Can a Christian fall into a marital affair, and is there a possibility for redemption and reconciliation? Kevin Swanson speaks with Michael Gembola, Director of Blue Ridge Counseling Center and author of the new book "After an Affair—Pursuing Restoration." What does true repentance and real restoration look like when the building has burned down and the construction has to begin anew?
The year 2023 marked the third wave of scandals that rushed over the American church—involving Hillsong and Kansas City. But this goes back into the 1980s, further down into the roots of movements that had suspect beginnings. What are the lessons to be learned from these modern sects and scandals? Why are the roots and the founders important? And what are these fruits by which we would know them?
The world is facing unprecedented instabilities. Here we summarize the conditions in one quick survey—social, political, geo-political, economic, and psychological. America has finally arrived at this point at which governments, princes, horses, money, welfare, and drugs cannot save us. But Jesus can.
AD 2024 comes in with a bang. But, what's that cracking noise? We take a look at the trends, most significant findings from Gallup polls in 2023, and then produce eight predictions for 2024. Who will win the presidential election? And, what will the Republicans do for us over the next two years? And what in the world is happening with China?
What happened this year? Every family needs to be aware of what is going on the world. Take 30 minutes and get the full summary. The bird's-eye view is helpful to understand where we are to go and what we are to do next. . . . It was a year of opportunity—the opportunity for a nation to repent and turn from its wicked ways. It was the year of big spending and unrestrained greed. It was the year of international tensions in the Middle East. It was the year China and Russia got cozy . . . power sh...
The governor of Louisiana recently pardoned and released 40 convicted murderers onto the streets, foregoing the one most basic responsibility of the civil magistrate, which is to execute murderers. There has been an increase in state governors pardoning criminals and rebelling against God's design for government. A pro-death culture will always result in pro-death politics, whether it be support for abortion or the release of murderers back into the population. Kevin Swanson and Adam McManus dis...
If the BBC and the Discovery Channel believed in God, how would this change their view of the world and their productions on the wonders of nature? What is the explanation for the ugliness, the cuteness, the wisdom, the intricacies, the variety, the power, and the beauty of the animal world? Why are there poisonous snakes, predators, and parasites in the world around us? Here is a discussion on how we might restore a sense of wonder, purpose, and an eschatological hope into our study of nature a...
Well-known evangelical theologian Wayne Grudem wants Donald Trump to pull out of the presidential race for the 2024 Republican nomination. We take a look at the leading candidates for the nomination on economics, life issues, and war state. But the important question to consider as we approach the election is whether the candidates fear God. And, why does God destroy nations? We quickly review the reasons God destroyed Babylon, Assyria, Edom, and other non-covenant nations in the OT—something to...
We wish the maximum meaningfulness for this Christmas for every one of our listeners. How does this compare to mere sentimentality and family traditions? Be careful with the Christmas carols. They can leave you with mere sentiment if you're not careful. How about 31 reasons why Jesus came?
Our Lord Jesus Christ wasn't wild at heart. He wasn't a macho man. He wasn't a metrosexual, milque-toasty, or escaping and absent. We explore biblical masculinity on this program—the desperate need of every home and church—with David Murray from ChristianManAcademy.com.
These are difficult times, but then these are also some of the most phenomenal times for the kingdom of Jesus that we have seen in 2,000 years. The kingdoms of this world are passing away, but then the mission work of the Christian church has expanded around the world—more in the last century than the previous 19 combined. Here are reasons to be thankful and encouraged by what Jesus has done by the powerful work of His Spirit over these 2,000 years!
The Vatican has officially approved of blessings for couples who identify themselves as living in sexual perversion, one with another. What used to be conservative and traditional has now turned bad and rancid. Conservatism and traditionalism is not enough. Without a ground on the truths of God's Word, all ships are lost in this storm.
Freedom of speech doesn't make it past the US Supreme Court this time for Christian therapists. And, the kill-pill-by-mail program may not either. The US Supreme Court is favoring the leftist agenda on gay mirage and birth control. We haven't pulled out the party hats yet on the Dodds decision. Abortion rates are up nationwide this year, while there are a few states that are regulating abortion and might provide a ten-percent relief on the birth rates in these states. As long as the US Supreme C...
Studies have shown that a warm, consistent, disciplinarian approach to parenting is the best parenting style. This is the style that most conservative parents follow, and it makes for much happier, healthier, and stable future adults. Kevin Swanson and Bill Jack discuss this topic in this program.
Contrary to the hopes of 21st-century apostate Christianity, the Scripture doesn't shift its position on homosexuality from OT to NT in any fundamental way. Neither has 2,000 years of Christianity got it wrong . . . until Matt Vines showed up. We trace the meaning of the two key Greek words in 1 Corinthians 6:9, and tie 1 Timothy 1:10 into the Mosaic Law. No wiggle room here for the progressives.
