This little French girl starts off with Pooh and Tigger and ends up...elsewhere. Way elsewhere. And it is so adorable.

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member of Geneva OPC, Woodstock, GA
"Christ has done great things for his people, and he has suffered great things for his people, and he has purchased great things for his people, and he has prepared great things for his people; yet many of his own dear people are so taken up with their own hearts, and with their own duties and graces, that Christ is little eyed by them or minded by them! This is the great reason why so many Christians, who will certainly go to heaven—do walk in darkness, and lie down in sorrow." - Thomas Brooks

Well, between the lion and the hippopotamus I was not sure who to root for. Both were a little unsavoury, I thought.

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Vanities and disguises have covered us, and thereby we are naked; licenciousness hath inflam'd us, and thereby we are frozen; voluptuousness hath fed us, and thereby we are sterved, the fancies and traditions of men have taught and instructed us, and thereby we are ignorant.
John Donne

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"Remember the speeches we have spoken so often over our mead, when we raised boast on the bench, heroes in the hall, about hard fighting. Now may the man who is bold prove that he is."-Aelfwine at the Battle of Maldon

After the hippo was said to "prefer to kill himself" I was for the lion. Part of the humor may in fact come from the translation; other parts of the host's site reveal a not quite perfect sense of English idioms. So maybe that confusing phrase was not altogether due to the storyteller's ineresting perspective on reality.

But I thought the lion was a little beastly to the hippo.

It's all so much more dramatic in French, too, isn't it?

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Caroline
OPC
Schenectady, NY
Blog: The Unlikely Calvinist

Très! And it's all so much cuter. I love how she says "...and he eats the bebés!" especially.

Ruben, I lost track of what the lion finally did. He dragged the hippo to heaven unwillingly, and then what?

Well, he was a little unkind over the hippo's disappointment, and I'm not sure that we should entirely exculpate him for the transfer of magic powers to the hippo, though this last was allergic to them.

Ah, I just watched it again. He killed him, how could I have missed that! And yes, "it's too late" to decide not to go to heaven. That is rather cruel.

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~Nicholas~ Ordained Pastor
Member, Fulton PCA; GPTS Student
Christians are like snow covered dung; it is the purity of the covering which the Father sees. -Luther-
There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.
-Francis Schaeffer-

That was so cute!

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Calvinistic Baptist
Ukiah, California
To follow Christ was the best decision God made for me!

Aww.....She's got such big, beautiful eyes, and hearing her tell a cute little story in French...so cute!!!!

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Breanna
WPC
USA

"Who am I, that the Lord of all the Earth would care to know my name, would care to feel my hurt? Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star would choose to light the way for my ever wandering heart?" Who am I, Casting Crowns

I know, those eyes were just gorgeous.

I thought the sermon was pretty good but I feel she used a few too many illustrations.

I thought the part about the hippo wanting to go to heaven, but the lion said it was too late was very captivating, redolent of our Lords proverb of Lazurus and the rich man, though I fear the arminians will accuse the little girl of having hyper-calvinistic leanings for it.

Her delivery was good, she made eye contact, she engaged the listener and her imagery was quite vivid. She needs to work more of the Gospel into the message and then she'll be perfect. She's no John Piper but I'll take her over Osteen any day.

I wonder where her eschatological convictions lie. She sounded like she might take apocalyptic symbolism too literally.

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The Heartbeat of Heaven (blog)
Deacon/Christ Presbyterian Church, Janesville, WI OPC www.christ-opc.org

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Ewen
1689 LBCF
Assemblies of God Bible College
Singapore

Thank you, Bob, for that edifying critique. Neither would I like to have long-term exposure to such a confused eschatology, but the delivery of the really important and factual points was quite stirring.

What a cute! And those big black eye!

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sarah
WI
OPC
My Pastor's Sermons: Mark Jenkins...he's awesome!!!

I loved the way she said "crocodile".

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An Elder, Harvest Reformed Church (RCUS),Minot, ND
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Upon a life I did not live; upon a death I did not die, Another's death, Another's life, I'd rest my soul eternally
Omnia dicta fortiora,si dicta Latina
Si vis pacem, para bellum