The Generations Radio Program

Young people today appear to be riddled with depression and low self-esteem. However, many young people in college also expect to be paid a six-figure salary upon entering the workforce. Kevin Swanson and Steve Vaughan address this odd phenomenon in our world today.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

With everything going woke now, and Walmart about as bad as Target by the “woke indexes,” must we boycott just about every company now? We review the 1792 Exchange and 2ndVote.com, and consider the strategy when the opposing team has got us on our own 2-yard line. What are you called to do when it comes to standing for righteousness in an unrighteous world?

We take up two relevant contemporary examples of how God's law must be maintained as the standard for human society. Governments have a choice between God's law or chaos. What must governments do when dogs kill humans? What do Christians say about efforts to reparations for those who have served as slaves, or those who have been kidnapped by Muslim slave traders in the 18th century, or the 21st century for that matter?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

A "redoubt" is a small, often temporary, defensive fort, and some are attempting this in northern Idaho. We are back to the discussion—is this a time to concentrate the salt? Are we in a defensive position? Where can we live where the petty tyrants and big government tyrants might just leave us alone? Strategy, agenda, and calling is important and worth discussing. Will we shift our energies to local politics, or should Christians just abandon politics altogether? What's our first concern when it comes to building Christian community?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Jimmy Carter has a "personal relationship with Jesus Christ," and he believes that "Jesus Christ would approve gay marriage." Lesson learned: the American liberal theology of the 20th century yielded the liberal politics of the 20th century. And, beware of pat religious phrases stuffed with the wrong theology. We analyze former President Jimmy Carter's faith rooted in the fatal theology of Paul Tillich and Reinhold Niebuhr . . . as he approaches the end of his life. Pray for him.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Families are moving out of the big blue cities into the red states, and they get 10 times the house for half the price (or something like that). But this brings up the bigger questions: Are Christians called to minister in the inner cities? Or will they make a bigger impact (culturally speaking) in the rural counties? Are we called to separatism or puritanism? We grapple with these big questions at one of the most critical moments in the history of a civilization—at the very fall of the West. Is it time to move your family? New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

The stock market has turned into a casino. Nearly half the options on S&P 500 stocks as well as on SPY and QQQ have maturities of less than 24 hours (0DTE). This means that everybody is after a quick buck . . . a REALLY quick buck . . . about as quick as a slot machine in Vegas. Now, 60% of options traded had maturities of 1-2 days, up from 0% in 2010, and 6% in 2018. Investor-to-gambler ratio has changed dramatically . . . by 60-fold in thirteen years. What are the biblical principles that underlie a healthy economy? We go over them on this broadcast.

After 80 years, the "Doomsday Clock" has been moved up to 90 seconds before midnight. That’ the closest humanity has ever been to “Armageddon.” What’s the worldview operating here? Worldly scientists have turned more pessimistic than ever, but will this be a self-fulfilling prophecy? We remind our listeners God is control, and He is destabilizing the nations. But, Christians must submit to God’s laws, remain humble, and seek the Lord. The second major nuclear arms race is now under way.

Worldviews clash on this program, as Jen Wilkin encourages Christian families to support the public schools, allow for a pluralistic polytheistic worldview in the public schools, while being sure to avoid the "Christianizing" of public schools. Must we support a Marxist approach, allowing all children equal opportunities and equal access to wealth? Are we supposed to send our children into learning centers that are entirely rooted in a polytheistic or pluralistic worldview? Or are we supposed to cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

The national media is all abuzz with what is happening at Asbury College in Kentucky. So far, 100,000 people have made their pilgrimage to the scene of the revivals. But how does the Bible define revival? What is it to be revived spiritually, and what are the biblical indications of a true Holy Spirit outpouring? Why is preaching and the Word of God more on the back burner with modern revivals—displaced by "worship music," testimony, and prayer groups?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

