Generations Radio

Building Idolatry-Free Relationships Marriage relationships and other family relationships almost always suffer from the problem of idolatry. But as Norm Wakefield puts it in this eye-opening interview, you can’t love somebody you idolize. You form unrealistic expectations of your gods, and set yourselves up for horrible disappointment, even divorce. This subject material addresses an almost-universal problem in relationships.

What's Left When the Existentialist West Dies? The Muslims are taking over in Europe, because "Old Europe's population is dwindling as birth rates among Muslim groups are swelling," to quote yesterday's Fox News. Three out of the 19 sections of Brussels now have Muslim majorities, and the "mosques are in charge." But then we turn over to an NPR story and find some twenty-first century Existentialist criticizing a few Christians in America who actually like children and count them a blessing! The Full Quiver movement is a shock to the existentialist, me-centered, materialist age that took the birth rate from 4.0 to 2.0 (while the square footage of the average home doubled in size) since 1900. This worldview paradigm shift may be what it will take to salvage Christianity in a day where humanism is rotting and the only thing that may be left in a hundred years are Muslims and Mormons out in the west.

Forming Christian Colonies? When the latest popular fad among Junior High kids is "sexting," at what point does a parent say, "We're outa here!" Evidently, God wants His people to be separate, but what does this mean for those who are trying to be salt and light? And what happens when the salt has done lost its saltiness? Kevin Swanson warns of the two traps of isolationist utopia-building and amalgamation into the world's systems. As Christians we are called to a life of persecution and tribulation, following our Captain who was made perfect in suffering.

Mom Entrepreneurs Her lamp does not go out by night. She considers a field and buys it, and then she plants a vineyard. Her husband trusts in her, so he shall have no lack of gain. This sure sounds like a "mom entrepreneur." Here is one Mom Entrepreneur, Kathryn Marion, who shares her experience as an entrepreneur, investor, and oikos-despoteo (home manager). How does she do it all, you ask. This can be a challenge - homeschooling four girls, all the while working to produce an income and managing the household resources! It's hard to manage a household, disciple four children in a life-integrated nurture, and produce an income if you're shuffled off everyday to work for some slave of a corporate master. And it's really tough to retain a unified family economic vision when you're working for some other master. So here you have entrepreneurial moms doing what they can to reincorporate the Proverbs 31 vision in a Steinem-Freidan, family-fragmented age.

Why We Like Lies Lying seems to be coming easier than ever on the part of our politicians today. The President told Congress last week that he did not support bigger government, then handed them the biggest federal budget we'd ever seen, by a long shot! Then he said he opposed deficit spending, and we looked in the budget and found a deficit over 12% of the GDP, far and away more than any president ever produced to date. But Kevin Swanson makes the point that "This is us." We may whine and complain a little here and there, but Americans love this stuff. The people we elect are us.

Grade: Needs Improvement Christian parents need to grapple with what it is to provide a biblical form of an inculcation of knowledge in the lives of their children. This is beautifully encapsulated in the book of Proverbs. Yet, it is hardly understood or incarnated in the Christian School today. As a former teacher in several Christian Schools, Kevin Swanson issues a grade on Christian Education in this segment of Generations. Needs Improvement.

Liberals, Inclusive and Tolerant Kevin Swanson points out that evil always has a mask, a really nice mask. While the Atheists are busy impugning God with "sin" (whatever that is in a relativistic universe), they are repeating the very crime that constitutes the essence and the source of all of the evil in the world. But what about the rest of us? Kevin Swanson points out how Christians repeat the same problem over and over again when they create their own little set of rules, while ignoring what God originally said in His Word. Are we trying to be "nicer than God?"

Political and Economic Distress Legislation and policy flying through the federal government promise to curtail liberties, further indenture the nation to China, and accelerate the demise of the Republic. Feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness sweep over you. So what do you do before you collapse into a blubbering mass on the floor? Listen to this for a little shot of hope.

A New Economic Paradigm The present economic depression tripped by wildly irresponsible debt and consuming, offers reason to pause, and ask some basic questions. Should I encourage my children to a debt free vision? Should we train the next generation to expect less, to live more within their means, and to eschew debt? Some of the new generation is already there. Two homeschool graduates compare notes on how they realized a debt-free vision early in their lives, and they share on the impact these commitments made on subsequent family life. These are vitally important discussions as we begin to enter a new economic paradigm in western nations. You do not want to miss this discussion with Nathan Maxwell and Kevin Swanson!

Come What May - The Movie It's the story of a film director with a passionate vision for culture-changing film production. It's the story of a rising generation assuming cultural and civil leadership to make a difference for the cause of righteousness. Kevin Swanson interviews George Escobar, director and producer of the recently released major motion picture, "Come What May" on its strong Christian, pro-family, and pro-life themes.