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To my surprise, I enjoyed learning and applying math. It wasn't at all the horrid drudgery that I rememebered from childhood-it was a powerful tool to accomplish things that would otherwise have been impossible. Math was never the problem. My fourth-grade teacher was the problem, and after she was gone I was the problem.

Excellent story. (emphasis mine). The problem is NOT "bad parents" or bad churches or bad religion. The problem is sin. The Truth is that God Himself became flesh to die in our place to fix our sin problem for those that are convicted that they are sinners in need of God to make a way to have peace with Him that we all crave. Being right with God is how we have peace with Him. And that only comes through faith in Christ Jesus.

The problem with Veggie Tales and all other such teachings and gimicks to teach "bible" ethics is that they are all legalist and moralistic approaches. No, it is not wrong to teach what the Word says on how we are to act. But to teach it without giving us the gospel with it, is to do nothing but bring despair on those that are being taught. For we all know in our hearts that we can NOT attain to this behavior on our own. If they are not told that this behavior is not for the purpose of pleasing God, but for us to receive His joy, because we can NOT do this by ourselves --only in the power of God acting in us as we decrease and He decreases. The more we desire Him and to be transform BY HIM, the more of His peace we attain as we become more and more like Him!

It doesn't matter how cute or clever legalism/moralism is taught - it is poison for the soul by itself. The gospel of Jesus Christ MUST accompany it. If it doesn't, then what is taught is the same as what is taught in every other "religion".

As cute as it is, and as much as I like the songs, I have never been impressed with Veggie Tales because of the reasons the article states. Christ Jesus is never mentioned. And without Him there is nothing. .