A few months ago, I was asked by smallgroups.com to write a short article on using videos to teach which they published in their e-newsletter. Since it was never added to our site, I thought I’d post it here:
My first memory of watching a video in church was in youth group. It was the early 1980ís when VHS was still new so I must have been in 5th or 6th grade. The video was a movie about the rapture – its name momentarily escapes me – and I remember two particular things about it.
First, the image didnít look that great. To my young eye (already well-trained by countless hours of watching TV) it seemed a bit unprofessional. As a result, I remember thinking the film seemed a touch melodramatic. Whether or not this particular instance influenced my ultimate views on eschatology, I honestly canít say: but it did register in my mind as a touch embarrassing.
The second thing I remember was a scene where a young, unbelieving teenager comes into the kitchen looking for her mother and sees a broken glass with spilled milk (or something like that) all over the kitchen floor and she realizes the rapture has happened and she didnít get taken so she just stands there and screams. I recall all of us 5th and 6th graders sitting there in hushed silence, a bit stunned, not wanting to end up like that screaming girl.
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