Generations Radio

Amazon’s recent docu-series was all up in arms that “Generation Joshua” or “Teen Pact” might have played a part in the vast right-wing conspiracy to "take America back." But now, Alex Harris (one of the participants) is backing away from this sort of Christian political involvement. But what’s up with The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and the E.R.L.C? Is there a “Gelatinizing of the Faith” going on with American evangelicals? Have they capitulated to the matter of the slaughter of 15 million babies a year, and the mainstreaming of sexual perversion? Is the "Kinder and Gentler" evangelicalism going to stop fighting ‘em, and maybe even join ‘em? As conservatives and Christians lose and lose some more in the culture war, what are their options? Soften. Abandon God's law as a standard. Become friends with that worldly zeitgeist fellow. Embrace a pessimistic eschatology. Abandon politics entirely . . . or . . . 

First came the East-West divide. Then came the Protestants. Now comes a third divide in the history of the Christian church. And this time, the divide comes in response to the pressures of the cultural power centers, the "zeitgeist," or the humanist Borg that has taken over Western institutions. This time, the divide is centered around Scriptural authority relating to matters of history and ethics. The divide began with what was called "liberalism" or "modernism" in the 1920s and 1930s. But now, it's developed into an all-out war against the horror of Wokism, LGBT-ism, antinomianism, a watering down of the Gospel itself, an undermining of biblical truth and ethics at every level. Even the UMC is splitting apart now. Some of the divide will prove only a thin-coated conservatism . . . developing out of the gross-out factor for having to adopt homosexual behavior among the clergy. But others will actually acknowledge God to be lawgiver, and sin to be a transgression of the law of God . . . and Jesus Christ as the Savior who has come to set us free from the bondage of this sin.

With the dying of the West, will conservative commentators like Tucker Carlson and Matt Walsh do anything to salvage it? Are Christian churches going to salvage anything in the West? Suppose a Christian church was to contribute something positive, a little salt, or a little preserving grace on a civilization. . . . What would it look like? Men with faith. And, a birth rate of 5.0.

When the World goes after Christians, it’s another episode of the pot calling the kettle black all over again, and again. Returning to the onslaught coming down upon the Duggars et.al. via the Duggars, we try to get to the root of what it is that gets the World all upset. However you cut it, the world is not going to cotton to 1 Peter 3:1ff, Ephesians 5:22ff, and Ephesians 6:1ff. We also address a few letters into the program concerning kids raised in Christian homes that didn’t turn out all that well . . . at least for now. Who or what is to blame? Nature or nurture?  

This may be the most rapid and radical capitulation in history for an organization. Chick-fil-A waffled. While the organization was closed on Sunday and wanted to honor God, their business doubled in size. But now, will they fear God or fear the zeitgeist or the LGBT Borg? We take up an important question—do Christian employers discriminate on transgenderism, moral issues, and character issues when hiring? Do they hire on competence of character? Do they use hiring as an opportunity for evangelism and discipleship?

The Psalm 1 picture of the godly man involves a meditation on the law of God day and night. This is especially important in a day like ours in which there is little time and resources dedicated to what a godly man does. Jeremy Kluth has dedicated his life to memorizing Scripture and encouraging others to the same thing. How do we assist our families in memorization? Here are a variety of creative, helpful hints for this extremely important element of family discipleship in the Word of God.

Here, we run over a quick history lesson. Boston, Massachusetts, was where it all began in 2003. And, here we are back to where it began all over again. Harvard University, Cambridge, Sommerville, Boston . . . that's where Obergefell began. That's where the next round is happening. It turns out that Roberts’ and Alito's predictions were dead on, that is, in the minority report for the Obergefell ruling. But here's the question that keeps occurring to us. What use is it to rush into the courtroom in an asylum, and argue the case that pigs don't have wings, and that guy's not Napoleon?

The Washington (Com)Post introduces a series of articles intended to go after homeschooling, beginning with a few dissatisfied homeschool grads they scraped up from somewhere. Actually, based on a large survey, it turns out 14% of Christian kids raised in homeschool apostatized. But 28% of Christian kids who went to Christian school apostatized, and 34% of public schoolers apostatized. But how does this happen? While God is sovereign over all fruit-bearing plants in the field, there are some lessons to be learned from our own failures. Some blame spanking. But what about parent-child relationships, high levels of hypocrisy in the home, and superficial fundamentalism, or a failure to inculcate a solid biblical worldview?

Barna's recent study finds a super majority of Americans AND Christians have a negative view of megachurches and mega pastors. But also, evangelicals are not liked either. But, why the trend? About half of evangelicalism moved into large megachurches between 1970 and 2014. But, Jesus's view of Christian community goes beyond the superficiality and transience of modern life. The body of Christ is perpetually wounded. Christ's community involves 490 forgivenesses, persecutions at the hands of the world, deeper relationships and deeper wounding, and always an intensified view of our sin and hypocrisy . . . and His redemption. The programs, bucks, and buildings don't count for much. The church is planted in tears and bloodshed . . . through 1,000 demonic attacks . . . through brokenness, through pain, through agony . . . through anguish . . . through a million prayers . . . and ultimately, by the power of God and the work of the Holy Spirit.

Secular media is having a heyday going after the Christian ministries linked to scandals taking place with the Duggar family and Hillsong. While you can't count on the Washington [com]Post to rightly discern the issues surrounding Ananias and Saphira (or any other problem in the church), we want to be sure that we identify the ditches into which Christians may fall. We point out the ditches of antinomianism and legalism, both of which end in catastrophe. Theology matters. Authoritarianism and the sovereignty of man can do a great deal of damage. If Christians will not embrace God's full-orbed law or commit themselves solidly to the doctrine of the sovereignty of God, they will give way to a shallow faith, man-made rules, a man-centered theology, and a ministry that won't sustain when the fire burns.