Tuesday, November 9, 2010

What's In The Bible Review and Giveaway

Our Homeschool Reviews is participating in the What's In The Bible?, Battle for the Promised Land Blog Tour!   This is very exciting for me, because back in September when I reached 100 followers, I hosted my first ever giveaway where one lucky reader won What's In The Bible?, In the Beginning, the first DVD in the series. 

Our family received, watched, and reviewed the first three DVDs and all three of us absolutely loved them!! 

In What's In The Bible?, Battle for the Promised Land, Buck Denver and friends continue their quest to learn about the Bible in number 4 of the 13 What’s in the Bible? DVDs. In Battle for the Promised Land, they visit the Old Testament books Joshua, Judges and Ruth.

So who is the genius behind this series?  In 1990, 24-year-old computer-animator Phil Vischer sat down to create a group of characters that could teach Christian values to kids in a delightfully different way.  A tomato named Bob and a cucumber named Larry were born.  VeggieTales would go on to revolutionize Christian film making, selling more than 50 million videos and placing Phil’s faith-filled stories in one in every three American households with young children.  

Phil continues to pursue innovative new ways to integrate faith and storytelling through his new company, Jellyfish Labs.  His projects include Jelly Telly, which provides faith-based daily programming via the Internet at JellyTelly.com.

My Thoughts:  I cannot say enough about this DVD series.  It just doesn't tell stories from the Bible, it connects the stories and events of the Bible together to help us understand His whole story.  Our family has enjoyed watching the first four DVDs together and I am glad we watched them that way!  There were many things that even my husband and I learned.  It was also nice to be able to answer any questions our daughter had during the movie.  

The characters are hilarious and each one has their own personality.  My favorite would have to be Buck Denver, but I also like to watch the Popsicle Stick Theater with Chester Widget.  Below you can see a clip of them both. 



Thoughts of a 7-Year Old:  I learned that the book of Judges is about different judges who gave peace to the Israelites. When each judge died, the Israelites started doing evil things. The book of Ruth is a simple book, only a few pages long. It is about how Ruth's husband dies and her mother-in-law wouldn't leave her, so they went to a grain field and then they lived there. Then a man named Boaz married her.  I like all of the characters and I would watch the rest of the series because I learned a lot and they are really exciting and funny.
 
Find Out More: If you would like to find out more about the What's In The Bible? DVD Series, you can visit the What's In The Bible website or Tyndale House Publishers for more information.  

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So, here's how to enter to win a certificate for a FREE copy of What's In The Bible?, Battle for the Promised Land!  For each comment, you will get one (1) entry.  Only the first comment is mandatory, all others will just increase your chance at winning.

1. Visit the What's In The Bible? website and give me one reason you would like to win a certificate for a FREE copy of this DVD.  This is a mandatory entry! Leave me a comment and this will give you 1 entry.

Additional Entries:

2. Visit the What's In The Bible? Facebook page and "like" them.  Come back here and leave me a comment telling me you did this and that will give you another entry.

3. Follow my blog using Google Friend Connect (on the right side of my page) or let me know you are already a follower. Leave me a comment and this will give you another entry.

4. Follow my blog using Networked Blogs (on the right side of my page) or let me know you are already a follower. Leave me a comment and this will give you another entry.

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6. Like my Facebook page HERE.  Leave me a comment and this will give you another entry.

7. Follow me on Twitter @OurHSReviews.  Leave me a comment and this will give you another entry.

8. Share this giveaway on your blog or twitter. Leave me a comment sharing your link and this will give you two (2) entries (leave separate comments for both).

9. Share this giveaway on your Facebook page. Leave me a comment and this will give you another entry.  

**Remember to please leave a separate comment for each entry**

One random winner will be selected using Random.org on Friday, November 19, 2010. (U.S. Entries only.) If I am unable to reach the winner within 48 hours, an alternate winner will be selected. Your entry is only valid if you include a way for me to contact you (either an email address in your comment or on your profile). 

Disclosure: This product was given to Our Homeschool Reviews for free for review purposes, and I do not have to return the product to the vendor. I have received no compensation from it and all opinions and experiences within this review are my own.

51 comments:

Katie Riddle

I'd love to get this for my kids because we pretty much focus on only having educational/inspirational DVDs in the house, and this would be a fun addition.

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Id like to win this because it would help my son from an early age understand the bible in a fun creative way
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Crystal Card

I'm a JellyTelly and What's in the Bible Fanatic. I'm attempting to build myself a library collection of the videos, and have need of the 4th DVD!!

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I'm also a FB fan of What's in the Bible.

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Steph S

I'd like to win so that my kids can learn about the Bible in a fun and interesting way.

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Sarah G

I would like to win this for my husband. He studying to be a pastor, and I know this would be a nice resource for him.

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Mandy from Burkett Blessings

I'd love to win this for my children! I love for them to watch inspirational and educational dvd's. What a great way to learn the Bible stories!!! Veggie Tales is one of our all-time favorites and this looks to become one, too! Thanks for the chance to win!
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TJ

I would like to get this because I have a 4 month old son who will need to learn about the Bible, and I need all the help I can get as I was not raised Christian.

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The Need 2 Read

What a great DVD!! I would love to win because I have a new baby in the house - a week old - and a 5 year old son who's feeling a little left out...would love to have something we could do together while still being in with the baby and discuss and make him feel special even with his new little sister!! My mom has been taking him to church while I keep the baby in for now, so this would definitely help us tie everything together when he gets home!

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I'm a new follower - yay! :)

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Abi

We have been trying to get more Bible into our day. We do devotions and a verse of the week but this would be a fun new addition to help us with that goal. plus it looks like the kids would love it!

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Rebecca

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Laura

Id love to get the DVD!

ACMommy3

This would be great to win because I love using extra tools to teach Bible to my little ones!

Holly

My children would love to learn the bible with these. WHat a fun way to learn the Bible!

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Ali

We have DVD 1 and I would like to have ALL of them! I really like them and think that they are good for a wide variety of ages, even adults!

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TerriG

I would love to win this.

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I follow on google. I also don't follow directions. The reason I want to win this is I love using faith videos in my homeschooling.

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Emillie Rose

Would love to win this for my nephews because it looks like such a great dvd for kids.
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Anonymous

I'd LOVE to win this for my 3yo son, as we have DVD 1, and he LOVES Buck Denver! It's definitely a GREAT series of DVD's for young kids.

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AMY

I would love to win this for my kids. Anything that keeps them interested in the Bible is great.

Anonymous

I would love to win this for my son (and me). Visually seeing stories makes then so much easier to grasp and retain.

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