A Charlie Brown Christmas
Probably one of the best seed planting TV specials ever is one I’m sure you’ve seen many times, and have shown to your children many times. Remember when Charlie Brown asks if there was anyone out there who could tell him the true meaning of Christmas? And then Linus walks up casually and says, “Sure,” and proceeds to quote from the Gospel of Luke the entire birth of Christ. And then they end with singing “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.” Wow. What a message. And at such a good time in your life to hear it – as a child. This is a message many hear at a young age and remember all their life. Charles M. Shultz was a Christian and often you’ll see references to Bible verses in the Peanuts® columns he wrote.
What a tremendous seed planter.
Televised Missionaries
Combining “reality” television with a drive (literally) to do missionary work, two young Christians, Tim Scott and Will Decker, came up with an idea to record their adventures in missionary work as they traveled through the continents and countries of the world, and then present them back to the world in the form a reality TV/documentary style show.
Showing on Trinity Broadcasting Network and available on DVD, “Travel the Road” is an ongoing series of 30-minute episodes. Their purpose? To provide a “unique look into the world of frontline mission work” – sharing the gospel with the world – “from the deserts of Ethiopia to the island villages of Papua New Guinea they travel from country to country with one backpack, a change of clothes, and a message of hope that pushes them deeper into the unknown.”
What a great idea. There are many opportunities to go on short-term mission trips for a week or two. Even in such a short period of time God can use you in many wonderful ways to bring the Gospel to others – and it always ends up that you’ll probably get more out of the experience as a blessing than you give. These two missionary adventurers have taken the idea of mission and really ran with it – why not you, too?
Or at least bring some friends over tonight to watch a few episodes on DVD and talk about it afterward. For more information, visit their website at www.traveltheroad.com.
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