“When we consider the fact that all of the least reached people groups of the world prefer to learn through oral means, we see the value in tools that present the gospel and equip leaders through high quality audio visual content. As a global mission strategist seeking a unified effort to reach the unreached, I know of no tool that presents the comprehensive, redemptive story of Christ as well as Tetelestai! If you desire to evangelize the unreached and equip them to multiply disciples, then partner with this remarkable ministry.”
“I’ve got to tell you - I’ve seen just about everything in the world. I was impressed with Tetelestai, The Eternal Story of Redemption. I truly believe that I understood the Scriptures so much better and so much more, even after going through seminary and everything, by watching this series. It can happen to you too. Check it out!”
"It is a privilege for us in Brazil to host the ministry of Light in Action. Their work in producing the Tetelestai series has not only brought us a precious tool for reaching the unreached with the Gospel, but it has also given the Brazilian Church the opportunity to directly be involved in missions. Countless volunteers from different churches participated in the entire production process. I encourage you to immerse yourself in one of the most engaging audiovisual resources produced in recent years."
"Tetelestai has been a blessing for all of us. Even though many of the youth were raised in the church, most of them had never "assembled" the many "Bible pieces" together in a comprehensive, logical way. Understanding the overarching Story of Scripture from Genesis to Revelation is causing a HUGE impact on their understanding of life, mission and personal calling. They are just falling in love with Jesus. They are sharing with their parents and family, friends and relatives - it's amazing. But it's beyond that. It's not just something they are excited about, it has become a tool in our hands.
The Lord has been visiting our youth group with this urgency for evangelism and the responsibility to share the Gospel personally and in person. In our missional discipleship groups we have talked a lot about sharing the Gospel with our friends and acquaintances and people we meet on the streets. We are basically asking people a simple question: If you die, what's going to happen to you?' We've been doing this for like a month now and dozens of people have been hearing the Gospel and every single person that we share the Gospel with is told that the next step after they have given their life to Jesus is to go through Tetelestai.
This is going everywhere. This past week I spent three hours sharing the Gospel with my barber. Every week there are people getting deeper in their understanding of the Gospel through Tetelestai. Thank you all for your hard work. Thank the team for us. There are so many people watching the Gospel in an understandable way because of what you guys did. You are always, always in our prayers."
Oi
Brasil
I am impressed with the production and impressed with Arlen and Cynthia Isaak . I am the one that say’s we have to guide the younger generation and pass on our tools of life. I love how this couple, the younger generation has produced this project and spreading the word. I was glued to every word in each episode. I was satisfied with questions I always had, I cried when my heart was touched. I attend a bible study each week with my church in Chatsworth, California, USA and cant wait to ask them if they have seen Tetelestai. I have two Grandsons, 16 and 9 years of age. I am having challenges with my 16yr old completing his confirmation with the Catholic Church. Confirmation is a completion of their Baptism . They Confirm their faith and promise to live by in their own words on how God wants us to love each other and follow Jesus’ example. I teach Sunday school to 1st and 2nd graders preparing for their 1st communion and have been my Grandson’s teacher though their journey. My goal is to give them a foundation of their faith during their younger years with hopes they continue. When I look at these little faces now with Sunday School I am more confident with my teachings. Thank you Arlen and Cynthia, I will never forget you. I am looking forward to future teachings.
USA
Hello, I wanted to reach out to first tell you that watching your Tetelestai series has changed my life. I did not have the understanding, the depth of knowledge of this eternal story of redemption. I didn’t quite understand all the things I was always told as a child by my church and parents. I always struggled understanding anything the Bible said because of the language. Because of this, I never did read the Bible. The way you broke down the words and explained its definition, the way you repeated certain things…. I truly understand now. Thank you for creating this series…. Thank you for your time and please continue doing God’s good work.
n/a
Dear Light In Action Team, Happy New Year. I am a Christian worker that lives and works in Indonesia….We work with young people groups and think this would be excellent small group discussion material…. We believe there is a great need for media driven, scripturally sound presentations such as yours, and would be very effective for small group discussions we are initiating… Your material does not shy away from the importance of Scripture being relevant to today’s fearful, confused and seeking young adult. It is also fresh to see such young presenters. Blessings
Indonesia
I happened across your series Tetelestai on Amazon. The writing and acting was super. In particular I was taken with the picture of the slain lamb before Adam and Eve. I hadn’t thought of that before in that way… thanks so much… what can I say? I was so impressed with the excellent theology combined with thoroughness and an appropriate amount of poetic license…I have really been thinking about a neighborhood study. This may be just perfect!
