E-mail, Facebook, Satellite Cameras, DNA, Retinal Scans It is so much easier for governments to track their citizens than ever before. Technology has enabled agencies to collect hundreds of times more data on any individual person than at any other time in human history. Nero's system or Hitler's system would have been far more clumsy and inefficient than the tracking systems available for our governments today. How does a Christian react to this? Do we have anything to hide? And what information can and will be held against us when the concentration camps are set up in a city near you? Kevin Swanson addresses the privacy question from a biblical perspective on this edition of Generations.
January 6, 2011
The American Character SlidesRecent international studies continue to accentuate the failure of the American education systems. But more fundamentally, the Gen Y and Millennial generations are failing in character. Will the Millennials be working for Chinese employers by the year 2025? Kevin Swanson gets into the definition of character, and points out the difference between the Chinese or Japanese view of character, the western humanist view of character, and the Christian view.
January 5, 2011
The De-industrialization of the United StatesTwo stories collide on this edition of Generations. On the one hand, there is the story relating the de-industrialization of the United States. On the other hand, Newsweek Magazine notes that family-based businesses have fared far better in the economic down-turn than other businesses. Kevin Swanson points out that it was family-owned businesses that built this nation. It was only when these businesses went "public" that they began to take on extraordinary debt and make irresponsible decisions that ruined the economy in the long run. What is it about family-based businesses that will provide for a sound economic future for our families and maybe even a nation? Important stuff on this edition of Generations.
January 4, 2011
Faith ExternalizedHave you ever wondered why you can't find a Precious Moments doll in a Christian book store depicting David holding up the severed, bloody head of Goliath? Have you ever wondered why the Voice of the Martyrs doesn't sell Thomas Kinkade Drawings? Or have you ever wondered why it is that of the 100s of pictures of Noah's Ark on Google Images, you won't find one with the dead, bloated bodies of millions of people floating around the ark a picture that would present the real reason God brought the flood in the first place? Here Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner engage a lively discussion on Christian art forms, shallow theology, and what's hanging on their walls.
January 3, 2011
All the News You Need Once a YearHere is the Generations summary of all the news you can use in one year. Don't bother tuning into NBC, CBS, or Fox the rest of the year. It's the popular End-of-the-Year program for 2010! Includes predictions for 2011. Socialist Healthcare, DADT, Haiti, Islam, John Edwards, Al Gore, the gender-neutral NIV, S-510, Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party, and Tiger Woods. You get the whole year in one 30-minute program!
December 31, 2010
Will our Children Believe in Evolution?Incredibly, 40% of Americans still believe that the human is God-created. Yet on the other hand, most of these are the older folks. Sadly, the Gen X'ers and Millennial Generations are twice as likely to support homosexuality and evolution than were the "Greatest Generation" born in the 1920s and 1930s (in surveys taken in 2010). The trajectory for dysfunctional families and fractured worldviews has been set for the majority. So what trajectory are you building into your family? In this edition of the program, Kevin Swanson speaks of his own family and the powerful generational heritage received from his grandparents.
December 30, 2010
Interview - Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr.The study of economics is shrouded in mystery and obfuscated by jargon. Economists that appear on the news shows give the impression that economics is beyond the capacity of most mortals; that it involves some combination of particle physics, snake handling and voodoo. Economics is not really all that difficult. It is the unsound practices of modern economics that need more elaborate excuses and confusing justifications. God provides in His word what is necessary for the man of God to be thoroughly equipped for every good work including the study of economics. If you refuse to heed the law of gravity you could get hurt; the laws of economics are no different. Dave Buehner discusses these issues with Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr., author of "Biblical Economics".
December 28, 2010
Interview: Dan FordBack in the 17th century, in the flurry of empire-building, slave-based economies, and mercantilism, there was a little experiment in family-based economies and colonies conducted on the shoreline of New England. Historian, Dan Ford relates the story of the founding of America and the blessing that God brought to this experiment (vs. what happened in the slave-based economies in Europe.)
December 27, 2010
Celebrating the Greatest Event that Ever HappenedThe mother-child-tree thing on December 25th is sometimes attributed to Nimrod from Babel in the annals of ancient history. But then Christians wanted to celebrate their own day, so they came up with "Christmas." The battle over culture is non-stop. Christians fight for their holidays, while pagans work to turn the culture their direction. The battle over symbols, holidays, and cultures rages. But Christians should work to capture every day for Jesus Christ.
December 24, 2010