Generations Radio

De-funding Socialist Education Faced with the ever-expanding, inevitable growth of socialism in Western "democracies," since the birth of the public school movement in America, those who still kinda liked freedom have all but given up hope. Yet there may be a faint glimmer of hope in a new political stratagem inspired by one, Paul Dorr from Iowa. He's going for the belly of the socialist beast, and he's making some appreciable progress at it. For six years now, he's taken the lead opposing School Bond Elections all over the country, and he's winning.

A Crying Need So many young women in our society are gauche, rude, unwise, ostentatious, undignified, careless in speech - ruining relationships as they go. They have no idea how to love a husband, love and raise a child, manage a home, and do about 98% of life, even after graduating from college. The Bible has a perfect solution for this. It's the walk-along, talk-along, discipleship of an older woman with a younger woman. Unfortunately, it's very rare to see this kind of relational, organic discipleship happening much. What is pictured here is not some 35 year old pastor's wife, recently graduated from seminary, trying to download some material from a book written by a single woman on "The Feminine Mystique" for a class of 20.

Blago and Madoff With corruption proliferating in our economic and political systems, the Wall Street Journal opines that capitalism cannot survive without character. Kevin Swanson agrees and points out that the failure of character is a failure in the basic philosophy of how to educate a child in K-12 and university settings. This spawns a discussion on the many sins that plague young men and how the lessons of character are the hardest and yet most important of all.

Flourish Where You're Planted The relationship that you have with your church is critical to the health of the family. Discontentment, gossip, and church hopping have brought immeasurable harm to many a Christian family. As you cultivate a long term relationship with the local church, that relationship has great potential to provide terrific spiritual accountability and stability for your family. Here you will find some great practical advice to maximum your edification in the local body.

Interview: Dean Jones Hear the astounding testimony of Dean Jones, the actor made famous by such Disney major motion pictures as The Love Bug and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Lead actor in a new film to be premiered at the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival, Dean will talk about this and other film work he has done recently. Chronicling the progressive decline of the morals and worldview reflected in Hollywood productions over 50 years, he suggests a new approach for Christian production companies and actors.

After Hollywood Christian film making is exploding on the scene in a block bluster year that included such releases as Expelled and Fireproof. At the forefront of this movement is Douglas Phillips, director of the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival. The SAICFF now features the largest award of any film festival in the world for best of festival. Here Kevin Swanson interviews Phillips on the January, 2009 event.

Adams and Jefferson The study of history can be hampered either by peering through rose-colored glasses or by a total disdain for the past and the good that is there. Through the lens of a biblical worldview, Kevin Swanson analyzes the writings of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in a review of McCullough's work on Adams. In what was to become one of the most unique opportunities in the history of the world, Christian men (with four generations of heritage in solid reformation teaching), were able to put a nation together! Great Fun! The blessings of this great experiment are clearly undeniable. But nobody's perfect, and Kevin Swanson points out the seeds planted that eventually destroyed the nation.

An Infatuation with Vampirism When it comes to vampires and the horror genre, there is a thin line between fear and admiration. For that matter, the line between Christianity and paganism is even thinner these days. Is the Stephanie Meyer creation just another harmless story about some teen girl who falls in love with a suave young vampire adolescent vampire? Or is this what it looks like when a society backs itself into the worse forms of paganism while still trying to retain a thin façade of humanistic morality complete with the classy cover? Hard to do when you have all that human blood dripping down your cheeks, Steph! Slowly the masses are embracing what used to be counted the ultimate evil. Who would want to marry a vampire in 1952? Now 25 million 15 year old girls are liking the idea.

From the NCFIC Conference While participating in the NCFIC conference in North Carolina, Kevin Swanson and Scott Brown discuss the renewal of the family and the church in the 21st century. Signs of renewal are evident everywhere. This is not the first time where the church and the family have seen vital reformation.

Mike Cheney, Steve Vaughan and Dan Inerson discuss how and how not to teach children the principles of money including: Whose money is it, saving, tithing, stewardship and Why a well thought out spending plan taught from an early age can help avoid mistakes and ruin.