n/a
I recently found your Tetelestai series… viewed the first four so far and am really impressed…. I’m looking at using it in our small group discipleship and evangelism groups….I think it really meets a need among younger people and am looking forward to using it….We feel the Lord’s leading to use ‘Tetelestai’ both as a follow up to the Alpha and also as a growth course for both new (of which we have many) and mature Christians. We intend to run the course for both believers and unbelievers, but we will expect those who are Christians to invite an unsaved family member or friend along and it will be made clear that its main thrust will be evangelistic…I belong to Greenisland Baptist in Northern Ireland and am currently the Missions coordinator.
Northern Ireland
I don’t know if it was just the timing of when I watched your video(s) or the way you presented the information, but I finally get it! I love the way the video presented the old testament background and how it shows that God hasn’t changed and our desire for eternal life is granted if we just simply trust in what he says, that Jesus was the sacrificial lamb for ALL of our sins, past and present. Until now, I could never see it; it seemed too easy, but your depiction of the snake lifted up cinched the deal… I’m still somewhat dazed by the simplicity of this and can’t help but hear those words about they have eyes but cannot see and ears but cannot hear… I told my wife about your program and we started watching it together last night (from the beginning, so a repeat for me) and I’m catching more of your and Arlen’s message this time…. Every time you point out how these ancient events in the Old Testament are telling us the same story, over and over, but in different ways, it’s just amazing to me.
U.S.A.
Hi, I started watching Tetelestai yesterday. Today I am in the third chapter. Pray for me and my soul. It is difficult to talk about my real situation, I have no one I can trust and the only person I can trust is my wife but I am afraid to tell her the truth about me. I feel like I’m holding a mask for the world and for my family, but inside, I’m dying. I feel like I’m walking through a desert and I can’t take it anymore. I’m thirsty and tired. Many years ago, someone told me about the Gospel. I started going to church, praying daily and reading the Bible. My life changed so radically that I couldn’t hide it from my family. I used to go to the river every day, after work, to pray to the Lord and read His Word, but unfortunately I was young and I took my eyes completely off the Lord. Since then I have tried several times to return to the Lord, but I just can’t. It seems to me that I walked so far from home that I forgot how to get back. 10 years have passed… I just need to find the way back to first love and maybe that’s why Tetelestai got my attention. The series reminds me of the simplicity and purity of the Gospel, when I first met and started reading about it.
Italy
It is awesome to see young people sharing truth from the heart. Over just a few days I watched all 11 episodes… Each episode reminded me of the plan of salvation, my need for a Savior and God’s provision of one: I have disobeyed God. I deserve to die. Jesus is my substitute. The message is put simply and clearly, contained in each episode yet being revealed more as the series progresses… We are a family of believers and I have been very excited to discover the Tetelestai material. God laid it on my heart to share it over the summer with my boys, aged 10 and almost 15. I want to find scriptures to explore the main topics more deeply as appropriate to the interest and level of elementary/middle school and high school. Soon I discovered the participant and leader’s books and got copies from Amazon… We appreciate your work, and thank you for your support.
n/a
Oi
Brasil
I am impressed with the production and impressed with Arlen and Cynthia Isaak . I am the one that say’s we have to guide the younger generation and pass on our tools of life. I love how this couple, the younger generation has produced this project and spreading the word. I was glued to every word in each episode. I was satisfied with questions I always had, I cried when my heart was touched. I attend a bible study each week with my church in Chatsworth, California, USA and cant wait to ask them if they have seen Tetelestai. I have two Grandsons, 16 and 9 years of age. I am having challenges with my 16yr old completing his confirmation with the Catholic Church. Confirmation is a completion of their Baptism . They Confirm their faith and promise to live by in their own words on how God wants us to love each other and follow Jesus’ example. I teach Sunday school to 1st and 2nd graders preparing for their 1st communion and have been my Grandson’s teacher though their journey. My goal is to give them a foundation of their faith during their younger years with hopes they continue. When I look at these little faces now with Sunday School I am more confident with my teachings. Thank you Arlen and Cynthia, I will never forget you. I am looking forward to future teachings.
