Focus on the Family Magazine - August/September 2023
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics. Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
It can be a struggle to raise a family while balancing your work life, social life and relationships. Focus on the Family magazine is here to help! Each complimentary issue delivers fresh, practical Biblical guidance on family and life topics.
Every issue comes packed with relevant advice to build up your kids, strengthen your marriage, navigate entertainment and culture, and handle common challenges you may face in your marriage and parenting journeys. Plus you'll find seasonal advice ranging from back-to-school activities to date night tips for you and your spouse.
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FAITH & INSPIRATION / MEDIA<br />
movie messages:<br />
Toy Story<br />
Seek and find worldviews<br />
while having fun as a family<br />
ATHEISM<br />
is <strong>the</strong> belief<br />
that God<br />
doesn’t<br />
exist.<br />
AUTHORITY<br />
BIAS<br />
c<strong>on</strong>vinces<br />
people to<br />
never<br />
questi<strong>on</strong><br />
a leader.<br />
BY PLUGGED IN STAFF<br />
ILLUSTRATIONS BY VICKY SCOTT<br />
THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY bombards<br />
us with obvious and subtle messages. What’s scary is<br />
that we often d<strong>on</strong>’t recognize <strong>the</strong>m as worldviews or<br />
notice how <strong>the</strong>y skew our thinking. To help you and<br />
your family identify varying worldviews in <strong>the</strong> culture,<br />
play this game of Movie Messages while watching<br />
Toy Story.<br />
COLLECTIVE<br />
CONSCIOUSNESS<br />
shapes a society’s<br />
shared values.<br />
EGOISM<br />
causes people<br />
to hurt o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
to keep <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
place in<br />
<strong>the</strong> world.<br />
Directi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
1. Give every player a set of 10 worldview<br />
cards. (Additi<strong>on</strong>al sets can be printed at<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Focus</str<strong>on</strong>g>OnThe<strong>Family</strong>.ca/MovieMessages.)<br />
FATALISM<br />
is <strong>the</strong> belief that<br />
<strong>the</strong>re’s no point in<br />
acti<strong>on</strong> because events<br />
are predetermined.<br />
MATERIALISM<br />
involves valuing<br />
stuff over people.<br />
2. Watch Toy Story until you reach an incident <strong>on</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> game board. Then pause <strong>the</strong> movie.<br />
3. Each player chooses a card that matches <strong>the</strong><br />
worldview identified in <strong>the</strong> movie and places it<br />
facedown, and <strong>the</strong>n every<strong>on</strong>e turns <strong>the</strong>ir card<br />
over to reveal <strong>the</strong>ir answer.<br />
4. Find <strong>the</strong> answer in <strong>the</strong> Parents’ Guide to Movie<br />
Messages download. The correct cards are<br />
removed from play. The cards deemed incorrect<br />
are returned to each player, and <strong>the</strong> movie<br />
c<strong>on</strong>tinues.<br />
5. This board game doesn’t cover every worldview<br />
in this movie. Players who have guessed wr<strong>on</strong>g<br />
can catch up by calling out <strong>the</strong> correct worldview,<br />
if it comes up again in <strong>the</strong> movie. (This<br />
can <strong>on</strong>ly be d<strong>on</strong>e with worldview cards that<br />
have been removed from play.)<br />
NATURAL<br />
SELECTION<br />
means survival<br />
of <strong>the</strong> fittest.<br />
NIHILISM<br />
says <strong>the</strong> world is<br />
without meaning so<br />
do what you want.<br />
6. The first player to get rid of all <strong>the</strong>ir cards is <strong>the</strong><br />
winner.<br />
Note: For young children who aren’t ready to play<br />
this game, a casual menti<strong>on</strong> like, “That’s ancestor<br />
worship. We pray to God, not people,” is a good<br />
way to start worldview training.<br />
OCCULTISM<br />
includes asking<br />
unseen forces<br />
about future<br />
events.<br />
PAGANISM<br />
revolves around<br />
nature worship<br />
or <strong>the</strong> belief in<br />
a deity o<strong>the</strong>r than<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>e true God.<br />
CREDIT TK<br />
40<br />
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY CANADA<br />
AUG / SEP <strong>2023</strong>
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