Generations Radio

Eric Clapton claimed to shoot the Sheriff, but he did not shoot the deputy. When the civil magistrate comes against innocent people like Christians to kill them, what do they do? Amidst all of the chaos of modern situational ethics and gross ignorance of biblical law, Kevin Swanson engages some careful casuistry on self defense, gladiator games, and shooting the sheriff or the deputy. He also underscores the importance of righteous lower-magistrates, as the last possibility of defense from a horrible tyranny as portrayed in "The Hunger Games." As The Hunger Games pulls unwitting Christian children into the vortex of senseless killing, our nations are moving precariously towards mandatory killing of children with Downs Syndrome. Kevin Swanson covers the wrongful birth suits, increasingly common in courts around the world.

Does God care how you educate your child? Evangelical and reformed churches tell their pastors, “Not really.” If godless, secular education is the root of corruption of faith, freedoms, and all the rest, why won’t pastors engage this area? If this is a root of the present apostasy and children are being misled by deceptive metaphysical outlooks, why don’t shepherds want to protect the sheep? What would Jesus say about churchmen who claim that there is “no such thing as Christian education”? What would Paul, the man who came up with this idea of “The Lord’s Paideia” in Ephesians 6:4, think about this situation?

The United Nations, China, Hillary Clinton, and a few godly Christians are wrestling over the future of the newest nation in the world - Southern Sudan. Geoff Botkin returns from leading a team of men to this new nation for high level meetings with the leaders there. How do you build a nation's economy and political state on biblical principle? The same way they did it here, and they same way we're trying to rebuild it here! This may be one of the most highly-educational, insightful, and visionary interviews we have ever done. SHARE THIS ONE WITH YOUR CHILDREN TOO!

Some Christian writers insist that God's Law has little or even nothing to say about public policy. Some believe that the "Red Letter" words of Christ commend socialism. The one unifying feature of all of these views is that they reject God's law as applied to the civil magistrate. Kevin Swanson interviews Joel McDermon on the ongoing rejection of God's law among many denominations in America, and the frightening ramifications that ensue. This Generations program addresses some of the published viewpoints of men like Jim Wallis and D.G.Hart, author of "A Secular Faith."

CNN reports on the more obscure elements of the Socialist Medicine Bill (now being debated in the U.S. Supreme Court). Your “friendly” neighborhood social services representatives conduct preventive, “proactive” visits with pregnant moms. Then Kevin Swanson reviews a recent article from Mike Farris about a homeschooling mom whose baby was snatched in the hospital.

Kevin Swanson interacts with Juan Williams from the Wall Street Journal on the Trayvon Martin killing. What is the real problem confronting the black male in the 21st century? Is it a lack of education or a lack of fathers? Kevin Swanson goes after the sin of racism on this edition of Generations, pressing the ultimate solution—the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

A Judge in Toronto, Canada attacks a pro-lifer because she was "governed by a higher law than the laws of our country." And for the first time in the history of this country, a pastor was found guilty and is up for six years in prison for allegedly teaching on spanking with a "rod." Meanwhile, Muslims in Canada are selling books on "how to beat your wife." Is there a higher law than the state? Is there a higher law than Sharia law? Is there any absolute at all, and does it really matter? These questions are only becoming more important as the years go by!

The average kid gets 19 minutes with a parent each day, but he gets 7.5 hours plugged into the media matrix. He gets processed through his institutions for at least 15,000 hour over 18 years. Is it time for a radical shift in the way we view parenting? That’s Israel Wayne’s point in his new book, Full-Time Parenting. We get into some of the nitty-gritty of parenting, training children, and education on this edition of Generations.

It's another blockbuster, and this time the children are going for it, hook, line and sinker. The Hunger Games netted $155 million in one springtime weekend! Peter Travers from Rolling Stone magazine sees the movie as exactly representing the zeitgeist of the age - "the mission to define yourself in a world that's spinning off its moral axis." Confused Christians are recommending the film to their friends on Facebook. But what would a Christian father think about such a film? Kevin Swanson reviews the film with his daughter Emily, and carefully examines the metaphysic, the meta-ethic, the gender roles, and the ethical conundrums from the perspective of God's Word. Is the Pied Piper of Hamlin slowly working the amoral, post-modern Zeitgeist into the minds of millions and millions of youths?

A new docudrama called "Gates of Hell" could be the most shocking and controversial film ever produced. Is there an ongoing genocide against black Americans that will create more societal unrest in the years to come? Violence generally begets more violence. Tyranny inspires anarchy until God’s law is followed. This makes for a very interesting discussion. Don’t miss this segment of Generations, folks!