The Adventures in Booga Booga Land: Squid Sushi Loses His Marble (DVD) By Richard Milne

The Adventures in Booga Booga Land: Squid Sushi Loses his Marble by Richard Milne  is a DVD that includes 3 stories: Squid Sushi Loses His Marbles(The Lost Pearl), Wally the Waiter(The Soil and the Seeds), and The Flaming Monkey(The Wedding Banquet). Each story is about 15 minutes long, making the complete DVD 45 minutes long. These short stories are suppose to resemble modern day parables to help kids understand them.

That said, I would have to say that it is interesting that there is no mention of Jesus at all, my son, who can normally follow movies well, had no idea what it was about when I questioned him. To top it off, it did not hold his interest. He was down and playing with his toys in a few minutes with no looking back. I had to redirect him back to the T.V. several times.

Also, I think the graphics are very poor for this day in age, it makes it look cheap. I would say that it would have had more potential if it would have reviewed at the end by telling that particular parable of Jesus.  

I received a copy of this DVD from Book Sneeze to review and was not obligated in any way to write a positive review.

Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ, Written by john MacArthur

In Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ, Dr. John MacArthur illustrates that the gospel has been minimized over time due to many English translations of the New Testament choosing to translate the Greek word "doulos" being translated as "servant" instead of "slave." MacArthur believes that this slight change has huge ramifications in our attempt to understand our role as followers of Christ.

John MacArthur is a brilliant theologian and does a great job showing the implications of this error.  Returning scripture to its proper translation John takes the reader through a challenging viewpoint that we are called not to be mere servants of the Lord, but sold our slaves.  As slaves we were paid for by the bloodshed of the Lord.  This is to be the backbone of our faith, repayment for the debt we owe to Him for the freedom found as slaves of Christ.

Like each book of John’s that I have read this one is a thought-provoking, challenging, and faith restoring quest to strengthen your faith and push your understanding to a new level.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson as part of the BookSneeze program.