The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything

You may be familiar with other Veggie Tales movies featuring Larry the cucumber and Bob the tomato, etc. The new movie has a gourd, a grape and a cucumber who risk limbless life on the 17th Century high seas to save a princess are the featured characters in a new Veggie Tales movie, "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything," appearing in movie theaters Jan. 11.

The story is the equivalent of how Jesus taught when He wanted to explain something he didn't talk about God. He talked about the owner of a vineyard or a judge. It was His way of engaging the broader culture with a story, yet they may not have wanted to hear a lesson directly about God. He told it in a different way, and they could pick it up and discover it on their own pace.

The movie is trying a different style of Christian movie making, telling a parable, a story that communicates a Christian message but in a more subtle way -- a sort of 'For him who has ears to hear' for the broader world.