yes http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio The latest broadcasts from Generations Radio on OnePlace.com. Copyright OnePlace.com Salem Web Network - RSS Generator en-us RSS@OnePlace.com Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:01 EST Sat, 17 May 2008 00:38:06 EST 60 http://www.OnePlace.com/Local_Images/Headers/Logo-OnePlace.gif http://www.OnePlace.com/ 133 45 http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/16/2008 Incrementalism and Politics
The "far-too-radical" Personhood Amendment is on its way to the Colorado ballot for the 2008 elections. Despite opposition or lack of support from mainstream "conservative" organizations, a fledgling band of faithful pro-lifers have already achieved a major victory in a 40 year battle for human life in America.

Kevin Swanson points out how conservative pragmatism has never really won us much of anything. So if you're going to be a pragmatist, he offers several pointers on how to be a consistent and effective pragmatist. ]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/15/2008 Hospitality and Hotels
The scenario is all too common. On a business trip, a family man gets a touch of the life of anonymity in the hotel room in the big city. Contrast that with the life of Paul and Elisha who enjoy the hospitality of brothers along the way.

In this ground-breaking program, Kevin Swanson shows how modern systems have purged relationships and accountability from education and travel. Then, he points out how hospitality establishes relationships through the "love of strangers." Should you pay for love on the road, or should brothers open their homes to others, as Christians did for thousands of years before hospitality was commercialized? This Generations broadcast challenges families and churches to re-examine the modern social order, and some practical issues relating to the biblical lifestyle of hospitality are discussed. ]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/14/2008 Disasters & Persecuting Countries
The last several major natural disasters that resulted in 100,000s of lost lives were centered in Burma, China, Iran, Indonesia, and Pakistan. And every one of these nations stepped up persecution against Christians throughout the 1990s and 2000s. One big coincidence?

If God exists, and if He is particularly bothered by the torture and persecution of His people, and if He is totally sovereign over all things, then what are we to say? Kevin Swanson interacts with these questions, developing a biblical perspective on God's relationship with man's reality in this segment of Generations. ]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/13/2008 Faulty Child Training
Interview: Ginger Plowman
Parenting by bribery, by threatening, or by anger and impatience - these methods are tried and found wanting by millions of parents again and again.

Ginger Plowman, Author of the book, "Don't Make Me Count to 3," offers advice for moms who do 90% of the child training while dad is off working. Parenting isn't easy, especially if you do it God's way. We're dealing with sin, and we're working in the very depths of the human heart. In this program, you will find wise counsel for the most difficult work you will ever do in your life - shepherding a child's heart. ]]> Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/12/2008 The Second Wave
At the same time that the family is rapidly disintegrating and the faith is dying in America, an unusual movement that began in the 1980s has reached maturity and is set to produce a huge generational effect. The homeschooling movement now makes up about 2.4 million children, and studies indicate that 90% of these students will continue to the vision into the next generation. By 2027 this movement is set to produce about 6 million homeschoolers and if the third generation stays on track, by 2050 there will be at least 15 million home educated students in America. This will produce a substantial movement that will forever change the culture of this country, as well as the politics and the way we educate the generations. Here Kevin Swanson interacts with his recent blog entry that charts the projections for generational growth in the homeschooling movement. ]]> Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/9/2008 A Crisis of Honor
This edition of Generations addresses a practically universal, across-the-board problem that surfaces in mother-son relationships. It is endemic within the homeschooling movement. It seems that a sort of tension develops between mothers and sons as young men enter their teenage years.

Special guest, Norm Wakefield provides some food for thought and powerful counsel for moms who struggle with how to honor their sons in the dawn of their manhood. Also, some terrific counsel for sons who have a hard time honoring the law of their mothers, not to mention sacrificing their lives for those who gave them life. ]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/8/2008 What God thinks about it
Kevin Swanson summarizes former Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton's assessment of America's involvement in the United Nations. Although the UN's stated purpose was to end the wars of the nations, were its basic philosophical underpinnings fatally flawed from the beginning? The Generations radio broadcast presupposes that God is really smart and knows something about human hearts, international relations, and these sorts of things. So what does God think about the United Nations? ]]> Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/7/2008 Is there a better way?
Now that it's time to graduate his older children, 14 and 16 years of age, Kevin Swanson asks whether graduations are an appropriate rite of passage.

