2019s really been fun. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is where you have been while <em>VeggieTales<\/em> was away from you: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014you produced the <em>What\u2019s in the Bible?<\/em> series\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014and you got a podcast going on; you are doing a series on Right Now Media, where you are\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014teaching the Bible, basically. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014to kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; when I lost <em>Veggies<\/em>, suddenly, I had\u2014like, my desk was completely empty. There was <em>nothing<\/em> on\u2014there was nothing on the piece of paper; it was just <em>blank<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI thought, \u201cOkay; God, well, what do You want me to <em>do<\/em>, starting over from scratch?\u201d What I felt <em>very<\/em> strongly was Him saying: \u201cTake kids deeper. You can only go so deep theologically with happy, bouncy, talking vegetables. Figure out a way to take kids deeper into their faith.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the things that kind of convicted me was, after ten years of veggies, I was looking back and saying, \u201cHave I spent ten years trying to convince kids to behave Christianly without actually teaching them Christianity?\u201d I was a rule-following kid\u2014like I can follow the rules with the best of them. If you say, \u201cBe more forgiving,\u201d\u2014\u201cIf I work hard enough, I will be more forgiving.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut there are lots of kids that, no matter how hard they work, rules don\u2019t come naturally; and Christianity is not something that should only work for rule-following kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> That\u2019s the whole point. None of us are really following the rules. The Holy Spirit <em>remakes<\/em> you from the inside out when you walk with Jesus. That\u2019s a story I couldn\u2019t tell in <em>VeggieTales<\/em> easily. The <em>What\u2019s in the Bible?<\/em> series was: \u201cLet\u2019s start with kids in the Book of Genesis and go all the way to the Book of Revelation; touch on every single book in the Bible.\u201d When you do that, you learn a lot, too; because, you know, how often do you sit down and try to teach someone the entire Bible? <br>\u00a0\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So, when you try to\u2014I know, when I teach Scripture on a weekend to adults, I learn more than anybody in the room, probably; but if I\u2019m going to try to do that with kids, same thing is happening for you? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, you\u2019ve got to take it and dumb it down; and it\u2019s a whole new deal; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> No; no; I\u2019m not dumbing it down. I\u2019m taking the cookies and putting them on a lower shelf. That\u2019s the way I look at it. It\u2019s not to make it simplistic but to make it simple. You can do\u2014there is a big difference\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> There you go; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014between simplifying something and making something simplistic. If you make it simplistic, they\u2019ll end up with a simplistic faith,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Good. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014which <em>won\u2019t<\/em> survive high school. If you simplify it, actually, grownups can understand it too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> We often overestimate what a 40-year-old is capable of learning and underestimate what a 4-year-old is capable of learning. We forget that kids\/elementary-aged kids are professional learners; it\u2019s what they do for a living. Every day, they get up, and they go to school, and they learn. Forty-year-olds, for the most part, have said: \u201cI\u2019m done with that. That\u2019s behind me. I want to watch the game.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I talk to pastors\u2014I\u2019ve spoken several times at pastors\u2019 conferences\u2014I say, \u201cThe gap between what a third grader can learn and what a forty-year-old wants to learn is much smaller than you think it is.\u201d If you can present the gospel in a way that <em>works<\/em> for a third grader\u2014that they can retain\u2014you\u2019ve probably presented the gospel in a way that works for everybody, without realizing it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> When I picked up the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible<\/em>, that\u2019s exactly what I thought: \u201cEvery adult should read this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; we haven\u2019t even mentioned that yet. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We haven\u2019t mentioned that. Tell everybody about this\u2014I was going to say, \u201c\u2026this Bible that you wrote\u201d; but that\u2019s probably not the <em>right<\/em> way to say that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; that\u2019s not a good nomenclature. Let\u2019s phrase that differently. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Explain this project. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cSince we decided the <em>real Bible<\/em> is just not working anymore, I wrote a new one,\u201d\u2014No! That\u2019s not it at all. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDuring the <em>VeggieTales<\/em> days, I remember publishers coming to us and saying, \u201cWe should do a <em>VeggieTales<\/em> Bible.