The Generations Radio Program

What do you do if you started raising your kids with “gentle parenting,” and only just discovered what biblical discipline looks like?

How should you start administering the rod with a child who has never experienced it before? 

Kevin Swanson, Todd Strawser, and Bill Roach draw on scripture and extensive experience to answer this question from a listener. They talk about wisely navigating adjustments like this, and the deeper principles of discipleship that help you emulate the Father in your fathering.

- The importance of slow and humble changes, confessing that you didn’t have it right, and showing that you are trying to submit to the authority of Jesus, rather than make your family submit to you
- What it means to really love a child, so you focus on shepherding his soul, rather than just fixing his behavior
- Knowing what infractions to introduce the rod for, calibrating your discipline, and the proper place of gentleness
- Ensuring your children can pick up that you love them when you’re starting to use the rod, and retaining their heart without being a people-pleaser
- The importance of affirming, encouraging, and building up in addition to physical discipline

He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly (Pr 13:24). Let’s love our sons!

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Who is the man responsible for the most murders in the world? Warren Buffett has contributed to 2.7 million abortions in 10 years. But why is the man so committed to funding abortion? Kevin Swanson, the author of the book 'Apostate', traces the roots of Warren Buffet, the son of a conservative Christian statesman named Howard Buffet from the 1950s. You need to know how apostasy works, and the devastating consequences it yields on society

Does the New Testament change or correct the Old? Does it present a loving God rather than the Old Testament’s angry one? Or is the Old Testament of equal authority with the New Testament – in which case, are its laws still perfect and lovely, and necessary for Christian living?
 
 Kevin Swanson and Joshua Schwisow investigate how Jesus and the apostles treated the authority of the Old Testament. They discuss:
 
 - The God-breathed and completely sufficient nature of the Old Testament (2 Timothy 3:16–17)
 - How the gospel was preached beforehand to Abraham (Gal 3:8; Gen 12:3)
 - The authority of the Old Testament in the New Testament on matters prophetic, Christological, ethical, historical, doctrinal, typological, ecclesiological, and eschatological
 - The New Testament use of the Old Testament law for guiding how Christians should live, along with the moral example of figures like Joseph and David
 - Antinomians in the church who use the Old Testament exclusively for “redemptive themes” rather than moral imperatives
 
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Country music is the only genre that talks about getting laid and getting saved in the same song. But isn’t that a bit blasphemous – and should we even listen to that kind of thing? 

Kevin Swanson speaks with Bill Jack about how Americana turned gay…how “Christians” like Dolly Parton and Carrie Underwood helped…and where to draw the line in consuming the sorts of music they helped popularize.

What you’ll hear:

- The 52-year history of glazing fornication and homosexuality as fun and judgment-free (and how Dolly Parton was at the forefront of this back in 2005)
- How the female artists have gone from most conservative, to most revolutionary, over the past 20 years
- How music lured us into cultural revolution by making it seem attractive and desirable
- The difference between excellent art, like John Lennon’s “Imagine,” and art worthy of immersing yourself in for enjoyment
- Practical ways to decide what to listen to (and what not to), including ideas like printing out lyrics to examine them with your kids

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How do you keep your kids wanting to hang out with you once they’re grown up? Kevin talks to Todd Wilson of FamilyManWeb.com about the lessons learned in parenting “after graduation.” They discuss knowing when to hand over the baton (and how not to drop it)…tactics for effectively influencing your kids (without driving them away)…and how to restore broken relationships (instead of not talking for months or years).

Your phone might be the biggest discipleship battle in your home - and you don't even realize it.

In this episode of Discipleship for Dads, Kevin Swanson, Todd Strawser, and Danny Craig put their phones down long enough to ask the hard question: what is that little screen actually doing to your walk with God and your relationship with your family?

They dig into the heart behind the habit - diversion, escapism, the "tyranny of the urgent," FOMO, and the love of pleasure over the love of God - and open the Word to find real answers (1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, Psalm 1, Galatians 5).

What you'll hear:
• Why "providential proximity" should change how you use your phone
• Redeeming the wasted "cracks" of your day with Scripture and prayer
• Practical guardrails - leave it in the car, leave it in the office
• When (and how) to give your kids a phone
• Building a family culture worth putting the phone down for

Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls (Proverbs 25:28). Let's build the walls back up.

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A virtual family reformation is sweeping the nation, but as most people know, the foundation of the family occurs when a young man marries a young woman. But what happens when 70 percent of young men are not grown up by 30 years of age, up from 30 percent in 1970 (per Newsweek magazine)? The average marriage age is shifting significantly, and evangelicals and homeschooling families are facing many of the same problems as the rest of the culture. Kevin interviews Voddie Baucham, the author of the book, "What He Must Be, If He Wants to Marry My Daughter."

Download the episode MP3 audio here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2520780/episodes/19781496-generations-radio-legacy-episode-so-you-want-to-marry-my-daughter-interview-with-voddie-baucham.mp3

We’ve had about 100 years of people being “cool” – curating their image to be socially desirable and admirable. But does coolness have a place in a Christian culture? Kevin and Josh talk about where “cool” came from…the connection between coolness and pride…and how pop culture and fashion influence it. Then they go to scripture to ask if it is ultimately possible to be meek, humble, lowly, modest…and still remain cool.

The US federal debt has topped $40 trillion. Government spending has never been higher. Things look bad – is there any hope for the future? Kevin talks to Sam Rust about the good and bad times of America’s history, and what we have to be hopeful about in light of the past. They also break down Trump’s recent ranking of US presidents…and offer a better one, with some top picks that might surprise him!

Download the episode MP3 here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2520780/episodes/19769549-are-the-good-times-over-for-good.mp3

Why did dinosaurs go extinct? Was it because the seed of the woman crushed their heads? Kevin speaks with Bodie Hodge about his new book, “Dinosaurs, Dragons, and the Bible.” They discuss whether dinosaurs and dragons are the same thing…examples of dragons described by cultures around the world until the 1500s…why scientists dismiss these historical records…whether dragons could breathe fire…and if there could still be dinosaurs alive out there!