What may be the most well-publicized, horrific murders in America as decried by the media has a redemptive element to it. The liberals hate God's redemption and God's law, but for some reason they get very preachy and religious in their deprecations for Charles Manson. Kevin Swanson points out how God redeems some murderers. Charles Tex Watson outlines the sins he committed to lead him to the Helter Skelter gruesome murders of 1969. Watson was raised in a Christian family and the first sin that led him to these nightmarish evils . . . disobedience to his parents.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Guest host Adam McManus interviews Allan Parker, President of The Justice Foundation, who asserts that there are some intriguing similarities between the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education and the 2022 Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization rulings of the Supreme Court. In both cases, the Supreme Court admitted it was wrong. In the first, they admitted that the races should not be segregated. In the second, they admitted that there was no constitutional right to abortion. Plus, Parker addressed: * the weaponization of the FBI through harassment and prosecution of peaceful, pro-life activists for standing on the right-of-way in front of abortion mills urging women to choose life at the last minute. Thankfully, pro-lifer Mark Houck, the father of 11, was acquitted on January 30th of the charge of allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. * the Safe Haven law that allows a woman to give up her child within 60 days to a fire station or hospital. * the Biden administration's attempt to provide abortions to members of the military and their dependents on military bases in pro-life states that have outlawed abortion. * Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abram’s justification of abortion for women who cannot afford gas or food.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Jesus gets a billion-dollar promotional campaign with Super Bowl ads, etc. The focal points are humanity, identification with man's feelings, and opposing hate and polarization. But still, Christ crucified doesn't market that well. What's the objective? Where are we going with all of our efforts? Let's keep the objective in mind—disciple the nations, call to repentance, and teach them to observe all He has commanded.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Artificial Intelligence isn’t coming. It’s already here. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are well ahead of us in developing A.I. The worldview coming out of it is decidedly leftist. So how does this tie into a Biblical worldview? On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson and Adam McManus address concerns over worldviews, artificial intelligence, and technology.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Here are four questions to ask to determine if sports is turning into an idol in your life. When did Sunday sports replace church attendance at Lord's Day observance? We go over some of the wrong and right uses of sports, and close on God's definition of rest and pleasure (vs. what man comes up with for himself).New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Here's a report from the worst of the worst suffering on Earth when it comes to Christian persecution. It doesn't get any worse than this in terms of the number of martyrs, refugees, and kidnappings. But for us, this is the opportunity of the millennium to serve the tortured body of Christ, the least of these His brothers. Donate here: https://equippingthepersecuted.org/

We are questioned about pastors with facial piercings and cranial implants. And, what about converted neo-nazis sporting swastikas, converted Muslims wearing kufis, and converted homosexuals who carry on adorning themselves in feminine apparel? This brings up a short discussion on semiotics. What we are looking for is a little honesty, a true reflection of a worldview, and a self-consistent application of that worldview in cultural expression.

A discussion on gender-neutral language with the TNIV and NIV leads to an investigation into Christian publishing. The timeline of Zondervan, Thomas Nelson, and Multnomah selling out to secular companies pretty much marks the collapse of American Christianity in the 2000s. Now, 54% of the large Christian publishers are owned by the likes of Harper Collins and Random House . . . in case anybody was wondering why the squish factor in Christian books increased in the last 15 years. But why is the worldview of feminism and gender neutrality so essential to the apostasy and the breakdown of Western civilization?

Has Kirk Cameron left behind "Left Behind?" We consider a recent interview clip featuring Kirk, in the wake of another film episode of Left Behind ("The Rise of the Antichrist"). Does a certain eschatology require a pessimistic view of the church? What about polishing the brass on a sinking ship? How did short-term evangelism take the place of digging in for longer-term discipleship? Amid the apocalyptic fervor of the last 200 years, did we just lose 200 years of serious discipleship?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Here is a candid conversation on maintaining sexual purity in ministry, and as well for any young man who is in the battle and preparing for ministry. How do we engage regular disciplines, self-control, right accountability and transparency, and spiritual defensive and offensive warfare with the devil? Kevin Swanson catches up with his brother (from the mission field in the Philippines) on the topic. New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

The 2023 Grammys Award ceremony celebrated artists and songs featuring transgenderism, Satanism, and profanity. But the Grammys have turned into an irrelevant side show. Among 77 of the top-selling albums of all time, only 1 comes from the last 20 years . . . and that was 12 years ago. Popular music and the popular icons that go with it is done. It's over for the pop-culture phenomenon of the last 60 years. The world passes away with its lusts thereof, but he who does the will of God abides forever. What is the source of this destructive force on culture, and why is every major institution behind the destructive agenda? But how do we rebuild a culture out of the ruins, or do we resort to the metaphoric islands of culture and freedom?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Biblical law requires that we not give to any respect of persons in judgment when it comes to how we view evil. For the most part, the media does not comply with Biblical law in this matter, and most other areas of jurisprudence. Therefore, Christians need to be on their game in matters relating to police abuse (which can be a real issue), police who are killed in the line of duty, etc. We lay out the issue in biblical terms, using Luke 3, Exodus 21, and Deuteronomy 17:12-13.

