This Thanksgiving we are thankful for God's providential interpositions and powerful workings throughout history. But, here are ten of the most critical turning points in human history—especially as far as we see the advancement of Christ's kingdom and liberty from evil powers that would destroy the Church of Jesus Christ. Have you heard these stories . . . Columcille on Iona, Cyril and Methodius and the Cyrillic Bible, the Moravian Pentecost, the first Bible translated into an Asian language, t...
Nov 23, 2023•30 min
The United States has taken concerted steps towards police-state type activities . . . especially in relation to the treatment of conservatives and Christians. How do average, ordinary people turn into Gestapo and KGB-like operators? Dinesh D'Souza is the Director/Producer of a powerful new documentary on the rise of the modern police state. What can local magistrates do to oppose this? What about Congress? Will we avail ourselves to the balance of powers necessary to quell tyranny?
Nov 22, 2023•21 min
The death culture is rising year by year without respite. A full 80% of the post-Christian Dutch in the Netherlands are for doctor-assisted suicide for any reason, and the US may not be far behind. What is the root of the death culture, and why is suicide completely opposite a right view of God, man, the universe, Jesus, and salvation? Modern man has given up the possibility of knowledge, truth, purpose, the right and the good, and the certainty of existence. To interact with the program, e-mail...
Nov 21, 2023•26 min
There is a great irony here—that these nations that once brought Christianity into India and Muslim Sudan . . . in the 18th and 19th centuries . . . are now led by Hindus and Muslims. We analyze the impetus behind this—pluralism and a spite for a Christian heritage. But ultimately, it is the humbling of the West, and the judgment of God upon a radically immoral people. Interaction on this program? E-mail the host at host@generations.org.
Nov 20, 2023•29 min
Big government has been let loose upon America . . . but now, Bidenomics has introduced flagrantly irresponsible government void of all restraint. Federal deficits are completely out of control now. The legacy of big government begins with Abraham Lincoln, and picks up again with Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and Donald Trump.
Nov 17, 2023•22 min
The freedom of speech is increasingly precarious here and elsewhere around the world. More journalists were killed last year than ever before. Christians are dragged into court and face long, drawn-out legal battles lasting 5-10 years. Kristen Waggoner, chief counsel for the ADF, said the case is a "stark reminder of the rising tide of censorship on a global scale." Is the FBI (and the courts) increasingly weaponized and politicized, and how will this bode for the nation in future elections?...
Nov 16, 2023•29 min
The most intense persecution in the world, the most dangerous place in the world for Christians, is Nigeria. We catch up with Judd Saul on the progress of the Village Security programs, support for widows, building refugee homes, and ministering to the least of these Jesus' brothers and sisters. If Jesus were here today, He would be ministering over there. Are you ready to help?
Nov 15, 2023•23 min
The Cuban government has claimed ownership of all the children and made it a crime for Christian families to tell their kids about Jesus. What's with that? Why do governments, the schools, the media, and demonic forces target our children? What should parents do if the government attempts to take their children away, force them into government schools, or kill them in the River Nile? What would you do?
Nov 14, 2023•24 min
Mass shootings have increased pretty substantially since the 1930s. As well, persecution of Christians has increased at least ten-fold around the world. Are the systemic encouragements to hatred and murder to blame, or does the individual take responsibility for hatred and acts of malicious violence? We take a quick look at Audrey Hale, who participated in the Nashville school murders, and her professed hatred for "white privilege." There are plenty of reasons and motives for hate and murder, bu...
Nov 13, 2023•32 min
Using a biblical metric, we take a look at the most financially prudent nations and the most financially imprudent nations in the world. Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, the US, and the UK are right at the top as those nations that are most in debt to foreign nations. The most prudent nations are Iran, India, Pakistan, Russia, and China. The West is cruising for a bruising as defined by Deuteronomy 28—in a cursed state.