USA
Hello, I wanted to reach out to first tell you that watching your Tetelestai series has changed my life. I did not have the understanding, the depth of knowledge of this eternal story of redemption. I didn’t quite understand all the things I was always told as a child by my church and parents. I always struggled understanding anything the Bible said because of the language. Because of this, I never did read the Bible. The way you broke down the words and explained its definition, the way you repeated certain things…. I truly understand now. Thank you for creating this series…. Thank you for your time and please continue doing God’s good work.
n/a
Dear Light In Action Team, Happy New Year. I am a Christian worker that lives and works in Indonesia….We work with young people groups and think this would be excellent small group discussion material…. We believe there is a great need for media driven, scripturally sound presentations such as yours, and would be very effective for small group discussions we are initiating… Your material does not shy away from the importance of Scripture being relevant to today’s fearful, confused and seeking young adult. It is also fresh to see such young presenters. Blessings
Indonesia
I happened across your series Tetelestai on Amazon. The writing and acting was super. In particular I was taken with the picture of the slain lamb before Adam and Eve. I hadn’t thought of that before in that way… thanks so much… what can I say? I was so impressed with the excellent theology combined with thoroughness and an appropriate amount of poetic license…I have really been thinking about a neighborhood study. This may be just perfect!
n/a
I recently found your Tetelestai series… viewed the first four so far and am really impressed…. I’m looking at using it in our small group discipleship and evangelism groups….I think it really meets a need among younger people and am looking forward to using it….We feel the Lord’s leading to use ‘Tetelestai’ both as a follow up to the Alpha and also as a growth course for both new (of which we have many) and mature Christians. We intend to run the course for both believers and unbelievers, but we will expect those who are Christians to invite an unsaved family member or friend along and it will be made clear that its main thrust will be evangelistic…I belong to Greenisland Baptist in Northern Ireland and am currently the Missions coordinator.
Northern Ireland
I don’t know if it was just the timing of when I watched your video(s) or the way you presented the information, but I finally get it! I love the way the video presented the old testament background and how it shows that God hasn’t changed and our desire for eternal life is granted if we just simply trust in what he says, that Jesus was the sacrificial lamb for ALL of our sins, past and present. Until now, I could never see it; it seemed too easy, but your depiction of the snake lifted up cinched the deal… I’m still somewhat dazed by the simplicity of this and can’t help but hear those words about they have eyes but cannot see and ears but cannot hear… I told my wife about your program and we started watching it together last night (from the beginning, so a repeat for me) and I’m catching more of your and Arlen’s message this time…. Every time you point out how these ancient events in the Old Testament are telling us the same story, over and over, but in different ways, it’s just amazing to me.
U.S.A.
Hi, I started watching Tetelestai yesterday. Today I am in the third chapter. Pray for me and my soul. It is difficult to talk about my real situation, I have no one I can trust and the only person I can trust is my wife but I am afraid to tell her the truth about me. I feel like I’m holding a mask for the world and for my family, but inside, I’m dying. I feel like I’m walking through a desert and I can’t take it anymore. I’m thirsty and tired. Many years ago, someone told me about the Gospel. I started going to church, praying daily and reading the Bible. My life changed so radically that I couldn’t hide it from my family. I used to go to the river every day, after work, to pray to the Lord and read His Word, but unfortunately I was young and I took my eyes completely off the Lord. Since then I have tried several times to return to the Lord, but I just can’t. It seems to me that I walked so far from home that I forgot how to get back. 10 years have passed… I just need to find the way back to first love and maybe that’s why Tetelestai got my attention. The series reminds me of the simplicity and purity of the Gospel, when I first met and started reading about it.
Italy
It is awesome to see young people sharing truth from the heart. Over just a few days I watched all 11 episodes… Each episode reminded me of the plan of salvation, my need for a Savior and God’s provision of one: I have disobeyed God. I deserve to die. Jesus is my substitute. The message is put simply and clearly, contained in each episode yet being revealed more as the series progresses… We are a family of believers and I have been very excited to discover the Tetelestai material. God laid it on my heart to share it over the summer with my boys, aged 10 and almost 15. I want to find scriptures to explore the main topics more deeply as appropriate to the interest and level of elementary/middle school and high school. Soon I discovered the participant and leader’s books and got copies from Amazon… We appreciate your work, and thank you for your support.
n/a
“We had a Tetelestai movie marathon from 9 am to 9 pm. We interspersed episodes of Tetelestai with games, food, and singing. We are rejoicing together in the One who had been promised from the beginning, who would crush the serpent’s head, who would be the atonement for our sins. After all, the Christmas story didn’t start in Nazareth or Bethlehem, it started way before that, and it isn’t done yet either… Not until the Lamb who was slain takes the scroll and opens it, and all the elders fall down and worship, ‘Worthy is the One who was slain, and who purchased with his blood men from every tribe and tongue and language and nation!”