\u201d I was <em>really<\/em> uncomfortable with that idea: \u201cI don\u2019t think I want to rewrite the Bible.\u201d But as I learned more when we did <em>What\u2019s in the Bible?<\/em> series, I pretty much presented the whole Bible; so then the thought was: \u201cWhy don\u2019t you just take that and actually turn that into a storybook Bible for kids?\u201d\u2014you know, a way to start. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat we do with the Bible and kids, unfortunately, tends to go in two different directions. Either we simplify it so much that we ended up only giving them snapshots from the Bible\u2014you know, we\u2019re just basically Noah\u2019s ark, Daniel in the lions\u2019 den\u2014\u201cOkay; we\u2019re teaching kids the Bible\u201d; but we\u2019re actually just giving them slices of the Bible. They are not getting the whole narrative. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe other thing we do is: \u201cOkay; now that you are six years old, here\u2019s a full-text NIV\u201d\u2014you know?\u2014\u201cLook, we\u2019ve put your name in it. So, good luck!\u201d [Laughter] The Bible is a <em>difficult<\/em> book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Substantive; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It is <em>substantive<\/em>. You know kids\u2014you just hand them a full-text Bible\u2014even if they are ten or eleven, they are like the Israelites; they are going to die in the desert, somewhere around Leviticus; they are just going to drop like flies. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> That is true of adults as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It is! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It is! What I wanted to do is: \u201cLet\u2019s make a kids storybook Bible that covers the entire narrative flow of Scripture, starting with creation; ending with new creation\/new heaven and earth.\u201d It has 52 stories going all the way through\u2014you can read one a week, or one a day for two months, or whatever you want to do so that kids see the <em>story<\/em>. Because [if] we only give them snapshots from the Bible, they end up with a truncated version of the Bible in their heads; and it doesn\u2019t come together as a narrative. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tKids <em>want<\/em> to be a part of the story; they <em>want<\/em> a big story that explains the universe that they can be a part of. If we don\u2019t present the Bible that way, they will find a <em>different<\/em> story to be a part of\u2014so it may be <em>Star Wars<\/em>; it may be <em>The Avengers<\/em>; it may be <em>Harry Potter<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOn one hand\u2014gee\u2014it shows they are still hungry for a moral code; they are hungry for a sacred text; but it also shows how poorly we\u2019ve presented them the Bible that they don\u2019t think it is one. It is either a book of rules, or it\u2019s a book of improving your marriage, or it\u2019s a book of managing your money, or it\u2019s a book of how to vote when it\u2019s political season. No; it\u2019s a <em>story<\/em>. It\u2019s a <em>story<\/em> that explains why the world is the way it is and what God is doing about it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It is <em>the<\/em> story, actually. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It is <em>the<\/em> story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> All other stories come out of\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014this story. <br><br><strong>Phil:<\/strong> There are echoes of <em>the<\/em> story in every story that you love. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> We just did a series on the Bible at our church for adults. We\u2019re doing this on Sunday mornings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I open it up, saying: \u201cYou know stories of the Bible. Does anyone here know <em>the<\/em> story of the Bible\u2014just the flow from creation?\u201d\u2014very few people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It\u2019s so big. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cI just read\/you know, I read Philippians once a year.\u201d Does that give me the flow of the entire Bible?\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014not quite. [Laughter] No; the goal is: \u201cIf a kid goes through this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cthen, when they sit down with the full-text Bible when they are a little older\u2014you open it to the Psalms\/you open it to the Gospels\u2014you know where you are in the story, because you\u2019ve already experienced a condensed version of the entire story.\u201d It\u2019s like having a map; so that when you actually go out into the whole world, you can find your place in the story. When they can find their place in the story, their faith can take root as a foundation for their life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I\u2019m reading here about John baptizing Jesus\u2014John the Baptist; right? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; I\u2019ve heard of that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here, for example, is how Phil tells the story. \u201cIf you met John the Baptist, you\u2019d probably think to yourself this guy is a little weird. John the Baptist wasn\u2019t like most Israelites. He didn\u2019t dress like they did. Instead of clothes made from soft wool or cotton, John the Baptist made his clothes from itchy camel hair. Instead of eating food that most folks ate, John ate honey: yum! and bugs: yuck!