While shots were firing, children were calling 911, and parents were in utter distress, the 79 minutes passed like a horror movie at the Uvalde, Texas primary school last week. While not wanting to Monday-morning quarterback the police activities, we do wish to address the fundamental disposition of a post-Christian society towards risk. The constant concern for “safe places” portends a society averse to risk. But, safe is not the highest value. Righteousness, liberty, and giving up your life for others is a higher value than “safe.” The Church is not a safe place, but He prepares a table before us in the presence of our enemies!

What are we looking for when it comes to solid hymns for the church and family? When you want to get beyond the primal screams, the 7-11 ditties, and the worldview of romanticism, how would you rediscover the theological depth and beauty of hymnody? We explore some of the ways to teach your children hymn lyrics. What better way to deepen the piety and the faith of the home?

Since the early 1980s, the press has been somewhat supportive of homeschooling. That is starting to change. MSNBC is now going after Christian homeschooling and Kirk Cameron's "fundamentalism." Kirk points to public education as "Public Enemy Number One." What is this Christian Homeschool Phobia that is rising among liberals? Do they have reason to fear?

The world economy is cracking. We're heading into a Category 7 hurricane when it comes to the socio-political and economic conditions of the world. Homeschooling moms are heading off to Congress to save the nation. These are critical times in which godly leaders will be needed most urgently, but the pickin's are slim these days. Not many young men receive the male mentorship they need. Not many are emerging from the ranks of homeschooling with the willingness to deny themselves and die for Christ—really lay down their lives for the cause of liberty and righteousness. With a few exceptions, we are doing a lousy job cultivating godly leaders in our families and churches. We get too many Madison Cawthornes, an embarrassment to the homeschool ranks.

Why are pro-life organizations so much less likely to stick to principle and self-consistency than their pro-abortion counterparts? Obviously, few people want to admit that 25% (give or take) of Americans are murderers. There is a wimpiness about the current versions of the Christian faith . . . and Christian leaders who have a hard time calling a spade a spade. This soft and sentimental approach to sin in the family, in the church, and in our society is just wrong. It is a rejection of the gospel at root.

Christian voices are pressing for government to preempt mass killings, but are we asking too much government? Will gun control do that much for the 1% of murders committed by assault rifles? Sadly, 40 children (or so) die every year from shootings in the public school . . . but what about the 7-10 million who die from abortion and the use of abortifacients? And, what about the souls that are lost by the purveying of the wrong worldview among the 55 million children attending these schools?

Christian

women are asking if there is a life of Christ that is not saturated

in entertainment, feeding flesh, flirting, and glamour contests. What

would it be to be a set-apart woman? Leslie Ludy from Set-Apart Woman

Ministries joins us to challenge ladies about this life of holiness.

How might one transition from a saturation in the world to a focus on

eternal priorities, setting affections on things above, and spending

time with God?

The stock market is entering

bear market status, and the next Great Recession is almost certain. But,

most troubling now is the farm crisis and food shortages looming. Price

fixing on the part of the big corporations isn’t helping the little guy, and

the disappearance of the family farm will prove problematic. Before we get to

practical preparations, we address the more important subject—spiritual

preparation. How do we prepare spiritually for what is coming?

Evangelical

Christians tend to give Disney a free pass when it comes to their

older movies and shows. However, did Disney ever have a righteous

agenda? On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson and Adam

McManus discuss the negative impact Disney has had on the culture,

from back in the 80s and 90s to now.

What can we say for pastors who are not teaching a biblical worldview? Only 12% of youth pastors and 13% of teaching pastors have a biblical worldview, and they tend to be weakest on areas of morality. Why are pastors weak on God's law? And, what about pastors who send their children to public schools? Should a concerned congregant speak to a pastor who sends his children to public schools that do not teach the fear of God as the beginning of wisdom and knowledge?