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“I live in Scotland, UK and wanted to thank you so much for the incredible production. At the moment, I have been having about 6-7 Tetelestai groups each week. It is fantastic how God is using Tetelestai! It is a tremendous resource. People are coming away saying, ‘We are seeing the glory of God. We are seeing Him more clearly, understanding His character, Who He is and what He is like.’ These films are honestly some of the best resources I have seen and I have a library of about three and a half thousand videos – great Christian materials, but Tetelestai is the best. The quality, both in terms of biblical soundness and also in terms of production values makes it the best material that I have ever come across in terms of chronological teaching. It is absolutely superb.”
“My name is João Pedro (John Peter). I am 12 years ago and I live in Natal, RN. I love bible stories but I was even more excited to see Bible stories in Libras (Brasilian sign language). I really like Tetelestai and watched it several times. My favorite episodes are the episodes about Adam and Eve and the crucifixion. I started to understand the Bible better and today I can share it with other deaf people. Tetelestai in Libras is a gift for all deaf people in Brazil.”
“We had 9 people at the ‘Shade of Gray’ tattoo parlor tonight for the first chapter of Tetelestai. The response was very positive:
– ‘I expected it be like all the other video studies, but it wasn’t!’
– ‘It kept my attention.’
– ‘I can’t wait ’till next week.’
I am praying that God will do a real work… Thanks for a great job!!”
"After working in the film and theatre industry as an actress, director and designer it was a stretch for me to believe that a Christian series could live up to the same industry standard I was used to. Working for 20th Century Fox in their feature casting department, being trained in L.A. for film, and working alongside professionals both for stage and cinema I had experienced what high expectations and quality storytelling was meant to look like. It was my delight to witness the development of the Tetelestai series! All aspects of production were considered and constructed with extreme attention and detail to create a final masterpiece to engage audiences. Now as a Christian educator and Director of Communication Arts, I am passionate about helping form the worldview of my students, and I am thrilled with the depth of the Study Guides which helps our students engage and wrestle with these Biblical concepts.
Even students who have ‘grown up’ in the church are discovering a new found relationship with the truth of God’s Word. I highly recommend this resource and am so honored to serve on the Light in Action board as we work on new films to target the unreached."
"My name is Andrezza and I, myself, have always followed the Light in Action ministry, especially since the release of the Tetelestai series, but today, I am writing to tell you about the impact that Tetelestai had on my grandmother, Euraci de Araújo. My Grandma was a simple and hardworking woman, who, while she herself had not had the opportunity for much formal education, fought with untiring strength for her three children to be successful and make good choices.. She was never a person of religious habits, and tended to be a bit hostile to the so-called “believers” and the way they approached her to present the gospel to them. Even though I was aware of this resistance that Grandma had, I always shared with her.
Because of the faithful testimony of her family members who already knew Jesus, in these last few years Grandma had actually come to admit that she knew that Jesus Christ was the only Savior. However, we were never sure if she had truly understood the Plan of Salvation.
In early April of the year 2020, Grandma was given an opportunity to actually get close to the Jesus that we were talking about when I took a pen drive of Tetelestai and plugged it into her TV. She sat through all eleven episodes intently watching the Eternal Story of Redemption being played out. As she did, she began to truly understand the identity of this Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
At the age of 87, His message took over her heart. Not only did Grandma understand this truth for herself, but she started teaching everyone around her.
The following months were days of great struggles and difficulties for Grandma, though. When her kidneys started to fail, she began to undergo three days a week of dialysis, a difficult and painful treatment especially at her age, but she never lost either her hope for living nor did she ever forget to tell everyone about the message of the Lamb.
Once, a neighbor lady lost her husband, and it was my grandmother who insisted we go to visit this woman in order to give her a Tetelestai pendrive.
Another time, Grandma asked to put Tetelestai on for a neighbor who came to visit her. Grandma was also concerned about her own relatives and always urged her sister, "You need to cling only to Jesus, because He is the One who saves." Grandma was truly concerned with the salvation of every person who visited her. She wanted to know WHOM they were trusting in for their salvation. She would look into the face of each one and ask one simple question: "Who is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world?" This was Grandma’s way of starting a conversation with people and her own personal method for witnessing to them.
