Generations Radio

Children’s church, youth ministry, and highly age-segregated church programming fit well into the new social structures of the 20th century, but could not find basis in Scripture. Getting away from God’s order for family and church has been catastrophic for both. What if the church did what the church is supposed to do, and Christian families did what the family is supposed to do? What if both family and church experienced spiritual revival in the 21st century? What would happen in twenty years? 

The Gen Z’ers are “the best educated generation yet.” And they are 70% socialist as compared to 53% of Gen X’ers, 49% of Baby Boomers, and 39% of the Silent Generation. The correlation between the percentage of kids attending college and the percentage bending socialist is almost perfect. Phenomenal! Do you really want to pay $250,000 just to be sure your daughter will vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2028 elections while she gets a liberal, liberal arts education at Dartmouth or Yale or Christian colleges like Wheaton? 

Christians are exhorted to be very discerning here, especially when buying birthday cards. Yes, Hallmark conveys a humanist worldview more often than not. This self-definition-obsessed existentialist worldview now runs on steroids and has affected everything from birthday cards to movies.

Over the years, the government has made efforts to eliminate all danger in the forms of making various things illegal. Is it the government's responsibility to get rid of any and all safety concerns, or is risk ultimately a part of life? Bill Jack and Kevin Swanson discuss the nanny state on this edition of Generations.

So many years ago, pastors and presidents would call for days of repentance, fasting, and prayer when disaster struck. But those days are long gone. When the Tower of Siloam fell or when fires struck Maui, Jesus would say, “Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.” Does that sound compassionate to you, or does the present age define compassion wrongly? Our response first is the fear of God, and then repentance, and faith, and an increased awareness of His judgements and mercies.    

Some Christian sects forbid all alcohol, alcoholic mouthwash, and painkillers altogether. Others rush into alcohol and tobacco with great zealousness and a distinct lack of sobriety. Men of the world look at alcohol, marijuana, peyote, and the like as essentials for a decent “good time.” But what about us? Shall we be filled with the spirits, or filled with the Holy Spirit, as the basic constituent of glad fellowship? More importantly, how do we prepare our young men to be sober, grave, thoughtful, wise, temperate, and full of Holy Spirit fruits?

As those of Hindu persuasion and background increasingly take up the reins of governments in the post-Christian West, will they bring Sati back? Persecutions are stepping up in Hindu and Muslim countries, and Hindus and Muslims are increasingly involved in US and UK politics. The worldview switch will have consequences in the world. What is the big lesson for the remnant of Christians remaining in the West?

On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson and Steve Vaughan discuss a recent Wall Street Journal article stating middle-aged Americans are leaving the church in droves. Disillusionment with recent scandals is a big problem, but many say it's because they got too busy to go back. Is Christianity just a brief oasis or a halfway house that we go to to make ourselves feel better, or are we on a battleground where our faith is tested and grown through trials?

What happens to a world that has abandoned a Christian worldview and has reverted to a science that does not fear God? Scorched earth warfare came back with a vengeance in the civil war under the military leadership of Sherman and Sheridan, and continued through the 20th century. The modern humanist-scientist developed a technology that could destroy a fairly large percentage of the world's population rather quickly. J. Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi are responsible—more aligned with a secular materialist, agnostic, and Hindu worldview than a Christian worldview. Then, Truman and Stimson were responsible for pushing the buttons. Nimitz, MacArthur, and Eisenhower were not supportive. But the more fundamental question is: How does this stand up against Deuteronomy 20?

Women on average are making 32% more than they did in 1979 (on weekly earnings). Men are making 4% less. In 2021, almost twice as many women than men joined the workforce. The trend continues. Of all the net jobs the economy added in the past year, 3.3 million went to women and 3.1 million went to men. This socio-economic formula is unsustainable. Inflation has eaten away the standard of living by a huge percentage since 1979, but the dry rot is more a character problem than anything else.