The Generations Radio Program

Will the pro-abortion, independent candidate for president, Robert Kennedy, split the conservative vote or the liberal vote? The question comes down to a commitment to either . . . the pro-life position or the anti-government populist position among American conservatives. How pro-life are the pro-lifers in the US? Recent data from Gallup finds that pro-abortionists are more committed to their position than the pro-lifers, especially when it comes to elections.

On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson interviews Kenny Sargent, Jackson Barlau, and Zach Freeman of Sargent Family Productions about the importance of Christian influence in media. Has your family been searching for God-honoring radio dramas to listen to? Sargent Family Productions is a Christian ministry that has been involved with the production of audio dramatizations and has just released a new audio book. You can find their products at sargentfamilyproductions.org, and Generations listeners can receive a 20% discount by going to sargentfamilyproductions.org/generationsradio.

The leviathan hold on the three power centers is pretty much complete now. The cultural Marxists have got it. By all indexes, the American media, universities, and business world has gone woke, liberal, progressive, regressive—whatever you want to call it. We identify the most evil man in the world, at least in terms of influence on others—Warren Buffett, and note the push back on Disney. Is it too little too late? 

There are major disconnects between church leadership and laity especially when it comes to socio-political matters. The same principle applies across the board—to Catholics, evangelicals, and main liners. Who's influencing the laity if the pastors are pretty irrelevant?

Children are reading less and less, but are we satisfied with readers if they are addicted to reading the wrong stuff? Will they be lost in the metaphor, or will they find the right interpretation and application of the metaphor in real life? We briefly consider the merits of Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Chronicles of Narnia. 

The high-profile sex trials of the former president Donald Trump immediately bring to mind Proverbs 7 and 31. If many strong men have been slain by her, what about you and me? The warning is humbling. We touch on some history from Grover Cleveland, Warren Harding, and Woodrow Wilson to John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton.  

Here is the wonderful story of a Tibetan Buddhist monk who gets saved while doing sherpa work on Everest. It is the story of amazing transformations, daring evangelism, harrowing mission treks, and persecution on the mountains of Tibet. Don't miss this first-hand story from the Tibetan Paul . . . telling of what God is doing in the fasting-growing mission field in the world. In this program, Kevin interviews Pastor Paul from Tibet, who shares his story about his conversion and God's incredible work in his life and so many other lives all throughout Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Tibet.

Over the past 10-15 years, America has become a consuming nation, spending more money than has ever been spent in the past. The debt to GDP ratio has increased from 56% to 129% since 2008. What happens to a nation that consumes more than they produce, and what is the root problem when this occurs?

Gloria Steinem and Gloria Friedan have done their work. As the smoke clears and the dust settles, one cannot help but see the damage done on all of human society. But how does the Christian respond? Is it possible to overreact? How do we address the questions of women working outside of the home, or teaching women in the church? Kevin Swanson lays out a pattern for addressing these critical matters. #1. Define the antithesis and the damage done by the enemy. #2. State the biblical principle and call for implementation. #3. Urge every family and church to love God with all their minds to make the right applications.

There are diversions in the church, and then there are Christian tabloid diversions to keep us up to date on the diversions. We were asked about a certain occurrence playing out at a men's conference in Springfield, Missouri, hoping we could explain the general messed-uppedness of whatever happened there. This opens up a different conversation about diversions, the entertainment culture, the cool, big famous preacher guys, and the replacement of church with something (we're not exactly sure what it is).