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Check out the following vid from Trip Lee. It’s based on Philippians. It’s from a Reach Records project/album thirteen letters – each track summarises one of Paul’s thirteen letters from the New Testament of the Bible. Might help as you teach young punks.
“For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Philippians 1:21. Dope.
We’re getting our Biblical Theology on at Next Gen this week as we learn from Malachi in Strand 2. Duke and I played this video to our group. It’s a young punk speaking about how Jesus is in every book of the Bible. Pretty cool stuff. Check it:
There’s probably some I’d say differently, but lots of them are really helpful in showing Christ in all the scriptures. What do you think?
The illustration I’ve used more than any other with youth and children to illustrate sin is from a 2000 Burger King commercial. It features Queensland (give toward the floods here) Rugby League legend Wally Lewis. I watched it for the first time today for over 10 years. Poetic license means that my retelling of the commercial is a little embellished, maybe more exciting and definitely longer than the original product!
Talk 4 from this series is the most recent time I’ve given it. Basically the red-headed fella in the ad sits next to King Wally Lewis, with a whopper in hand, and declares that Wally isn’t the king, but that he is the king. I compare it to what we have all done in waving our puny little fists at God and declaring that he’s not the king.
The heart of sin is our rebellion against God and attempt to rule our own lives as if he is God. This is dumb, and there’s consequences. If this is all new to you, check out what Jesus has done to deal with your sin and re-establish his rule.
All good illustrations are stolen, so if you like, go ahead! (I think I first stole it from Marty Kemp back on The Real Thing in 2000/2001… haha!)
I’m currently preaching at a youth conference in New Zealand with a lovely bunch of young punks. The talks and the vibe of the camp are going really well. A bit of a giggle has been had on account of my Aussie accent, but I’m equally having a giggle at their Kiwi accent. Except I’m clearly in the minority, so they win! Beached As Whale has been linked before, but I thought I’d give it a rerun! (Warning: the seagull uses the ‘S’ bomb)
The dudes that made the above viral video have made millions! They keep selling a stack of merch and hooked up a deal to make more animations for ABC TV. I haven’t seen any of the other episodes, but there’s a stack of them on youtube.
One of my highlights of Vanuatu 2010 was a rather boisterous sing-a-long to and from our kayaking adventure. The kayaking was slightly sketchy: bad kayaks; risky conditions; overpriced; and lame sharks to feed. That didn’t matter. The trip was worth it. String Bands are a popular form of music in Vanuatu. We enjoyed listening to the Esalaik String Band on the bus. In one of the songs we recognised some of the lyrics and began to sing along. The bus driver liked this. So he kept repeating the track.
After both legs of the journey, we probably sang the song over 50 times!! The song was called Yesu Azali Awa – which I think means ‘Jesus is my Lord’. The chorus basically repeats the line ‘Hallelujah Jesus’ over and over again. And so we repeated it over and over again! So much fun.
Here are some vids from the experience that made it onto facebook: vid 1 and vid 2.
And above is a vid of my son dancing to the same song. :)
Check out this vid about Christian Hosoi. He was a pro skater back in the oldn day. His life got pretty messed up with drugs & gaol. His life was turned around. Find out more:
From I Am Second
I’m currently on the Regenerate Youth Spring Camp 2010. Regenerate is a killer youth ministry part of Christ Church Gladesville. Here’s the sweet sweet promo vid:
Sweet vid? Made by Jeremy Dunne. He’s a kickin video maker.