Hospitality and Hotels
The scenario is all too common. On a business trip, a family man gets a touch of the life of anonymity in the hotel room in the big city. Contrast that with the life of Paul and Elisha who enjoy the hospitality of brothers along the way.
In this ground-breaking program, Kevin Swanson shows how modern systems have purged relationships and accountability from education and travel. Then, he points out how hospitality establishes relationships through the "love of strangers." Should you pay for love on the road, or should brothers open their homes to others, as Christians did for thousands of years before hospitality was commercialized? This Generations broadcast challenges families and churches to re-examine the modern social order, and some practical issues relating to the biblical lifestyle of hospitality are discussed.
May 15, 2008
Disasters & Persecuting Countries
The last several major natural disasters that resulted in 100,000s of lost lives were centered in Burma, China, Iran, Indonesia, and Pakistan. And every one of these nations stepped up persecution against Christians throughout the 1990s and 2000s. One big coincidence?
If God exists, and if He is particularly bothered by the torture and persecution of His people, and if He is totally sovereign over all things, then what are we to say? Kevin Swanson interacts with these questions, developing a biblical perspective on God's relationship with man's reality in this segment of Generations.
May 14, 2008
Faulty Child Training
Interview: Ginger Plowman
Parenting by bribery, by threatening, or by anger and impatience - these methods are tried and found wanting by millions of parents again and again.
Ginger Plowman, Author of the book, "Don't Make Me Count to 3," offers advice for moms who do 90% of the child training while dad is off working. Parenting isn't easy, especially if you do it God's way. We're dealing with sin, and we're working in the very depths of the human heart. In this program, you will find wise counsel for the most difficult work you will ever do in your life - shepherding a child's heart.
May 13, 2008
The Second Wave
At the same time that the family is rapidly disintegrating and the faith is dying in America, an unusual movement that began in the 1980s has reached maturity and is set to produce a huge generational effect. The homeschooling movement now makes up about 2.4 million children, and studies indicate that 90% of these students will continue to the vision into the next generation. By 2027 this movement is set to produce about 6 million homeschoolers and if the third generation stays on track, by 2050 there will be at least 15 million home educated students in America. This will produce a substantial movement that will forever change the culture of this country, as well as the politics and the way we educate the generations. Here Kevin Swanson interacts with his recent blog entry that charts the projections for generational growth in the homeschooling movement.
May 12, 2008
A Crisis of Honor
This edition of Generations addresses a practically universal, across-the-board problem that surfaces in mother-son relationships. It is endemic within the homeschooling movement. It seems that a sort of tension develops between mothers and sons as young men enter their teenage years.
Special guest, Norm Wakefield provides some food for thought and powerful counsel for moms who struggle with how to honor their sons in the dawn of their manhood. Also, some terrific counsel for sons who have a hard time honoring the law of their mothers, not to mention sacrificing their lives for those who gave them life.
May 9, 2008
What God thinks about it
Kevin Swanson summarizes former Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton's assessment of America's involvement in the United Nations. Although the UN's stated purpose was to end the wars of the nations, were its basic philosophical underpinnings fatally flawed from the beginning? The Generations radio broadcast presupposes that God is really smart and knows something about human hearts, international relations, and these sorts of things. So what does God think about the United Nations?
May 8, 2008
Is there a better way?
Now that it's time to graduate his older children, 14 and 16 years of age, Kevin Swanson asks whether graduations are an appropriate rite of passage.
Does a graduation mark a discrete end of some course of study? Or does it mean that you are now free from compulsory education? Or does it a basis for honor? Yet there does seem to be a proper rite of passage from childhood to adulthood. But would you call it a Graduation?
For many parents, it's time to rethink the last 150 years of traditional education that brought us things like proms, graduations, and condoms in the prom bag.
May 7, 2008
Nasty Words or Great Ideas?
Two of the most hated words in the English Language are Patriarchy and Theocracy. Actually, the words themselves aren't all that bad. Fathers leading in the home? God ruling over all things? Any Christian should be able to handle the concepts. Still, these are words that have of late, been stuffed with meaning that many of us would find reprehensible.
In this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson interacts with the idea of Patriarchy - the good, the bad, and the ugly. In some ways, the restoration of patriarchy could be the greatest thing that happened to western societies. Yet, on the other hand, it could be the worse.
May 6, 2008
Guest: Dr. Jay Wile
With science increasingly politicized, it has become difficult for many to distinguish between real science, (testable and reproducible), and pseudo-science. Most of the scientific applications achieved in our present day rest on the shoulders of godly scientists of previous generations like Pascal, Newton, Kepler, Pasteur, and even Charles Babbage (the inventor of the modern computer). But then, what happens when these brave new scientists of the present generation refuse to respect the God of their fathers?
In this interview with Dr. Jay Wile from Apologia Science, we examine the importance of doing science in the fear of God and in humility before men. If we cease to do science this way, the results will be catastrophic. But if we teach our children this kind of science, the blessings of new discoveries and innovation will be as significant as those of our forefathers.
May 2, 2008