Generations Radio

Righteous Politics In this interview with Scott Brown and Doug Phillips from Vision Forum, this Generations broadcast addresses the hot-button issue of elections. Should we vote out fear or faith? A critical edition for anybody planning to vote for president of the United States in the 2008 elections.

Refusing to Recycle or Homosexuality? Police in Oregon are just fine with 1,000 bike riders streaking through town in the buff. But when a Christian tries to preach the Gospel on Halloween night on a street in Salem, Massachusetts, the police throw the book at him, charging him with. . . What was it? . . . Disturbing the peace and affluence? As the moral compass spins out of control, the Vatican steps in, issuing a new list of seven deadly sins, which smacks a little of liberation theology. Kevin Swanson takes a look at it from the ethical perspective of a biblical worldview. Should we allow environmentally-conscious naked bike riders in Eugene, Oregon to determine the politically incorrect sins of the day, or shall we refer back to the laws of the Creator Himself? We end the program with a true assessment of the most evil things that are happening in our world today, as judged by the Creator Himself.

Interview: Dr. Brian Ray Are we witnessing an increase in the incidence of attacks on homeschool freedoms and parental choice in America? Judicial and legislative motions to regulate home education are cropping up from DC to Tennessee and from Nebraska to California. Kevin Swanson interviews preeminent education researcher, Dr. Brian Ray on these marked trends. Despite the expansion of homeschool freedoms over the last 20 years, a rising and vocal opposition is forming. Find out what you can do about it in this segment of Generations.

Skipping Church for the Ball Game "When I became a man, I put away childish things," says the Apostle Paul. Some say that children are growing up too fast. We're saying that they aren't growing up fast enough. They may be learning perversions earlier in life, but they certainly are not learning maturity. This leads to a discussion on games and sports. What part should sports play in the life of a young boy vs. a grown man? And what can we say about a family that will skip church for a soccer game? How do our choices in life communicate our priorities?

Pat Robertson Shouldn't Have Endorsed Rudy If the driving ethic behind political action is pragmatism, can anything reverse the slide into Gomorrah? From the conservativism of Ronald Reagan to the big-government socialism of Bush to the McCain/Pat Robertson/Guliani vision for America, where do we go next? The old conservative movement is fading quickly. The old "just vote for Hitler because he's better than Stalin," conservatives are disappearing and losing influence quickly in national politics. But there is a new breed of men and women of principle rising to displace the old guard. The long term effect of this new movement promises a much more significant impact than previous. The worldview foundations are stronger, convictions are steeled, and they are ready for action. In this segment of Generations, Kevin Swanson interviews Steve Curtis, president of American Right to Life, a new national organization committed to a principled stand on the life issue.

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.