Charles Spurgeon was the most-published author of the 19th century, and his life marks the last major spiritual revival of England. But, it was the downgrade that killed him. Here is a brief introduction to the life and ministry of God's man of the 1800s.
Another mega-church pastors steps down. After a 40-year experiment with the mega-ministry thing, we've finally come to the conclusion that the kingdom of God does not come with observation. The growth is much more under the radar, quiet, and seemingly inconspicuous. The mega-power game, the centralization of control, just doesn't work for the church of Jesus.
The most pro-life states in America (on most recent polls) are Idaho, Utah, Arkansas, and South Dakota. But the voters in these pro-life states tend to go pro-abortion when they vote on referendums. What gives? We grapple with this question and provide a few answers. What's wrong with the heartland of America? Reform, however, must begin with churches who will take the principled stand—personhood from conception.
The Southern Baptist Convention has historically been one of the largest conservative Christian organizations within the country. We’re currently seeing another battle occur within the convention over feminism and women pastors. The battle isn’t over yet. Feminism and egalitarianism are gigantic forces in America, and they’re affecting the churches. Kevin and Bill Jack discuss the issues of feminism and women pastors in American churches on this edition of the program.
On this edition of Generations, Kevin and Bill Jack discuss Japanese anime and the worldview behind it. Is anime appropriate for Christians, or is there more to it than cute characters and fun adventures? How does it affect those who watch it?
There is a push for government funding for homeschools in the US right now. On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson interviews Brian Ray regarding the importance of keeping homeschooling private and out of reach of enforced government rules and regulations.
The Star Wars franchise goes “gay” with “The Acolyte.” And we trace the roots of the cultural homosexual agenda to Star Wars, super heroes, and fantasy. Why do men create an alternate reality, but to open the door to every form of perversion? Where God doesn’t exist, anything is possible.
In 2019, world pride hit the highest levels ever. In June 2019, unprecedented numbers of people were marching in the streets, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first pride marches in 1969. On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson and Adam McManus discuss Pride Month and propose celebrating Humble Month in place of Pride Month.
Women are leading—ten times more so than they did in the 1970s and 1980s. And women political leaders are two times to three times more liberal than men. This is the end of men and freedom in the world. Boys are disadvantaged by 40 percent born without fathers, and 60 percent of custody cases are rolling to mom. That makes for 66 percent of boys not having dads for large portions of their lives. Where do we go from here? The solutions are a return to the Gospel, to fatherhood, and mass mentorshi...
A consequence of a broken nation and failed character is political breakdown, civil war, and kangaroo courts. However, Christian pastors are insisting on a Trump vote. Save the nation and vote! But will that solve our problem? We have other thoughts on how to save a nation.
Tune into this edition of Generations as Kevin Swanson reads a devotion on Proverbs 1:20-23. Our Proverbs Bible Study Guides, along with other study guides from our Family Bible Study Guide series, can be found at https://store.generations.org/ .
Hear the real story behind Exodus International's dissolution in May of 2013. Conversion and restoration for repentant homosexuals is real. It is happening everywhere around the country. Kevin Swanson interviews David Foster, himself a repentant homosexual, on his new film project entitled "Such Were Some of You." These are the stories that the media does not want you to hear. What is it like for a homosexual to repent and recover from a state of sexual brokenness?
Are we supposed to be pilgrims and strangers, or are we called to be world changers? Would pilgrims and strangers ever address themselves to the job of discipling the nations? Are pastors concerned with keeping politics out of the church, or equipping the man and woman of God to every good work? Christ's admonitions concerning salt and light are not merely descriptives, but prescriptives.
The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics will feature three drag queens hoisting the Olympic torch . . . in accord with the Olympic theme this year—"Games Wide Open." We cover the history of feminism and transgenderism in the Olympics, but find that these doctrines were linked all the way back into the 1830s—with the first generation of philosopher-feminists.
The Elite are highly-educated liberal city dwellers, and they want to take over the country. They want to eliminate the vote for the uneducated and saddle the citizenry with more government control of every aspect of their lives. That according to a new Rasmussen report. These elitists are politically obsessed, utopian, and power hungry, and they already control the universities and the media. Will they gain totalitarian control of the country?
American founders weren’t libertarians in the modern definition of the term—homosexual pro-aborts arguing for the abolishment of the death penalty. But what of a relaxation on abortion laws? Why not? We give three reasons why a society cannot relax the law on killing babies.