Are Americans missing the message? Leading pastors are losing hope in the power of the Gospel, and they have given up on the conversion of homosexuals. Andy Stanley reveals a devastating breach of faith when giving up on the possibility of God saving homosexuals. This is a lapse of faith, and a breach of humility. Jesus didn't come to call the righteous, and those who are too proud to admit they are sinners. Jesus came to call sinners to repentance.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Jinger Duggar Vuolo joins the "Gothard Recovery Group," (what appears to be an expanding help group) . . . as witnessed by her recent publicized interview on Fox News Digital. While the enemies of God will jump all over the scandals, the internal conflicts, and the shams of Christianity, they will never be able to sort out the good, the bad, and the ugly in the mix. While it isn't our job to sort out the Gothard mess and the basic life principles thereunto, we do wish to speak to the basic biblical principles by which we may better distinguish truth and error in any ministry or system of thought. We quickly tour through the ditches of legalism, antinomianism, wrong relationships of justification and sanctification, arbitrary hermeneutics, the sovereign-controlling tendencies of man-centered doctrine, and "the Lord told me" spiritual pseudo-authority.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Here is a 90-year tour of blockbuster movies and their impact on the world, beginning in the 1930s and ending in the 2020s. We look at three radical cultural breaks—the genre shift, the moral shift, and the worldview shift. It was a crossover from reality to unreality, from illusion to delusion, from an external morality to a blatant immorality, and from a Christian worldview underpinning to pantheism and naturalism.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Will Christians passively accept the new social agenda, or is this the time to take off the gloves in the cultural and social wars? The present agenda of those attacking family, fatherhood, sexuality, and economy are self-consciously self-destructive. . . . This isn’t just some culture revolution . . . this is cultural suicide. But what will Christians do? Chris Willey speaks with us about his new book, “The Household and the War for the Cosmos.” New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

By the end of the year, about 3-4% of the salmon sold in the American markets for human consumption will be GMO-designed salmon. Hey, they grow twice as fast as normal salmon! And lab-grown meat is on its way too. How does Leviticus 19:19 tie in, or doesn't it? Could corporate greed wind up cutting too many corners when it comes to human health? What happens when the entire scientific world is wrapped up in greed or a lack of the fear of God? Shall the man body or animals be used for some purpose not intended by the Creator? Christians need to start answering a few questions as the brave new world marches on.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Almost 80% of US parents are concerned about their children's mental health. That wasn't the case for Almanzo Wilder's parents in 1880. What in the world happened to our world? Media. Transgenderism. Isolation. Wrong thinking about everything. God gives them up to a corrupt mind. . . . But how do we raise our children outside of the mental institute called "our world?"New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Here is one of the most interesting cultural shifts in the last 40 years. Cremation rates exploded from 5.7% to 57.5%, and this vision for burning up human bodies was let loose on the Western world in the 1880s by a Druid high priest from Wales. This makes for an ideal study of human culture and worldview because culture is religion externalized. Belief in the resurrection dropped off fast when the materialist worldview came on like a freight train into America and the West. What do you REALLY believe? What you really believe will betray itself in the compendium of choices you make in life . . . your cultural expression. New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

The Decadent 1900s and 1910s in Germany and Russia led to World War I. The Roaring Twenties led to the Depressing 30s and the World War 40s. Where will the insane 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s lead the West? The pride, the power-mongering, and the lust in the hearts of men bring about wars. But also, God brings desolations in the earth as an act of temporal judgment. But how does the church respond to World War III?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Drugging associated with The American Boy Disease (ADHD) has doubled in just 5 years, and the diagnosing of ADHD has increased seven-fold since 1997. This may be the most dramatic social development in 20 years. Kevin Swanson gives a list of ten things parents can do for boys before resorting to drugs.