Nov 10, 2023•30 min
After Kentucky, Kansas, and Montana, now the Ohio electorate has voted to kill babies at will. We compare the US Supreme Court decision in 1973 to the heart of the nation in 2023 (fifty years later). That leaves only 6-7% of America that is pro-life, and who would elect a pro-life Congress. America is pro-abortion. What will the churches do now? Will the pastors repent, and will repentance begin in the household of God? The future of the nation is in the balance now.
Nov 09, 2023•25 min
It's the American story of abuse, hypocrisy, and brokenness. And it's a story of healing, restoration, repentance, and reconciliation. Author and speaker Lee Ann Garfias shares her story as a homeschool graduate, and a homeschool mother herself. We make two mistakes. We believe that the ideal life is achievable, and then we consider ourselves a total failure when we fail to achieve it. This interview will encourage you if you are in the thick of it—raising children, nurturing a marital relations...
Nov 08, 2023•26 min
The Christian church has always respected the commandments of God, but the modern age has increasingly abandoned the commandments. Were the Beatles right? All you need is love? Or what about the guy who started by loving his neighbor and ended by loving his neighbor’s wife? Antinomian Christianity is deceptive. It allows for a slipshod way to define right and wrong . . . and a lot of left-wing Christians try to claim more gray area when it comes to issues like homosexuality and incest. They clai...
Nov 07, 2023•25 min
Data is finally emerging on EV cars. At $17.33 per equivalent gallon of gasoline to power these monsters, this thing has turned into an economic nightmare. Even the environmentalists are concerned that manufacturing and operating the vehicles runs at 2X the carbon than its gasoline counterpart. When really bad science, really bad politics, and bad economics gang up on us, this is what we end up with. But more fundamentally, the fool has said in his heart "There is no God," and there is no fear o...
Nov 06, 2023•21 min
While a 74-year-old pro-life grandmother faces 11 years for trespassing on the grounds of an abortion-killing center, BLM protesters get $80 million in compensation for their closing down highways and the $8 billion of damage done to businesses and buildings during 2020. What gives? Does the Bible allow for trespassing if somebody's getting killed over there? Rest assured that very little justice comes by government—but God brings every work into judgment according to the standards of His law. A...
Nov 03, 2023•24 min
Homeschooling growth provides some good things—more free market in education and release from the "matrix" for those who were forced into the monolithic public school model. But, new surveys are discovering a massive secularization of home education—a fall-off from 67% to 33% of homeschooling families committing to a faith. Also, homeschooling is morphing into online and the absence of relationship and parental involvement. The vision is disappearing.
Nov 02, 2023•23 min
At least 5 million Americans have Dementia, and about 50% of our fathers and mothers will have the disease by the time they reach 90 years of age. As Christians, we can rest assured that God has a reason for this disease as it afflicts our loved ones. What is it like to experience Dementia? Do personalities change? Are there certain things that cause dementia . . . or hasten the onset of it? Here is a Christian view of a common affliction as provided by Dr. John Dunlop, author of the book, Findi...
Nov 01, 2023•20 min
After reviewing the heroes in the city of man, we contrast the heroes of faith in the 20th century, of whom the world is not worthy. Kevin Swanson lists those who maintained a strong faith despite the massive apostasy that blew across England, America, and the West. They stood for the centrality of God against the centrality of man while humanism was on the rise. They are theologians, pastors, cultural leaders, creation science apologists, evangelists, and persecuted saints of the 20th century (...
Oct 31, 2023•24 min
Almost half of Republicans and Democrats admit they would resort to violence to advance their agenda. Is the problem a slip in faith in democracy, or a wrong view of the state? What everybody has right is that there is something very wrong with the nation. It's the root cause and the antidote that folks are not getting right. The solutions to social challenges will only be found in a rebuild of family and church. The solution for the state is always reformation and regeneration, not revolution....
Oct 30, 2023•22 min
Hungary, Poland, and Russia are moving pro-life. But now, Western Europe is getting worse and worse. What gives? The UK labor party threatens two years in the quod for misgendering. But now, is J.K. Rowling repenting of advocating for the LGBT movement back in the early 2000s? She used to have a disagreement with Kevin Swanson over Dumbledore. We end the program with a discussion on how to speak of and speak to the transgender person working in your corporation. Do you misgender? Do you lose you...
