Kids Bible Story Videos
- Dan Best
- Feb 15, 2024
- 2 min read
Passing on our faith to our kids is something that my wife and I really want to do but it often feels quite challenging. Our family has busy schedules, our kids have short attention spans, and the kids are all different ages and maturity levels, just to name some of the challenging factors.
That being said, one small "tool" that we've had some success with is the "Stories of the Bible" series of YouTube videos made by the megachurch powerhouse Saddleback Church. Here's some of the things I like about them:
They are quick: 2-4 minutes long each. In my experience no "devotions time" with the kids will work if it takes long to do.
They are funny. They frequently incorporate a bit of humour into the videos and the kids are drawn to them.
They stick to the bible story. Often authors of children's bibles and devotions end up knowingly or unknowingly slipping their own theology into how they tell the bible stories, and unfortunately the theology isn't always good! But in the case of these videos, they just tell the story like it's told in the bible without trying to add their own interpretations.
Another noteworthy feature of these videos is that they are...videos. And that's a blessing and a curse. On the positive side, our kids love screen time and so they will ask to watch these videos on a daily basis. It's nice to have a biblical resource that the kids actually want to engage with! On the negative side, our kids (like all of us in this generation) probably love screens a little too much and this potentially feeds that unhealthy attachment. So already that has led us to pull back on them a bit, using them once in a while rather than daily.
Check out their YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5aPdmniG3y_n7hXEKTV4qQnIeCe-p6Ws
