Generations Radio

Islam vs. Christianity As the Islam religion presents a kingdom that is merely external, coercive, and statist, many Christians make the opposite mistake and assume the kingdom of God is nothing but an internal, spiritual, and immaterial reality. Kevin Swanson contrasts perspectives on kingdom on this issue of the Generations radio broadcast. Taking issue with a perspective from the Protestant Reformation that distinguishes a worldly kingdom from a spiritual kingdom, he points out that Jesus intends for us to actually keep His commandments, and teach others to do so in all nations, institutions, and human relationships. He argues that there is a battle between two kingdoms and we battle over every square inch of this world's territory.

A Parents Critical Decision Assuming parents love their children and want the best for them, Kevin Swanson and Dave Buehner assess the value of public schools in terms of safety concerns, social issues, worldview issues, and academic concerns. With the next school year looming, this is a good time for parents to start assessing the best educational plan for their children. Of all the projects we will work in our life, what would be more important than the paideia (discipleship and instruction) we provided our children?

What the Church Can Do With the wholesale dissolution of the family in the west, some of us are wondering what relevance the church has to the deconstruction or reconstruction of the family. Did the church show up to a bombed out city with a handful of Bandaids and an Aspirin? Is the church contributing to the disintegration of the family, or will it be able to relay the footers and re-establish the foundations of the family in the next few decades? As pastors themselves, Henry Reyenga and Dave Feddis interact on this challenging problem with this edition of the Generations.

Attacks on Homeschools and Christian Education Several important court battles will impact the future of Christian home schooling and Christian schools in California. Christians are awaiting decisions from an appellate court on the Long case. A February decision that effectively illegalized home education in California is now being reheard by the same court. Meanwhile, another California court deliberates on the part of the admissions departments of the University of California efforts to disqualify Christian high school curriculum. This decision will effect home schools and Christian school students in that state, and establish precedent elsewhere. Homeschool Legal Defense Association President, Mike Smith wades in on the issue of education freedoms on this issue of Generations. After 25+ years in the battle, Mike provides an overview of the present situation, and we discover that the battle for freedom may never end.

Hope and Life for the Abused IMPORTANT: This Program not Intended for Children The breakdown of the family, the stripping back of sexual mores, and the widespread accessibility of web-based porn have all contributed to massive increases in child sexual abuse in recent decades. With estimates of child sexual abuse now as high as 25-35%, Christian churches and families must take this into consideration as they work to rebuild lives, marriages, and family. Keith Dorscht from Biblical Concepts in Counseling points out the path of recovery for the victims of sexual abuse. For those parents facing the sad circumstance of sexual abuse will find this program helpful as they guide their children down this path of hope and freedom from guilt and shame.

Inlaws and Outlaws Worldviews and values often collide when we get together with relatives. How does one witness to unbelieving relatives? And at what point are you casting "pearls before swine?" It's hard enough to work through conflict with believers, but what happens when you find yourself engaged in conflict with an unbelieving relatives? Sensible, wise advice in this segment of Generations for those families who face conflict, unsavory influences, or even persecution from relatives and other acquaintances.

Powerful Ideas that Kill With the culture in the death throes of nihilism and the family and faith waning in the western world, blame has yet to be assigned. Ideas have consequences, and Europe and America are suffering the consequences. But who are the Idea Men that systematically dismantled the faith and culture of the west? Kevin Swanson makes a list of the five most influential men of the last 200 years in this broadcast. From historical patterns, he demonstrates how the breakdown of social and political institutions follow closely upon the breakdown of philosophical systems to a godless and purposeless nihilism. But not all is lost! While Christian thought was heavily synthesized throughout the 19th century, by the 1950s and 1960s Christian thinkers returned to the war of the worldviews. Competent apologists who were willing to engage the antithesis at the most fundamental levels, rejected all calls for détente. The villains and the heroes are cataloged in this program.

When Ms. Diversity Meets Mr. JihadThe humanist universities in the UK are getting sick of celebrating diversity. When all the infidels found out that fully 1/3 of the Muslim students on 20 campuses are A-OK with killing the infidel, it put a damper on the whole diversity celebration thing. Why can't all the atheists, the Sharia-law toting Muslims, the Christians, and the Wiccan human sacrifice enthusiasts all get along in the same pluralist state? When we discover that is impossible to create a pluralist state where all religions get along, that's when we begin to note a rise in civil unrest and increase in the power of the state to keep the whole mess together. Tyranny and anarchy play off of each other, until the system breaks down. Kevin Swanson explains how the Christian country has always maximized freedom, provided peaceful trade with nations of other religious perspectives, and balanced unity and diversity by the law system of a God who is One and Three.

Cutting Back The price of homes has quadrupled since 1970, and the square footage has almost doubled. Household debt is soaring. Is there any wonder why America is practically bankrupt, and the real estate market is in crisis? But never worry! The feds are cranking out a $25 billion dollar rescue bill to save us again. We're not sure where the money is coming from, but we're guessing it will be more debt! Nevertheless, there are a few of us out here that have abandoned the materialistic-frenzied, debt-saturated rat race, and are living the simple life. The good life. The God-blessed life of being content with a little food and raiment, a debt free existence, a modest home, a bunch of kids, and family worship. We're living the other worldview on this program.

How God Wants Us to Vote Conservatives are disillusioned and discouraged. More than any other recent presidential election, they are disunified on the Republican candidate. And the Democrat candidate is the first pro-infanticide candidate to run for political office. So they don't like that guy much either. Kevin Swanson tries to assemble a few reasons to vote for John McCain but has a hard time whipping up much enthusiasm in that order. It's sort of hard to figure out who should preside over the continued amassing of political tyranny and the breakdown of a society. But more importantly, what does God think about our political priorities? How does God want us to vote?