Does a graduation mark a discrete end of some course of study? Or does it mean that you are now free from compulsory education? Or does it a basis for honor? Yet there does seem to be a proper rite of passage from childhood to adulthood. But would you call it a Graduation?

For many parents, it's time to rethink the last 150 years of traditional education that brought us things like proms, graduations, and condoms in the prom bag. ]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/6/2008 Nasty Words or Great Ideas?
Two of the most hated words in the English Language are Patriarchy and Theocracy. Actually, the words themselves aren't all that bad. Fathers leading in the home? God ruling over all things? Any Christian should be able to handle the concepts. Still, these are words that have of late, been stuffed with meaning that many of us would find reprehensible.

In this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson interacts with the idea of Patriarchy - the good, the bad, and the ugly. In some ways, the restoration of patriarchy could be the greatest thing that happened to western societies. Yet, on the other hand, it could be the worse. ]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/5/2008 Publicans and Sinners
What to do when you find out that your next door neighbor is a homosexual. . . How do families interact with close relatives who advocate a particular sinful lifestyle and wear it on their sleeves? Such challenging situations are not unusual in the sexually decadent era in which we find ourselves. Kevin Swanson addresses these questions with careful biblical analysis in this issue of Generations. ]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/2/2008 Guest: Dr. Jay Wile
With science increasingly politicized, it has become difficult for many to distinguish between real science, (testable and reproducible), and pseudo-science. Most of the scientific applications achieved in our present day rest on the shoulders of godly scientists of previous generations like Pascal, Newton, Kepler, Pasteur, and even Charles Babbage (the inventor of the modern computer). But then, what happens when these brave new scientists of the present generation refuse to respect the God of their fathers?

In this interview with Dr. Jay Wile from Apologia Science, we examine the importance of doing science in the fear of God and in humility before men. If we cease to do science this way, the results will be catastrophic. But if we teach our children this kind of science, the blessings of new discoveries and innovation will be as significant as those of our forefathers. ]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=5/1/2008
For the lack of good biblical balance in these areas, millions of children will rebel in their teen years, fail to honor their own parents. . . And more importantly, they will fail to fear God, love Him, and walk with Him all the days of their lives. ]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=4/30/2008 Hillary's Agenda
The leading contender for president of the United States has enthusiastically endorsed the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The family is already in shambles in America. Nobody's debating that. But what will happen to the few godly families left who still home school and are trying to raise godly children by a biblical model, if Hillary Clinton gets her way?
Here Kevin Swanson reviews the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and the agenda laid out in Hillary's famous book, "It Takes a Village." He links the agenda of these politicians to the philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau, who abandoned all five of his children on the steps of an orphanage on the day of their birth. After all, this was the father of modern education, who advocated the statist form of education from the earliest days of a child's life. His orphanage has grown to include billions. ]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=4/29/2008 Role Models
So Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana becomes the rage for 8-13 year old girls, as a pseudo-wholesome teen icon, even promoted by family-friendly Walmart.
But what happens when the pop-cult machine exploits her and the millions of little girls that follow her with a fornicating, pornographic spread in Vanity Fair magazine? Just another Britney and Jamie Lynne in the making? And they are copied and will be copied by the vast majority of little girls. BTW, the Cyrus and the Spears families are good Christian families too.
The fact of matter is our children will copy their role models. So Kevin Swanson challenges parents to identify the best role models for children, and base it on Hebrews 11! What works for righteousness has Hannah Montana accomplished? Has she laid down her life for the cause of life, liberty, and the kingdom of Christ? Or is she just the latest star produced by the star machine, because she was able to capture the latest standard of what's cool? ]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=4/28/2008 How to Construct a Family Vision
For lack of a vision, most families sort of wilt and die. But why are visionary fathers such a rarity in this age? Kevin Swanson suggests that young men and women are educated for a box that will not accommodate a generational, kingdom vision. Moreover, the lack of household unity has taken family vision away and replaced it with a vision for a growing state.

