The Generations Radio Program

There is one worm in the gourd, one little fly swimming around in the ointment of modern life — STI’s.  The New York Times editorializes on the shame culture that still surrounds STI’s.  We are reaping the whirlwind now, with the massive increase in drug deaths and STI infections.  We talk about God’s redemption, as well as the physical consequences that surround a dissolute culture.  What are the affects, for example, of pornography addictions on the next 25-50 years of a marriage?

The last thing you want to do is split your church or support group over debates on essential oils. Opinions fly fast and furiously. But Christians insist on liberties on the use of God’s plants, while at the same time requiring truthfulness. The constant quest for a fountain of youth and for a panacea for all ills is something Christians are not interested in. Here are principles for handling snake oil and God’s good oils.

High-profile divorces like Todd and Sarah Palin’s have a symbolic significance for the state of a nation. But, then there are high-profile solid marriages like that of our Vice President. Is a man’s or a woman’s marriage of more importance and significance than the government policy or political impact they tout? In a day when too many homeschool marriages, young conservative, and Christian marriages are falling apart around us, Kevin Swanson offers some tips on divorce-proofing the young marriage.

Christianity Today reports on the rise of what they call the “Plato-loving, homeschool elitists.”  But, do we really want to raise elitists?  Does pride and elitism really help us, at the end of the day, or is it counter productive to all that is good?  We develop a little more on what Parmenides, Zeno, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Sophocles, and Euripides really taught.  We pull apart their worldviews and point out that their meta-ethic and metaphysic was fundamentally flawed from the outset. The futile thinking of the Greeks destroyed their big empire in 7 years, and brought them to birth-implosions, abortion, and sexual dysfunctionality. . . sort of like the Western world today.

How do Christians influence our world today with the increase of terrorism, rising persecution for Christians, and gross immorality? Where are the Daniels, Josephs, and Esthers today? David and Jason Benham speak to their latest book “Living Among Lions” in this interview with Kevin Swanson.  The Benham brothers speak of how to avoid the fear of man, and how to maintain strong convictions and compassion at the same time. 

Lifeway research has found that 65% of Protestant churchgoers say they can “walk with God without other believers.”  Only 9% strongly disagreed with that statement, and felt the church community was very important for their walk with God. But, what happens to an ear when it is cut off from a body?  Isolation is a means of apostasy, especially in the modern age.  The church has lost respect, big time.  But so have pastors — they are among the most despised lot in the country today. 

We resolve the conflict between Alyssa Milano and Senator Ted Cruz. How could you love God, love your daughters, and love the bad guy who is breaking into your house?  Kevin Swanson urges family defense and shooting out of love for God and love for your neighbor. Why do liberals set God’s law against love?  Also, we discuss the new liberalism of identity politics. 

We go through a litany of examples of the rising police state and tyranny in this country. Kevin Swanson brings up the common scenario of guys sitting around smoking pot and watching Alex Jones. While not addressing the content of the material, what is wrong with the scenario itself? And, what is really the solution? We also bring out the testimony of our Lord and the Apostle Paul in terms of how to handle tyranny. 

Hong Kong is the most free nation in the world according to the Heritage Foundation’s Freedom Index, and this nation is fighting tooth and nail to retain these freedoms. The reason, of course, is that freedom is only possible because of the Christian heritage of 175 years of missionary work in Hong Kong. We play real footage of Christians singing Christian hymns on the streets of Hong Kong as they seek freedom from communist rule. This is a major indication of Christ’s influence in the east, after 2,500 terrible years of tyranny in China. Listen to the exciting story of western freedoms, and the Christian influence that produced it — and has waned in our generation.

Scientists are hypothesizing that 99% of life was wiped out by some catastrophic event that happened 2 billion years ago. Yet, there is 1000X more proof pointing to a worldwide flood some 4,000 years ago. We go over the data, and find explanations for the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Rim and the massive lakes of molten lava on the side of the moon facing the earth.