Homeschooling—Is It About Discipleship or Academics? - The Homeschooling Conference
June 12, 2012
The conference season is on a roll! Hundreds of thousands of parents in this country are flocking to what we call “homeschooling conferences”! Kevin Swanson interviews Teri Ong on her family’s 25-year experience with the movement in Colorado. Some conferences focus on discipleship and others focus on academics, but where do academics fit into the picture? For example, is it important that our children be good readers? On this edition of Generations, we get into some real nuts and bolts on teaching your children to be good readers.
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BOYS ACCOUNT FOR 70% OF THE D'S AND F'S GIVEN AT SCHOOL. THEY ARE LESS AND LESS INTERESTED IN BECOMING HUSBANDS, FATHERS, AND HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS. THE AVERAGE BOY SPENDS TWO HOURS WATCHING PORN EVERY WEEK. WHAT'S MISSING? Kevin Swanson interviews Chris King on his Business Mentorship Program in Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina. We talk about the problems sometimes, but now we're talking solutions! Mentorship programs are springing up across the country, and Kevin Swanson shares concerning his Shepherd Center efforts over the last three years on this program as well.
June 11, 2012
What to do when your 10 year old son wants to date a girl? Parenting magazine has answers for you, but they are not our answers. Kevin Swanson contrasts dysfunctional parenting to Christian parenting, in this brief visit to the other side.
June 8, 2012
Do you want to make an positive impact on the nation? Don't vote for evil people. Find a better use for your time. That's Kevin Swanson's advice on the presidential election for 2012. At what point, does pragmatic politics reduce us to choosing between Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin? Where do we make the best use of our time, to make the best impact for the kingdom of righteousness? These are important, fundamental questions for every Christian (no matter where you live in the world).
June 7, 2012
Republicans and Democrats are joining forces to bring more tyranny to American shores via the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Mike Farris, chairman of Home School Legal Defense Association, explains why this is bad for America, for American families, and especially for homeschooling families.
June 6, 2012
Kevin Swanson interviews Pastor Devin Kerns on his mentorship program for young men in North Carolina. Increasingly, ministry leaders are concluding that it is discipleship or bust, immersive mentorship or failure! The old forms are supremely ineffective at rooting and grounding the next generation in the truth.
June 5, 2012
Although she is an outrageously popular musician in 80+ nations around the world, some nations are banning Lady Gaga's music. Cultural nihilism was cool with the avante garde in the 1940s and 1950s, but now it's corrupted the mainstream, big time! Why does Lady Gaga have more cultural pull than the old philosophers (like Marx and Sartre) and revolutionary musicians (like Wagner) from the previous century? Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner contrast Lady Gaga and Katy Perry in this broadcast, and provide some means for parents to properly discern "entertainment" in their homes.
June 4, 2012
A 17-year-old honor student is sent to jail in Texas for working the family economy, and missing a few days of school. A 6-year-old homeschooled child qualifies for the national spelling bee. Meanwhile, 88% of American public school grads can't name a single writer of the Federalist papers. Kevin Swanson interacts with the "state of American education" on this edition of Generations.
June 1, 2012
Reports have it, Mitt Romney has the Republican nomination in the bag. But should Christians and conservative vote for the man in November? Do we rely on cool rhetoric or the man's record? Socialist Romneycare. Enforcement of homosexual marriages. Tax-funded, $50 abortions. As the old Christian right fades away into irrelevance, the James Dobsons and Tony Perkins of the world are throwing their endorsements away on Mitt. When you're down to a Muslim and Mormon, you know that this Christian Republic is on its last leg.
May 31, 2012
Pornography is way more accessible today than it was 100 years ago. There were hardly any sports, let alone games in the average boys' life 100 years ago. Now, computer games are everywhere. The character of guys is failing, but the economy is only getting tougher. So, what gives? Kevin Swanson discusses the critical importance of faith and character in the lives of our young men (and young women), in this discussion with Joshua Christiansen from Proverbs66.com.
May 30, 2012
Are libraries safe for your children? Some public libraries won't include Christian materials, for fear of violating the "Establishment Clause" in the U.S. Constitution. Libraries are based in worldviews (just like every other institution in our society). So pick your worldview! Kevin Swanson interviews John Thrower from Family Vision Library in The St. Louis, Missouri Metro area on this edition of Generations.
May 29, 2012
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This is the retelling of the most exciting story in all of human history. Something truly remarkable occurred when Jesus Christ rose from the dead and gave His disciples a great commission. The world would never be the same again. Kevin Swanson takes the reader through the 2,000 year worldwide saga of this epochal mission to the world. From Judea to Rome, Ireland, Denmark, China, Japan, Uganda, New Zealand, and to the uttermost parts of the earth, the light of Christ shines into the darkness, transforming every nation throughout the centuries.