The wokeness of universities has reached fever pitch—even in conservative states like Florida. It's a fatal cocktail. The universities are working on a fatal cocktail—of Marxism (Class envy), Racism (Skin Color envy), and Homosexualism (Moral anarchy). But, we have the perfect solution for Governor DeSantis. Get the state entirely out of the college business. Wash your hands, and just walk away. Government should get out of the making-money business as well.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

What happens when men act like children, and homosexuals rule the nations? Isaiah 3 speaks plainly of this—they will cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths. That's pretty much what's happening to the Western nations now. The major means by which this has happened is with the Education Complex, the Obamacare/Medical Complex, and the Disrespect for Marriage Act. The US federal government is extremely destructive. It has become a wrecking ball for American society. How do Christians duck out of the destruction? Helpful tips here.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

The fatal compromise committed by Christian adoption agencies like Bethany Services results in tragic, tragic consequences. Shall we use the Scriptures to determine the ethical right and wrong and the significance of some lapse in character . . . or would we need the Regnerus study to inform our position on homosexual adoption?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

President Biden appoints a Muslim as Ambassador for Religious Liberty while 99% of the religious martyrdoms in the world are Muslim on Christian. We get the message. The other fox in the hen house is the Nigerian president, recently commended by our president for his commitment to “democracy” or something. The largest genocides in the world right now are Muslim-participating—The Congo, Sudan, and Nigeria. Do Christians advocate for biblical justice, or mercy, or both? Do we have any concern for the persecuted church, and do we call for the vengeance of the Lamb? How does Luke 18:1ff apply?

Christian talk show host Eric Metaxas felt compelled to write the book Letter to the American Church. After having studied the German church during the Nazi era in his research for his exceptional biography entitled Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, he was struck by the disturbing similarities with today’s American church. Guest host Adam McManus talks with Metaxas who echoes Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s prophetic call. The nationally syndicated talk show host exhorts Christians to repent of their silence in the face of evil before it is too late. After all, it was the brave Bonhoeffer who famously said, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.” Sadly, when the American church saw the evil implemented by Democratic Senator Lyndon Johnson of Texas in 1954 through the Johnson Amendment, it remained silent. The church desperately needs courage to speak up in the face of today’s evils of abortion, evolution, euthanasia, sexual perversion, and the Left’s indoctrination of children.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Jordan Peterson is running into loggerheads with that other godless religion—psychology. He's persona non-grata with that system that worships man and looks into man for salvation. He's about to lose his license to practice psychology in Canada. But do we care if a Hindu priest is defrocked by his priestly convention? Not really. We compare worldly psychology to a biblical world and life view relating to anthropology and man's basic problem.

The Pink Tide of Socialism is swallowing up South America (and North America as well, for that matter). Protests work for the Left, but they don't work for the Right—only because the media is always controlled by the Left. The staged leftist protests get the coverage from the 90% of media controlled by the Left, while the protests on the Right are made to look stupid and gain little momentum via media. Communists and anarchists are actually best friends, both of which reject God's law. What's the solution for corrupt governments and tyrannical dictatorships? Only the rise of self-government and the discipleship of nations could possibly reintroduce liberty to the world (whether that be Brazil or the US). Liberty is not possible where there is no adequate self-government . . . or where 84% of children are born out of wedlock, and single moms make up almost half the population.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Convenience abortion is more convenient than ever, with Mifepristone abortions (the kill pill) increasing to anywhere from 650,000 to 1.6 million per year in this country. The FDA is doing everything possible to ease up restrictions on DIY abortions. There were more than 2 abortions in Kentucky in September and October of last year. What are the health risks? What happens to a society when the love of so many has grown this cold? How will Christians respond? How do we put these demons back into Pandora's box? God can.