\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOkay; so that\u2019s how Bible stories get told by Phil Vischer. When you tell them with a little humor and with a little\u2014kind of: \u201cHey; kids, this is real. This is what it feels like\u2026\u201d\u2014kids are right there, hanging on every word; aren\u2019t they? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; it\u2019s the Mary Poppins\u2019 \u201cspoon full of sugar\u201d technique that helps the medicine go down, because there are hard topics in the Bible. I mean, the fall, and sin, and death\u2014you <em>cannot<\/em> skip those topics and have the story make any sense. It\u2019s like trying to tell the story of <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> without Mordor. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Then you get to the end of the story, and you have these family connection moments, where you talk about the tricky bits\u2014so, \u201cWhat is baptism<em>?\u201d<\/em> is a tricky bit\u2014\u201cLet\u2019s understand that.\u201d Then things to talk about: \u201cWhat made John the Baptist stand out from the crowd?\u201d \u201cWhy do you think Jesus asked John to baptize Him?\u201d Those are good conversation starters. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen there is a prayer at the end that a family can pray together that, in this case, is three lines: \u201cDear God, we want to stand out for You like John the Baptist did. Please show us how to boldly point people to You. Amen.\u201d That\u2019s <em>achievable<\/em> for any parent\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014once a week\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014to sit down and read that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You\u2019re saying these stories take five minutes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes, it does. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t take very long. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> That\u2019s the goal: it\u2019s after dinner\/before bed. So many parents hear in church, \u201cYou need to be discipling your kids\u201d; but what we forget to ask is, \u201cDid anyone disciple <em>you<\/em>?\u201d And if no one discipled you, how on earth are you supposed to disciple someone else? What we\u2019re trying to do here is make easy wins for parents\u2014say: \u201cAlright; here is how you present a chunk of the Bible to my kids,\u201d and \u201cHere, then, are questions that can spawn conversation.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI don\u2019t have to be the expert; I can actually learn along with my kids without having to admit that I\u2019m learning along with my kids. When a family learns something together\u2014that\u2019s why it was so important to me that <em>VeggieTales<\/em> was enjoyable for adults; because people sometimes say, \u201cWhy are you putting in so much stuff that kids don\u2019t get?\u201d It is because if mom and dad find it humorous, they will sit down on the couch with their kids; they will all learn the lesson together, as a family; and now, mom and dad can reinforce it to their kids; and the kids can reinforce it to mom and dad. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo get a letter from a mom saying that she was complaining about something and not being very grateful; and then her five-year-old daughter said, \u201cMom, remember Madame Blueberry.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> If mom hadn\u2019t seen Madame Blueberry\u2014because it was boring\u2014and she just put it on for her five-year-old, that means <em>nothing<\/em>; but now, you\u2019ve got a moment for a family. That\u2019s what I\u2019m hoping this Bible will do for the whole family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And if mom breaks into \u201cI\u2019m so blue-hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Bob, you\u2019ve been waiting the whole show to do that. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I have been waiting the whole show. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I know you have. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Are you going to give this to your kids, or are you going to keep this around for when the grandkids come to your house? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Both! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I just told Dave, \u201cI would like to have <em>three<\/em> copies of this so that I can give them to our kids and have one at home.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I mean, the first thing I thought, when I read the intro that says I can do this in five minutes, I thought, \u201cEvery\u201d\u2014at least, in my opinion\u2014\u201cdad is this guy, going, \u2018I know I\u2019m supposed to lead my family,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014\u201c\u2018I don\u2019t know how to do it. Can somebody help me?\u2019\u201d Here it is! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, I read the first one about creation, and already\u2014you saw this; right? We\u2019re talking about the Trinity in creation. It\u2019s like: \u201cWow! Who would have thought, with a children\u2019s book, you would go there?\u201d but you do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> It\u2019s so easy for kids to say\u2014that is specifically why I did that\u2014it\u2019s so easy for kids to say: \u201cWow, God must have been lonely. That\u2019s why He made us because He was lonely.