Jeremy Thompson

Tag: VFTTB

  • Commercial for God – Doctrine of Retribution Abused (VFTTB)

    I just finished teaching through the Book of Proverbs in my Wisdom Literature class and thought I’d share this video.  It is exactly what the title of the post says a “commercial for God.”  Basically, these two girls read Proverbs 3:9-10 verbatim.  Just be careful because it might give you a sickening feel in your…

  • The song that might not be or the importance of textual criticism – (VFTTB)

    In my Wisdom Literature class, I’m taking the approach of tradition history.  We are trying to look at this corpus through each stage of development.  We started with textual criticism. At any rate, I can’t find the exact video I used, but this one will do.  To illustrate the importance of textual criticism, I told…

  • Ezekiel Bread – Joke's on You (VFTTB)

    So, this is the third installment in my series on videos for teaching the Bible.  This was kind of a result me putting two and two together in my head.  And, it turned out to be a really good way to kick off my class on Ezekiel.  I think I got a real laugh out…

  • I'm a Mac, MyTouch, and Type Scenes (VFTTB)

    This is second post in my series on videos for teaching the Bible.  In my survey courses, I usually do a class session on how Biblical narrative works.  In that session I discuss type scenes.  Videos that I usually use are parodies.  I explain that parodies function by exploiting a type scene. An easy example…

  • Sublime's "Rivers of Babylon" and Sanitization (Videos for Teaching the Bible)

    Nearly every time I mention on Twitter that I am going to be using a video in one of my classes it garners at least a little bit of interest.  So, I’m toying with the idea of starting a series on videos for teaching the Bible.  This would be meant primarily for teaching in academic…