The Arizona Governor has vetoed posting the ten commandments, but God is still in charge. Jesus is still King, and Arizona remains in rebellion against Him. But Louisiana may be a different story. Much progress has been made already to destroy the heritage of this country and undermine all common denominators upon which a multicultural nation formed. But will we respect that heritage ourselves as Christian families?
Christians are getting 2-5 years in prison now for participation in non-violent protests against abortion. We go over the history of Christian persecution in the United States of America beginning with Samuel Worcester and then Phillip Zodhiates, after which comes the current stream of persecutions. The government punishes Christians for trying to save the lives of their neighbor's babies. But what about the government mandating abortifacients for Christians in the near future? What's the best s...
The Biden administration has taken a tremendous step towards transgenderizing 13,000 school districts and 50,000,000 kids in this country. Governments secure centralized control of an institution, and then they pervert it, in that order. That's the way it works every time. Christians should take the principled stand, especially on Title IX. Governments have no business controlling education and the marketplace with Title IX-type regulations. We point out how feminism opened the way to transgende...
Kansas City Chiefs' Harrison Butker is extremely not-woke in the woke world of sports. Will he receive the Izzy Folau treatment? Butker appeared to be coming from another planet when he spoke on men being men and women being women, "degenerate cultural values" at the Benedictine commencement. Will there be something salvaged of family life in the 21st century?
Are you prepared for a rainy day? Or a rainy year for that matter? When the lights go out, some people will freak out. They will not survive. But, how do we train our children to be resourceful and self-sufficient instead of state-dependent or institution-dependent, and able to take care of the basic needs of life? Would our families survive a year without the grocery store? Will we make it through the next Great Depression as well as our forefathers did in the 1920s and 1930s? Karen Morris from...
An art display at the Augusta County School announced to all that, "God loves you, but not enough to save you." The statement deserves an answer, and the artist is demanding self-consistency from squishy Christians. A robust view of God, of salvation, of the nature of man, and God's judgment is essential to answer such snarky salvos. So here it is . . .
The fastest-growing church in the UK is the Chinese church. But the most phenomenal development of the last century was the tradeoff from West to East. The West lost ground and the East gained all of that ground back for itself. Christian adherents in Europe and North America as a percentage of the world population dropped by more than half between 1900 and 2023 (from 21.9% to 10.5%), while the percentage of Christians in Asia, Africa, and South America increased from 6% to exactly 21.9% of the ...
The college bubble busted, and companies aren't hiring from Ivy League schools as much anymore. We explain why liberal arts schools are liberal, and suggest a different path for those who want to be pastors, statesmen, lawyers, and the like—something besides a liberal arts college. How would you prepare your budding young leader for future leadership opportunities?
Will the pro-abortion, independent candidate for president, Robert Kennedy, split the conservative vote or the liberal vote? The question comes down to a commitment to either . . . the pro-life position or the anti-government populist position among American conservatives. How pro-life are the pro-lifers in the US? Recent data from Gallup finds that pro-abortionists are more committed to their position than the pro-lifers, especially when it comes to elections.
On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson interviews Kenny Sargent, Jackson Barlau, and Zach Freeman of Sargent Family Productions about the importance of Christian influence in media. Has your family been searching for God-honoring radio dramas to listen to? Sargent Family Productions is a Christian ministry that has been involved with the production of audio dramatizations and has just released a new audio book. You can find their products at sargentfamilyproductions.org , and Generations ...
The leviathan hold on the three power centers is pretty much complete now. The cultural Marxists have got it. By all indexes, the American media, universities, and business world has gone woke, liberal, progressive, regressive—whatever you want to call it. We identify the most evil man in the world, at least in terms of influence on others—Warren Buffett, and note the push back on Disney. Is it too little too late?
There are major disconnects between church leadership and laity especially when it comes to socio-political matters. The same principle applies across the board—to Catholics, evangelicals, and main liners. Who's influencing the laity if the pastors are pretty irrelevant?
Children are reading less and less, but are we satisfied with readers if they are addicted to reading the wrong stuff? Will they be lost in the metaphor, or will they find the right interpretation and application of the metaphor in real life? We briefly consider the merits of Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Chronicles of Narnia.
The high-profile sex trials of the former president Donald Trump immediately bring to mind Proverbs 7 and 31. If many strong men have been slain by her, what about you and me? The warning is humbling. We touch on some history from Grover Cleveland, Warren Harding, and Woodrow Wilson to John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton.
