For the 4th year in a row the Family Bible Storytelling Media blog will feature posts from the "Christmas Library". There will be classic stories, quotes, scriptures, links to videos and much more all December long. The actual "Christmas Library" page will be updated by December 1st.
This week mark's what would have been the 100th birthday of Christian comics legend Allan "Al" Hartley. Just as I did in 2016 for the centennial birthday of Jack Hamm, I plan to create a page of resources for more information about Al Hartley's work. Return to this page for updates and a look at my growing Al Hartley Collection.
"Gospel Dynamite" is a unique animated short from C.O. Baptista Film Mission of Wheaton, Illinois. Venezuelan-born Charles Octavio Baptista (1895-1964) was a pioneer in the production of Christian Missionary Films. His film used animation, visual stills, live-action, and symbolic imagery to convey the truth of the Gospel. Films and papers on C. O. Baptista are held at Wheaton College and Regent University.
An essential part of Church or Christian Librarianship is cataloging. A recent find in my research on Christian media is this copy of "How to Classify and Catalog Media: Technical Processes 2" (1978) from Broadman Press by Jacqueline Anderson
This resource gives a 1970s window into the complex world of organizing analog film and audio formats on all topics. I am hoping that this old guide can help me learn more vintage Christian audio visuals.
"The Way Out of the Woods" is an allegorical comic panel by Dr. E. J. Pace that teaches the way to salvation by comparing it to being delivered from being lost in the thick and dark woods.
The first scripture comes from I Corinthians 15:3,
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
The verses is Isaiah 55:7 which states:
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."
"Dying For Want of Water" is one of several images published in E. J. Pace's 1922 book "Christian Cartoons". Many of us can personally relate to a garden that wilts for lack of water. We begin to grow thirsty when our souls are not quenched with the living water of Christ from the Bible.
Cathedral Films was the audiovisual ministry of the Rev. James K. Friedrich a pioneering of Christian filmmaking. The ministry's filmmaking peaked in the 1950s with the production of the "Living Christ" series, a 12 episode dramatization of the life of Christ that aired on television in 1951. According to some sources, it was the first miniseries produced for television. This series may have aired for years on television since it was produced in color.
10 of the 12 episodes starred Robert Holton a minister's son (sometimes credited as Robert Wilson) as Christ with many reliable Hollywood supporting actors in the cast like Tyler McVey as Simon Peter, silent film veteran Gayne Whitman as Judas Iscariot, Jeanne Bates as Mary (sister of Lazurus) and Mel Marshall as John the Disciple.
Posted below are the final 3 chapters for Easter Sunday.
Here is Chapter 10 "Retreat and Decision"
Chapter 11 is called "Triumph and Defeat"
The 12th and final chapter is called "Crucifixion and Resurrection".
