The Generations Radio Program

Another pastor in Dallas is removed from his position because of an “inappropriate relationship.” One blogster counts 16 scandals in Dallas churches just this year, including 4-5 high profiles. What is the Spirit saying to the churches? Where are the honest confessions, the humble repentances, and the churches still with some integrity to them? When it comes to inappropriate relationships, what does this mean? Inappropriate in the eyes of the world? Inappropriate in the eyes of the church? Inappropriate in the eyes of the civil magistrate? Was there a civil law broken in this matter? Or was this a thing that was inappropriate in the eyes of God?Author, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  Every week on Raising Them Up, the Waynes tackle real questions from real parents — just like you.From sibling fights to screen time, discipline to discipleship — they bring biblical wisdom, practical help, and gospel hope to the daily challenges of parenting.Listen to Raising Them Up wherever you get your podcasts — or find us at raisingthemup.org. That’s raisingthemup.org  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

Ray Ortlund and the leftist side of evangelicalism is sometimes Kamala Harris, but never Trump. Everybody picks their ethical systems and a basis by which to judge one thing as better than the others. That’s why evangelicals are going for Kamala Harris . . . wrong ethical system.Author, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

THE FORGE, the newest Christian movie from the Kendrick Brothers, is a powerful illustration and reminder that discipleship matters! Guest host Adam McManus interviews Alex Kendrick, the co-writer and director of the film, which has already made $27 million domestically since August 23rd. At its height, THE FORGE was shown in 1,900 theaters. Still in 700 theaters today, go to the website www.TheForgeMovie.com to find out where it is playing near you. In the film, Isaiah Wright, played by Aspen Kennedy, has some growing up to do. A year out of high school with no plans for his future, Isaiah is challenged by his single mom and a successful businessman to start charting a better course for his life. Through the Biblical discipleship from his new mentor, prayers of his mother and a prayer warrior named Miss Clara, Isaiah begins to discover God’s purpose for his life.  Most Bible-believing Christians know the Great Commission by memory. It records the last words of Jesus during His earthly ministry found in Mathew 28:18-20. Jesus said, “All authority in Heaven and on Earth has been given to Me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Notice it doesn’t say, “Go and make converts.”  While the movie inspires Christians to make disciples, their companion book, Devoted To Jesus, equips believers to disciple others by working through the 52 short chapters in 52 weeks with anyone who needs to grow in faith. Like the special ceremony for young men in THE FORGE, McManus shares the story of the special Manhood CeleAuthor, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  Every week on Raising Them Up, the Waynes tackle real questions from real parents — just like you.From sibling fights to screen time, discipline to discipleship — they bring biblical wisdom, practical help, and gospel hope to the daily challenges of parenting.Listen to Raising Them Up wherever you get your podcasts — or find us at raisingthemup.org. That’s raisingthemup.org  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

When Kamala Harris was asked on the Oprah Winfrey  infomercial whether she would secure the border if elected as president, she said two things. As California Attorney General, she prosecuted transnational groups for the trafficking of guns, drugs, and human beings. As Vice President, she advocated for the passage of the Biden Border Bill which would have placed 1,500 additional Border Patrol agents on the ground. She sounds like a Republican, as she moves center to appeal to law-and-order Americans.   But, as Jeremy Beck, Vice President of Initiatives for NumbersUSA.com, points out in his appearance with guest host Adam McManus, Kamala, the designated Border Czar, certainly hasn’t lifted a finger for the last four years to stem the tide of transnational groups who have been trafficking copious amounts of guns, drugs, and human beings across our southern border. Secondly, the reason why common sense prevailed in regards to the defeat of Biden’s sham of a border bill, is that it would have, for the first time, actually mandated a minimum number of 500,000 illegal aliens to be given admittance into America. Plus, the 1,500 additional Border Patrol agents would not have been tasked with preventing illegals from crossing our southern border, but with facilitating their illegal entrance across the border.Author, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  Every week on Raising Them Up, the Waynes tackle real questions from real parents — just like you.From sibling fights to screen time, discipline to discipleship — they bring biblical wisdom, practical help, and gospel hope to the daily challenges of parenting.Listen to Raising Them Up wherever you get your podcasts — or find us at raisingthemup.org. That’s raisingthemup.org  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

In the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, there were three lies told about abortion. Guest host Adam McManus addresses all three with Sue Liebel, the State Affairs Director for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. Plus, you’ll hear the audio clips of all three. LIE #1: Abortions don’t happen in the ninth month of pregnancy. Kamala Harris falsely claimed, “Nowhere in America is a woman carrying a pregnancy to term and asking for an abortion. That is not happening; it’s insulting to the women of America.” Truth: Abortion is legal for any reason up to birth in ten states and DC. Abortion is legal through nine months of pregnancy for any reason in ten states plus D.C. Those states are Alaska, California, Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, and Vermont. LIE #2: There is no state in which “abortion after birth” is legal. At one point, debate moderator Linsey Davis inappropriately jumped in to debate Trump, telling him, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.” She is incorrect! Truth: “After-birth abortion” or infanticide does occur, and 15 states allow it. These 15 states allow infanticide: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont. That’s why Marjorie Dannenfelser, the President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, sent a letter to ABC demanding a correction. In 2019, then-Senator Kamala Harris voted against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires abortionists to provide potentially lifesaving care to babies born during botched abortions.  In addition, just because it is illegal in many states to kill a newborn baby does not mean it is not happening and that abortion advocates don’t support it. Pennsylvania abortionist Kermit Gosnell is in prison currently for actively killing babies who survived his abortion procedures. LIE #3: Pro-life laws make it “criminal” for a doctor to provide health care for women who have miscarriages. During the debate, Kamala Harris falsely claimed, “Over 20 Trump abortion bans make it criminal for a doctor or nurse to provide health care. In one state, it provides prison for life. I have talked with women around our country. You wanAuthor, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