Kevin makes that point that every family should have a vision and a set of goals that is unique to that family. He outlines the Swanson family vision, and how it has developed over the years. ]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=4/25/2008 Who's Disciple-ing Your Kids?
One hundred years ago, Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't have a single arrest the first year she taught at her school on the prairie. Yet, schools in suburban areas of modern cities see an arrest a day made on school grounds. Laura didn't see lesbian activity in the hallways of her one room school house. No sex abuse cases either. Yet, reports of such activity are not unusual in high schools, and even junior high schools today.
A mere 200 years ago, Thomas Jefferson recommended the Bible and Watts hymnal for curriculum in Washington DC schools. Today, a teacher in Mount Vernon, Ohio is on the carpet when somebody found a Bible on his desk. He swears he didn't open it, read it to the kids, or try to give anybody an education in the fear of God!
Still, parents everywhere insist that their children attend a good school! The problem is, nobody has a clue what a good school would look like. The frogs in the pot hardly sense the rise in temperature anymore. ]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=4/24/2008 New Venture Academy
He graduated in the top 5% of Harvard's MBA Program. He's been a guest lecturer at Harvard University. In an illustrious business career, he helped found 20 companies, serving as CEO of 5 of them. Now, he's telling young people not to waste their time in Harvard. There's a better way to learn and it's called the New Venture Academy. In this edition of Generations, entrepreneur-extraordinaire, family-man, and visionary, Wade Myers outlines his strategy for preparing young men for life through his New Venture Academy. ]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=4/23/2008 Reviewing "Expelled - The Movie"
The evolutionists and atheists interviewed in the recently-released documentary film, Expelled, insist that religion should be confined to a little box filled with a few cute little rituals, and it should have nothing to say about stuff like metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology (or science or history or culture or . . . ). Then again, hasn't religion worked pretty hard to attain to this level of irrelevance?

But what say we? Everybody's got a religion. It's just that some religions are more laughable than others. It is true that some intellectuals don't always like to admit their biases and worldview commitments, but when they do - the incoherences and inconsistencies within their thinking reduce their systems to pure irrationality. "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." Kevin Swanson recommends your family watch the documentary with a thumb in 1 Corinthians 1:16-25. ]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=4/22/2008 The Antichrist is Coming!
"The Antichrist is coming! Run for the hills! Don't polish brass on a sinking ship!" Such messages were preached ad nauseam for generations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in a large segment of the "fundamental, evangelical" Christian church. Unfortunately, this fixation on a pessimistic eschatology did great deal of damage to any kind of long term vision among families. This is one of the forces that killed a Generational vision and resulted in the 1.7 birth rate among evangelical families and the 80% leak rate of Christian kids who walked away from the faith of their fathers.

Forty, fifty, sixty years later, some of us are recovering from millennial burn-out. Kevin Swanson takes a moment to analyze this millennial fever that crippled the faith in the 20th century, and suggests that maybe we need to address ourselves to "occupying until He returns." ]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio/?bcd=4/21/2008 Dads and Moms Homeschool
Imagine visionary fathers and Proverbs 31 mothers engaged in a united vision in millions of homes across America! What a contrast with the world of post-modern humanism where 37% of children are born without marriage, a 95% rate of fornication, and where half of marriages end in divorce. Midst the chaos, a biblical vision is beginning to creep back into tens of thousands of households across America.

Here Kevin Swanson chronicles one family's journey, Steve and Kara Murphy from Homeschooling Today Magazine. First, it was mom's vision. Then, dad captured a vision. Now, together they are home educating/disciple-ing 7 sons and 1 daughter using a method that is hardly recognizable to those raised in conventional classrooms! ]]> Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio http://www.oneplace.com/Ministries/Generations_Radio