Oct 27, 2023•23 min
Oregon has become a portrait of what a spiritually-bankrupt, burned-out, post-Christian blue state looks like. It's the worst state in America on the Evil Index, and here's why. The school system has failed—it’s the worst in the nation. First state to legalize adult-killing, marijuana, etc. is losing residents fast now. Have the churches really demonstrated any substantial faith? Oregon needs a spiritual revival. The churches need to repent. The grassroots need faith. Should men of God stand up ...
Oct 26, 2023•24 min
Wars and rumors of wars are on the increase. For the year 2022, Uppsala University reports the highest number of wars in modern history (since World War II). Vulnerabilities and instabilities run higher than ever now. We present a little history on the root cause for the wars of the nations. But now . . . the lines are increasingly drawn between traditionalist countries that still have some sense of a social order . . . and the homosexualized nations of the world. The lines are increasingly draw...
Oct 25, 2023•32 min
Here we interview Michael Phillips, editor of George MacDonald's materials and the author of a new book called "Endangered Virtues and the Coming Ideological War." What are the basic virtues without which civilization is not possible? And how shall we then live in an age of immaturity, insobriety, escapism, relativism, fear, and abandoned rationality? Michael Phillips recommends disengaged engagement—what Jesus called salt that regains its saltiness.
Oct 24, 2023•29 min
Man is always a moral creature, and yet what happens when Harvard University loses its moral compass? The compass is spinning out of control now, and nobody knows which woke is the wokest. Why was antisemitism a sin, and on what basis? What about abortion? What about anything that goes on in this world? The secular university has a really hard time answering those questions. Here we review the decline of American moral standards at the university, and the decline of the American academic perform...
Oct 23, 2023•24 min
Italy, Sweden, and the US are the most tattooed nations on Earth. Now, 56% of women ages 18 to 29 and 53% of women ages 30 to 49 are tattooed in this country. The post-Christian nations went for it at the turn of the 21st century, while pagan nations went the other way. Cultural expression is the externalization of worldview. Generally, cultural phenomenon is an honest reflection of a person's real religion, or at least the expression of the predominating worldview. We look at the two most commo...
Oct 20, 2023•28 min
Increasingly socialist nations are run by idealist young people and women . . . and women-led nations are almost exclusively Roman Catholic. Now, 55% of women in this country identify with socialism. But, not all women. Feminists find their security in the state. . . . They have given up on the biblical family . . . and marriage . . . and their hope is that the state will take care of them and their children, womb to tomb. What's needful now? Disciple the young men.
Oct 19, 2023•26 min
Men and manhood have been increasingly targeted by the zeitgeist. Evangelical Christian men are accused of being oppressive patriarchs and prone to abuse. Author and professor Nancy Pearcey dismisses the bad stereotypes and points out the internal contradictions in the anti-male worldview that predominates throughout the academic and social systems of the day.
Oct 18, 2023•30 min
The number of witches in the US increased from 8,000 in 1990 to 340,000 in 2008, and exceeded 1.5 million in 2020. Halloween expenditures in the US have doubled since 2007, and the horror genre in the movie theater has almost tripled in marketshare in 10 years. There are three worldviews that collide in these films—the sovereignty of God, the sovereignty of man, and the sovereignty of evil. The fear of God, the fear of man, and the fear of evil. . . . Guess who loses in the movie theater? We pro...
Oct 17, 2023•27 min
Streaming TV now runs a 95% to 5% ratio on mature to family friendly programming. Fifteen years ago, that was closer to a 45% to 55% ratio. Then again, social media is displacing everything now with its own destructive world and social view in mind. Christian families too often give way to the world and the devil when it comes to media. How do we overcome the world? We explain from Scripture.
Oct 16, 2023•24 min
War inevitably introduces atrocities, and the foul nature of sinful man comes out in full color at times like this. Briefly, we look at atrocities from the US Civil War, World War II, and the present. We are to view these atrocities through a biblical lens, and of course apply Micah 6:8 at every point.
Oct 13, 2023•22 min