On Sunday, September 15th, former President Donald Trump was targeted in a second assassination attempt on the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. It happened  just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania. Guest host Adam McManus talks with Michael Letts, a former law enforcement officer who worked with the Reagan Secret Service team, and founder of InVestUSA.org, which provides bullet-proof vests to police. They talk about Ryan Routh, age 58, who hid out on the Trump Golf Club for 12 hours waiting to assassinate the former president. How did he know that Trump would be there since it was not published on his public schedule? How did he avoid discovery until the very last moment? And they also address the many security problems which enabled Matthew Crooks, age 20, to come within an inch of successfully assassinating Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th. Is there a mole inside the Secret Service?Author, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  Every week on Raising Them Up, the Waynes tackle real questions from real parents — just like you.From sibling fights to screen time, discipline to discipleship — they bring biblical wisdom, practical help, and gospel hope to the daily challenges of parenting.Listen to Raising Them Up wherever you get your podcasts — or find us at raisingthemup.org. That’s raisingthemup.org  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

Thousands of pagers detonated across Lebanon last Tuesday, injuring nearly 3,000 and killing 12 people. The attack targeted fighters with the terrorist group Hezbollah but also killed civilians.  Then, in a second wave of attacks, hand-held radios detonated across Lebanon on September 18th, killing 14 people and injuring over 450.  Guest host Adam McManus interviews Pastor Mark Biltz, a Messianic Jew, the author of God's Day Timer: The Key to Unlocking God's Time Clock, and founder of El Shaddai Ministries in Washington State. Biltz says Israel’s Mossad, the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, is the most likely and suspected source of the explosions, though they are not talking. The larger issue is that many see the source as obviously being Israel. Once that perception takes hold, it then becomes Hezbollah’s move and, by extension, Iran’s move.  In this shocking and unprecedented event, the fabric of modern warfare has been torn wide open. Thousands of Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon found themselves on the wrong side of a deadly technological twist, as pagers—devices largely considered relics of the past—erupted in a series of devastating explosions. Within just a few hours, these seemingly innocuous gadgets turned into instruments of retribution.Author, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  Every week on Raising Them Up, the Waynes tackle real questions from real parents — just like you.From sibling fights to screen time, discipline to discipleship — they bring biblical wisdom, practical help, and gospel hope to the daily challenges of parenting.Listen to Raising Them Up wherever you get your podcasts — or find us at raisingthemup.org. That’s raisingthemup.org  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

Relationship. Discipleship. Families being together, being nurtured, even in the midst of some of the most difficult times in recent history. This is what we see in families across the world who are discipling their children in the midst of war and government opposition. They provide a shining light of home education compared to the backdrop of brokenness, decimation, and isolation of the post-Christian wasteland of the West. We discuss the challenges facing the international homeschooling community and inspiring stories of faith from nations around the world on this edition of the program.Author, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

On this edition of the program, Kevin Swanson discusses the history of Christian homeschool organizations and the ideology of home education with Brian Ray. Is it the state's responsibility to fund the education of our children, or is this the job of the family? Author, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  Every week on Raising Them Up, the Waynes tackle real questions from real parents — just like you.From sibling fights to screen time, discipline to discipleship — they bring biblical wisdom, practical help, and gospel hope to the daily challenges of parenting.Listen to Raising Them Up wherever you get your podcasts — or find us at raisingthemup.org. That’s raisingthemup.org  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.

The media has always had a tremendous impact on the formation of public opinion . . . but it at least tried to be unbiased in its reporting in times past. So what do we do when it becomes as blatantly biased as it is today? Is there an objective, absolute standard to use when interpreting the events around us? Or is it the one who yells “Heretic!” the loudest who wins in the end? We review some of the basics requirements for good journalism, how to navigate the maze of a thousand opinions, and the need bring God’s standards to bear in the area of the press and current events on this edition of the program.Author, pastor, podcaster, husband, father, and grandfather, Kevin Swanson, enters the arena with the takeaway word for the day.  Strong. StrongTheBook.com  Every week on Raising Them Up, the Waynes tackle real questions from real parents — just like you.From sibling fights to screen time, discipline to discipleship — they bring biblical wisdom, practical help, and gospel hope to the daily challenges of parenting.Listen to Raising Them Up wherever you get your podcasts — or find us at raisingthemup.org. That’s raisingthemup.org  In a world spinning with headlines, who’s giving you the news through the lens of Scripture?The Worldview in 5 Minutes brings you the stories that matter — from around the globe — all filtered through a biblical worldview.Persecution. Politics. Victories for life. Challenges to the family.Subscribe to The Worldview in 5 Minutes wherever you get your podcasts — or at theworldview.com.