God used Grandma and allowed His message to spread through the Tetelestai series to many other people. Grandma's faith and her boldness grew even as her body weakened.
In a conversation over lunch her son-in-law asked her, "Mrs. Euraci, if you were to die today and Christ were to ask you, 'Why should I let you into my Heaven?' What would your answer be?" Grandma responded with no hesitation:, "Because Jesus died for me!"
In October of this year [2020], the Lord took Grandma to her new Home in Heaven.
I myself continue to take the Word of God to other people and recently purchased 20 Tetelestai thumb drives to use in evangelism. I also share with everyone the Tetelestai website link where people can watch the series for free. I know that soon we will be together with Grandma again… along with everyone who has believed in the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!"
"It’s a joy to be able to share my story with others because the fact that Tetelestai is now available as a resource is personally very special to me. Twenty years ago I was invited to do a Bible study from Genesis to the Gospels. If the BIble Study had been held at a church, I would have never gone, but I accepted the invitation only because it was going to be a very small group meeting at someone’s home and using only the Bible.
My mind was filled with confusion and doubts, but the person who taught me knew that my questions would find their answers in the Word of God. When I accepted Christ, despite wanting to take that message to others, I hesitated.
After all, those who had taught the Bible Study were well-trained and had given me detailed answers. I felt that I, myself, would never be qualified to teach.
When I saw Tetelestai, it was an immense joy to realize that now I had within my reach an incredible evangelization tool. The Facilitator Guide had step-by-step instructions for how to lead a Bible Study with Tetelestai, with time slots for when to watch the episode and what to say. It provided not only the topics to discuss afterwards, but the Study Guides also contained answers to questions that could arise about the content being presented. This was all very encouraging.
The videos of the episodes together with the Facilitator and Student Guides fit together in such a way that I realized that now I felt equipped to be the facilitator of a Bible Study and would be able to communicate this powerful message.
I have many friends who, like I used to be, will never step foot into a church but are curious to know more about the love of this God that I talk about so much. Now they are accepting my invitation to study the Bible with me using Tetelestai and I am having the joy of being able to introduce them to Jesus and His plan of salvation, with the hope that many of them will believe in the Savior.
I dedicate this testimony to everyone who already knows Christ and yet feels insecure in presenting Jesus to the many people they love.”
"We just finished Tetelestai tonight with our twelve students. Eleven of them committed to be baptized as a conscious choice. Most of them came to fully understand the truths of God's Story now through Tetelestai. When they wrote down what they believed, I was blown away by the level of theological accuracy they were able to put on paper. My group was all young, uninitiated middle-school boys and they nailed the answer! Throughout the weeks we did Tetelestai one of my most experienced youth leaders (who had formerly been a private Christian school principal and old enough to be the grandmother of every one of these students) remarked over and over again that Tetelestai was unequivocally the best curriculum she had ever seen for laying a foundation!
All of this to say thank you all for your faithful and enduring work in seeing this immense project through to completion. You guys did an incredible job of picking the right stories to highlight and depicting them in a way that was clear, compelling, and powerful. I look forward to using this tool for many years to come to help lay a solid foundation for calling people to repent and believe and join Jesus in his work to call others to repentance and faith. Tonight, on our final meeting together with this Tetelestai group, I closed with Matthew 28:18-20 and challenged each of them as followers of Jesus to now go and make disciples. So, YES, my hope is that these boys mature into multipliers of Jesus' church!"
"We at Gereji Emannuel Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia are excited and grateful and feel so privileged to be part of the Telelestai Project. We have been able to translate and dub the Tetelestai series in Ethiopia’s national language, Amharic, and soon it will be aired by all the major evangelical stations. The Tetelestai Project’s team was with us every step of the way and we strongly believe God is going to use the Tetelestai series to win many lives. We first found out about this ministry and were connected four years ago. Two years ago we had an opportunity to have part of the Light in Action team come over to Ethiopia and give training on videography, editing and cinematography to around 200 brothers and sisters who are engaged professionally or as volunteers in media work for their churches.
The training was eye-opening for many of us. In addition to that, there was a two day training for media owners and managers on how to use their platforms wisely and for the Glory of God to impact many souls for the Kingdom. This type of training met a huge need for us in Ethiopia and God used this partnership to impact many lives. We thank God for connecting us with these brothers and sisters from other parts of the world who labor diligently for the Kingdom, day and night, and it is our prayer that the Lord will use them mightily to impact many more lives"