Warning: Consider not including children with this edition of Generations. A new report from Common Sense Media finds that Christian/Religious schools are far worse than public schools when it comes to peer-influencing and porn-sharing (41% vs. 20%). Less accessibility at home means more accessibility with peers. The majority of children have seen explicit pornography by 13 years of age, up from virtually 0% in the early 1970s. Is there any way that we can avoid stumbling the little ones, and avoid the millstone treatment mentioned in Matthew 18? New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Christian kids attending public schools and Christian schools have registered a non-stop steady decline in adherence to a Christian worldview over 35 years straight. Only homeschools and a few principle-approach Christian schools have done better. Dan Smithwick from Nehemiah Institute explains the recent trends and the reason why there is still no improvement in the overall numbers. Education matters. The shift in Christian civilization in the West occurred at the turn of the 20th century in the schools under the influence of John Dewey and the Frankfurt School.

One of the most shocking moments in the history of Big TV played out last week when the whole professional sports scene turned religious—briefly. An ESPN analyst stopped everything to pray on national television. But why? Did 50 people die in a snowstorm, and another 100 get killed in a hurricane hitting the shores of Florida? Worshiping sports, science, or politics—the national religion is still wrong. Whereas one sports figure collapses on the field may not indicate much in terms of a national problem. But what about 1,100 in a single year?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Not much of the loyal opposition showed up in the 2022 election. Trump blames conservative pro-lifers for not bending on rape and incest exceptions, but at the same time, the former president points the finger at pro-lifers for not being active enough post-Roe reversal. The more basic challenges are still education, pop-culture, the churches, and the lack of Christian-based news media. Why the contradiction in Kentucky? Abortion is down in numbers, but the people vote pro-abortion in the 2022 election. The heart of the nation is severely compromised.

Christian Pop singer Amy Grant is going out of her way to endorse homosexuality, to the point of hosting a same-sex faux wedding. The leading CCM artists are following suit. What about our Christian friends who now “accept” homosexual acquaintances the way they are? Have they sold their souls to the devil, or just sold themselves for the favor of the world? James said those who are friends of the world will be enemies with God. New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

British police are busy arresting women praying silently on the sidewalk, while babies are killed just over the fence at the abortuary. Meanwhile, they have failed to solve 1,145,254 thefts and burglaries, not to mention 300,000 violent crimes last year. The UK has reached to the heights of tyranny and useless government to boot. But where do Christian families raise their children in an increasingly lawless society? Will there ever be a restoration of some semblance of government in the West?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Newsweek reports on a prominent evangelical family in America. Three of the children are divorced; there's drug addiction, teenage pregnancy, eating disorders, spousal abuse, and alcohol abuse. Is this normative, or is there a different biblical model for family life? The weakness of the faith is obvious in the breakdown of the family in this country, but how do we build it back? Kevin Swanson interviews Voddie Baucham on his book "Family-Driven Faith" on this edition of Generations.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

The Washington Post has a scare piece on homeschooling and the rise of “Christian Nationalists,” to include a not-very-fair assessment of ABeka (and BJU Press). We take another look at Christian nationalism, and find we prefer decentralization over centralization, and Christian law over whatever Karl Marx was all about, Islamic law, Hindu law, or even Nancy Pelosi law. Was America ever a Christian nation by any definition? And how does a history course deal with the sins of a nation, and by what standard would we define sin?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

How did we get from gender role confusion to gender confusion—from feminism to transgenderism? The revolution starts with the Bolsheviks, far more interested in a social revolution over a political revolution. Vladimir Lenin's first commitment was to feminism and the destruction of marriage and the family. The fundamental ethic was not so much free sex, as the emancipation and independence of women, and the dissolution of the family unit . . . with the father or husband as a responsible head. Now that the destruction has worked its way into every developed country in the world, what will Christians do?New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

It was the year the nuclear arms race reengaged . . . the pink socialist tide rolled back over South America . . . Elon went up and back down again . . . Trump came back down . . . Roe v. Wade reversed but the loyal opposition didn't show up for the midterms . . . Queen Elizabeth's death ended the Christian era in England . . . persecution against Christians boiled over . . . the evangelicals squished on the Disrespect for Marriage Act, and the remnant toughened. Join Kevin Swanson and Adam McManus for a fast-paced year in review in the 2022nd year of the King.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com

Disciple nations by disciple-ing families to disciple their family, one family at a time. That's the strategy handed down from Scripture, and the Generations team is united on the vision. Here is a drive-by history of Generations with Kevin Swanson, Chad Roach, Joshua Schwisow, and Daniel Craig.New kids and family podcast from Generations - TeachMeTheFaith.com