\u201d \u201cNo; He wasn\u2019t lonely, because He wasn\u2019t alone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u201cLet\u2019s talk about what that means\u2014that God wasn\u2019t lonely\u2014because He <em>wasn\u2019t<\/em> alone,\u201d\u2014and how that theme: \u201cSo He didn\u2019t create us because He had a need. He created us because He <em>loves<\/em> creating, and He wants to <em>invite<\/em> us into an adventure with Him\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a whole different thing. We are not worshipping a <em>needy<\/em> God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> We can\u2019t conceive of why He wouldn\u2019t have been lonely until we realize He wasn\u2019t alone! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> There is something about families having that conversation\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014every night, or once a week, or whatever they want to do\u2014that is <em>genius<\/em> that families are going to sit around and do this; and it\u2019s going to start when they are kids and never stop. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I love that it\u2019s called the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em> because you don\u2019t always put that word, \u201claugh,\u201d with the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> Yes; and I\u2019m not trying to make the whole Bible <em>funny<\/em>; but I try\u2014when I tell Bible stories, I try to make them engaging. If it\u2019s engaging for kids, it\u2019s engaging for parents. If parents see their kids\u2014so, we have had people say, who have already gotten the Bible, \u201cWe read two stories to our kids last night; and this morning, we found them reading more on their own.\u201d You know, if you can do <em>that<\/em>, like, \u201cOkay; now, you are creating an understanding.\u201d Like the Trinity\u2014when I say, \u201cIt should be simple but not simplistic\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014that\u2019s not simplistic\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Nope. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Phil:<\/strong> \u2014to explain the Trinity before you explain creation; but it\u2019s done simply so that it makes it sticky. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com; get a copy, or two, or three like Ann\u2019s going to do of the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em> from Phil Vischer. In fact, let me just say this right here\u2014you know, we, here at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, we\u2019ve got a group of people\u2014Legacy Partners\u2014who make this ministry possible for all of us. They make it possible for us to tune in every day and hear practical biblical help and hope for your marriage and your family. We\u2019re grateful for those of you who are Legacy Partners. Thank you, guys; yay for you! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>We want to see that number of Legacy Partners increase this year. We\u2019d like to send you\u2014if you become a new Legacy Partner, we\u2019ll send you the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em> as our thank-you gift for becoming a Legacy Partner; <em>and<\/em> we\u2019re not done. We\u2019re going to send you a certificate to attend a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>marriage getaway as our guest. We\u2019ll cover the registration fee for you or for a couple you know. If you want to give it as a gift to your kids or to somebody else, you can do that; <em>and<\/em> we\u2019re still not done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou sign on this week to become a Legacy Partner\u2014we\u2019ve had some friends of the ministry, who know that this is a need for us; so they\u2019ve agreed they are going to match the donations we receive from new Legacy Partners\u2014this week when you sign on as a Legacy Partner and agree to monthly giving\u2014they are going to match your monthly giving for the next 12 months up to a total of $30,000. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and order Phil\u2019s book; <em>or<\/em> you can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and say, \u201cI want to become a Legacy Partner\u2014support the ministry of FamilyLife; keep it on the air in our community\/help more people hear this\u2014and I want to take advantage\/I want to get a copy of the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em>; I want to get the <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em> certificate; and I want to make sure that my donations are matched, dollar for dollar, for the next year.\u201d Pretty good deal for new Legacy Partners. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThose of you who are regular listeners\u2014you\u2019ve been listening for a long time\u2014you know the need. Would you join us and help make <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> possible in your community as one of our monthly Legacy Partners? Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. The information about becoming a Legacy Partner is right there, or you can order the <em>Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids<\/em>. Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com. If you need any help with any of this, call 1-800-FL-TODAY; and we can take your order, or we can get you signed on as a new Legacy Partner. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLet me just say, \u201cThanks,\u201d in advance, to those of you who are regular listeners and you say: \u201cOkay; I\u2019m\/we\u2019ve thought about doing this. Now is the time. We\u2019re going to do it. We\u2019re going to become Legacy Partners.\u201d Thank you for partnering with us in the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. We appreciate you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you can be back with us, again, tomorrow. Phil Vischer is going to be here again. 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