The Washington Post continues its series of attacks on homeschooling—this time going after research studies on the effectiveness of home education in the US. Yet, favorability towards homeschooling among the American public is at an all-time high, and favorability towards public schools among the American public is at an all-time low. We point out that sociological studies on education and every other part of social life are fairly useless. How does one identify the best way to educate a child? ...
Families raise chickens, goats, and cows. But why not sheep? We catch up with the “Shepherdess.com” to discover how she went from $0 to $100,000 in three years with a small flock on thirty acres. Here’s another excellent idea for a family economy in the 21st century.
Homosexuals, transgenders, and even Christians have been chewing away on business owners, curtailing their freedoms to hire and fire whomever they will. Now ministries like World Vision have lost three court decisions in the attempt to hire and fire whom they will. When will Christians as well as homosexuals respect the property rights of business owners to make their own decisions about whom they will hire and fire? When will pastors take up the principled position and preach against affirmativ...
Increasing numbers of Americans are approving of polygamy, and this introduces a discussion on how Christian nations ridded themselves of both polygamy and slavery. This took about 1,000 years. But now, a post-Christian pagan society is going back to things like homosexuality, polygamy, and slavery. We provide a biblical argument against polygamy and point out that Mohammed and Joseph Smith were wrong on polygamy (and slavery).
The vast, vast majority of Catholics and Muslims are nominal "believers." But what about Protestants and Evangelicals? What is the difference between a nominal believer and a real believer who actually believes what he says he believes—or the fundamental propositions of a particular faith? We discuss what the average everyday Catholic, Muslim, and Protestant believes these days—agnosticism, deism, keeping "god" happy with a little church attendance . . . maybe. What is it to be a true believer? ...
Dictators and pop stars made the list of Time Magazine Person of the Year finalists. Xi Jinping, Taylor Swift, Barbie, King Charles III, Vladimir Putin, the people who have prosecuted Trump, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman all made the list. We contrast this with God’s hall of heroes from 2023 and throughout Christian history—the poor wise man who saved the city, the persecuted saints, the homeschool leaders in tough places like South Africa and Brazil, and others.
There is no greater need today than to invest in mentorship and discipleship—especially for our young men. Preparation for family, life, marriage, work, and leadership calls for far more than what mere book-learning and college can provide. How do we dial in calling, character, and competencies by mentorship? Here are some super helpful tips from Dr. Phillip Kayser from BiblicalBlueprints.org.
Is America doing that much better than Russia? Perhaps with Judah we could say, "She has been more righteous than I." We speak of revival, but what does revival look like? Here's a brief, encouraging historical survey of the greatest revivals in history.
The number of people quitting their jobs is still higher than it has been in 20 years . . . about 3.6 million a month. This was averaging around 2.5 million per month for 20 years. But why the lack of retention? How does the younger generation view work and cultivate dependability? We give the key to success for this character trait in this edition of Generations.
Wokism is like to rewrite modern perspectives of everything, including Snow White the Seven Dwarfs. We walk through the woke agenda of feminism, homosexuality, stereotyping, victimization, and racism. We define sin, not by some autonomous human definition . . . but by God's laws.
Iran has finally achieved sufficient Uranium to make two nuclear bombs about the size of those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We trace the worldview of the five key scientists who put together the first nuclear bomb at Los Alamos. This follows the pattern of the Nephilim in the pre-flood world, and the Nephilim Philosophers of the 19th century. But the real question is this—who brings judgement on the world? God or man?
After 18 years of Sunday school, youth group, and even Christian school, many Christian children still graduate from high school thoroughly indoctrinated in a humanist worldview, later becoming big humanists in college. And then they just walk away from the faith. In this interview that Kevin Swanson conducted with World Magazine founder Joel Belz, we look at several different problems with Christian education 50 years into this new movement. Joel is one of the most experienced voices on this is...
The West is under God's judgment because they have increasingly broken more of God's laws in the most egregious possible ways. But what about colonialism? Were there sins committed by the colonial governments as well? The metric by which to determine right and wrong still must be the law of God. Nonetheless, the failure to disciple our own nation in the commandments of God has yielded a capitulation to governance by bad worldviews, and a gradual loss of liberty, prosperity, and justice and right...
Free speech has never been more accessible . . . or more at risk. Florida's law preventing children from accessing drag shows didn't quite pass muster with the US Supremes. What are the boundaries to free speech? Both right and left seemed concerned. The American founders were right when they saw the necessity of self-government in order to maintain liberties (such as free speech), but are Americans self-governed enough to preserve the first amendment?
Just when the establishment is pretty sure they've got the reset in place, it turns out they don't. Argentina shocks the world by electing a president that turns the whole agenda on its head. But what is this anarcho-capitalism of Javier Millei? Anarchy and totalitarianism are best friends—they play off on each other in all the wrong ways.
