Have to disagree with you there, friend. Every book of the Bible is in fact replete with Gospel messages if a person knows where to look; the problem is that most VBS material is either the David-Goliath/Noah/Jonah variety, or it’s “spiritual goosebumps”, “dive in to God’s presence” pseudo-charismatic nonsense. I have never been to a VBS program where the Gospel was presented without there having been serious violence done to the theme of the VBS and its materials.

I try to be a man of integrity. Sometimes I really do well at this, other times I kind of suck. But I have found that the more I desire to be a man of integrity, if I’m not careful, I can tiptoe into the realms of judgmentalism… where we are desiring so strongly to be people of integrity that we being pointing our fingers and finding tons of fault with “stuff” out there. Some of our findings are, of course, valid. But as I said in an earlier post – there are many strong, passionate, God-driven believers out there trying to do their best to create products that help others nurture or strengthen their walk with the Lord. And, as I also said, until WE actually sit in the pilot seat and DEVELOP products that are “better” then I am not sure we have the right to be dismantling what others are creating UNLESS (and this is a huge key for me) the products in question are TOTALLY misrepresenting God or things of the Kingdom.

Bottom line – I believe, having read so many posts on this blog, that DAN the HOST is a man of integrity who is motivated to ensure that our Lord is represented and taught about in as close to 100% accuracy as is possible. At the same time, I also think this recent criticism of VBS and SS materials was a tad over the line…

And – EVERYONE has, and is entitled to, their opinions…