Generations Radio

Good news and bad news. A thirty-five year study tracks the biblical worldview acumen of Christian schoolers, home schoolers, and public schoolers, and finds the homeschoolers have improved substantially, and Christian schoolers have steadily declined over 35 years. But, what is the major problem with the worldview of most young folks today? Why are they tending towards Marxism and socialism? Here are important insights for the present day. 

The best thing governments can do to stop the despair deaths and recreational drug use is not to ban alcohol and drugs, but ban the teaching of evolution in the public schools. Also, governments could impose responsibility by removing government funding of medical care and other forms of welfare. We discuss the rising use of pot, and the legalization of drugs in the US.

America is hitting another baby bust during COVID-19. Beyond the typical self-centeredness and materialistic outlook, there is a dystopian view of the future that is dominating in the minds of the millennial generation now. The women had no more children, and the man lost reason and faith (and hope). But, do the covenant promises of God in Acts 2, and elsewhere, render hope and encouragement to Christian parents?

The proportion of high school teachers believing in creation has dropped from 9% to 4% since 2007. Meanwhile, a 40 year experiment in evolution has yielded a dead end. After 60,000 generations of E.coli, the E.coli has turned into. . .well . . . It’s still E.coli. Why would 96% of high school biology teachers believe in a fairy tale — a far-fetched hypothesis, no defined mechanism, no meaningful transitional forms in the fossil layers, and zero laboratory evidence in its favor? We spend a few minutes offering examples of irreducible complexity, and going over the impossibility of evolution even if this were a chance universe.

US mental health slipped quite substantially in 2020 as indicated by a Gallup study. All segments of Americans slipped mentally, except for one — Weekly Church Attenders. The most mentally unstable group of all - Democrat women who do not attend church. But here is the question. Why did Christians attending church weekly do significantly better in 2020 vs. 2019, despite the difficult trials they faced?

What is the Christian's relationship with worldly fame? What is the worldview behind the zeitgeist and the songs that are most applauded by Christians and non-Christians alike, as compared to the Christian's worldview? We compare two public interviews from  popular media conducted with Pastor John MacArthur and one of the most popular Christian singers of the day, Lauren Daigel. At key moments, singers like Lauren Daigel and Carrie Underwood have been hesitant to take the Biblical position on the sins of the day. As we face faith tests, we must be willing to throw it all away--fame, popularity, careers, all of it--for the sake of Christ. 

Every Christmas season we cherish the Christmas carols that articulate a Biblical understanding of God’s incarnation as the Baby of Bethlehem. But do you know the stories behind them? Based on the research of Kenneth Osbeck, author of 101 Hymn Stories​ and 101 More Hymn Stories​, guest host Adam McManus​ gives you a behind-the-scenes peek at “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Silent Night,” “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” and “Joy to the World.”

In the rush to get out the Christmas card and attend the Christmas productions, we can lose sight of special ways to draw the family closer to one another and to Jesus Christ, the Baby in Bethlehem. Guest host Adam McManus​ suggests 8 Christmas projects for your family: 1. Make homemade cookies for the neighbors and pass them out with a note. 2. Go caroling with your family and pass out candy canes with the “Legend of the Candy Cane”​ attached which points them to Christ. 3. Throughout December, start an Advent wreath over dinner. Get the 3 purple candles and pink candle and the Advent wreath ring to hold them at Hobby Lobby or on Amazon. Use the Scriptures, prayers and songs in the Advent devotional guide by Dr. Mark Roberts​. 4. Volunteer as a family to ring the silver bell in front of the Salvation Army’s red kettle outside of Walmart for 2 hours on a Saturday. Call your local Salvation Army office. 5. Purchase, wrap and deliver gifts to the children of their imprisoned father through Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree​. 6. Bless your garbage man with pictures from your kids, a hand-written thank you note, and a $10 gift card to Subway or a $10 tip. 7. Make an inexpensive Christmas ornament for a parent or grandparent by gluing a 3-inch miniature Christmas tree to the roof of a Hot Wheel as if a family just bought their Christmas tree and put the red ribbon through the windows. 8. Invite your children to think of acts of service–like wash the car, shovel the driveway or give a hug–that they would write down on slips of paper and place in a Christmassy mini-cookie tin from Hobby Lobby. If your family does any one of these by Monday, December 14th , email adam@theworldview.com and include your name, city and state, and your phone number. Adam could be calling you to interview one of your children to include a soundbite in an upcoming www.TheWorldview.com newscast.

Do churches have to carve out a new category for SSA (Same Sex Attraction), as well as every other type of sexual attraction Same Sex Attraction. (Mrs. Jones Sex Attraction. Sibling Attraction, Animal Attraction.  etc. etc.) and pretend that these heart-oriented attractions are sinless, autonomous, and neutral territory? We revisit the Dordt College discussion briefly, but spend most of the time analyzing the latest Christian Reformed Church report on homosexuality. What is the difference between temptation and “natural attraction?” Is it okay to have a heart that defaults on a desire for that which God has expressly forbidden? Must Christians be labeled as with these orientations, identities, or attractions? Why must we always use the psychological terms the world has come up with, instead of sticking with biblical truth and biblical categories? When the world gives us a label, now we have to live down to the label!

In a world where there is rising persecution towards Christian preaching and intense push-back from the ungodly, what is the best way to spread the Gospel? Jesus confronted the rich young ruler with the hardest thing for him to hear, but He didn't browbeat him. For the ungodly to be converted, it will take the working of the Holy Spirit in an individual's life. For men, this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible.