Generations Radio

Forfeit the 501(c)3? If a candidate for political office were to take a position in favor of infanticide or even killing 6,000,000 Jews, would it be appropriate for a pastor to encourage his parishioners not to support such a fellow? What if it meant the forfeiture of a 501(c)3 certification by the Internal Revenue Service? Kevin Swanson takes a look at what the lawyers say about pastoral involvement in politics, and then, for what its worth, brings in what God thinks about it. While it is possible for the church to exceed its authority in relation to the state, this is hardly the case with most churches today. Without pastoral leadership and teaching on politics, we will see a loss of freedom for Christians in America.

The Worldview War Heats Up A California appeals court remands two homeschooled children back into the public schools. The ruling is reminiscent of the German court’s recent persecution of the Busekros family and other Christians who reject a godless education for their children in that nation. Kevin Swanson points out the vast worldview differences between the statists and homeschoolers. He challenges parents to do just the opposite of what the California courts have ruled. School violence and homosexual indoctrination are just a few reasons why Christians have no business sending their children to these schools for a paideia training

The Belly of the Beast Nowhere does the battle of ideas rage more fiercely than in the area of education. Powerful interests struggle to maintain a monopoly on educational choices in K-12 education and in university education. Here Kevin Swanson interviews Steve Ong, president of Chambers College, for his take on a distinctively Christian education, and the forces that are working to dismantle it in Colorado.

God's Little Blessings Kevin Swanson reviews a recent commercial that epitomizes the "other worldview." The gist of it - avoid the hassle of children, use a condom. Then he interacts with a remarkably honest article from Online Reason Magazine on why people don't have children. They don't like them. So why don't people like children? Why are children such a huge hassle that kills "quality of life," in the headlong pursuit of personal peace and affluence? Kevin and Dave, both fathers of five children themselves, try to explain why the average square footage of homes is twice what it was in 1900 while the birth rate was cut in half. Then, they explain why they think children are a blessing - maybe even a greater than blessing that dry wall even.

Want to Get Your Children Saved? With the last generation, the Catholics lost a full 1/3 of their adherents, and the Protestants didn't do much better. That according to a major study conducted on religion in America just released. Generational continuity of the faith is dissipating quickly in Europe and America. In this issue of the Generations broadcast, Kevin Swanson grapples with why the Deuteronomy 6:7 vision is abhorrent to Catholics and unpopular among Protestants. Generational continuity does not happen much anymore. Presbyterians think they can throw a little water on the heads of their kids and toss them into public schools for a humanist indoctrination. Then you have Baptist parents who shoot for a one-time emotional conversion experience from their children, sans 30,000 hours of Deuteronomy 6:7 discipleship. How do children get saved? The superficial, just-add-water-and-microwave-it-for-30-minutes form of evangelism doesn't work.

Global Kooling or Global Warming? After the coldest winter in decades (maybe even a century), the guys from the Generations broadcast grapple with whether it's time to change Chicken Little's placard from "Global Warming" to "Global Kooling." We are not sure we're keeping up with the en vogue issue-of-the-day. Would somebody please just tell us when we're supposed to get hysterical and give us a reason while you're at it? Kevin Swanson grapples with the psychological reasoning behind these false-problems and fake-solutions that seem to mark progressive big-government socialism. Then, in response to a listener's question, Kevin explains the differences between the modern socialist worldview that dominates most western countries, the libertarianism of the likes of Ayn Rand, and a biblical approach that balances the one and the many by the law of the One and the Many.

Gas prices are on the rise, and the median individual income is on the decline in America. That means the average fellow is making less money (adjusted for inflation) than he was in 1969. If you adjust for tax increases, he's making far less than he was in 1969. In order to maintain the standard of living, families responded by sending wives to work and taking on more household debt. Kevin Swanson addresses the cause of this economic down turn from a biblical perspective. He interacts with the Marxist "solution" of class envy, redistribution of the wealth, and the graduated income tax. Then, he suggests the biblical solutions.

Building a Christian Folk Culture On the eternal search for wholesome music that presents the noble themes of honor of parents, love of children, and family relationships, Kevin Swanson collects a few examples from the 1950s, 1980s, and 1990s. He caps the program with an interview with a terrific musician of the present decade - Nathan Clark George. Featuring a few of Nathan's beautiful ballads, this program will warm the cockles of your soul.

The Proverbs 31 Vision An AP story correlates the breakdown of marriage in America and the rise of the career woman. A great deal of the blame for the breakdown of the family in America must be placed at the feet of corporations and businesses. For families caught in this corporate family-fragmenting culture, where the wives must work in the corporate market, Kevin Swanson issues warnings and provides some valuable pointers. He also discusses how private companies and ministries that hire employees can protect the integrity of the family in their business practices. A critical program for the salvaging of the family in the 21st century.

America Worse Than Rome What if you woke up and found yourself in a tyranny that was 10 times the size of the Roman Empire in its purview and tax rates? What if you saw freedoms slipping, the family dying, and the tyranny of government funding immorality? What if 99% of the people around you were entirely unconcerned about it? What would you do? Kevin Swanson looks at the last 100 years of social and political trends in America, and describes this rising tyranny. Then, he begins to chart a course for the future that returns hope for our future generations of children and grandchildren.