The Generations Radio Program

There are diversions in the church, and then there are Christian tabloid diversions to keep us up to date on the diversions. We were asked about a certain occurrence playing out at a men's conference in Springfield, Missouri, hoping we could explain the general messed-uppedness of whatever happened there. This opens up a different conversation about diversions, the entertainment culture, the cool, big famous preacher guys, and the replacement of church with something (we're not exactly sure what it is).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.

College protests are sweeping across the country—over 1,400 protesters arrested so far. Youth power and student power gained force in the 1970s, beginning with the Vietnam protests. Shall we leave it up to the liberal colleges and "student power" to change the world? Or are we surrendering to chaos and revolution?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.

Has the time finally come for the states to fight off the tyranny of Washington, D.C.? Would they ever do it? Kevin Swanson interviews Matthew Trewhella on the role of the lesser magistrates in resisting tyranny from higher magistrates. This may come in handy when Christians are subjected to persecution at the hands of the pro-homosexual federal government.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.

Quite a lot can happen in 63 years of popular culture. We trace the movement from sustainable folk culture to decadence to despair on this edition of the program—beginning with Johnny Horton and ending with Taylor Swift. But why does a post-Christian culture end in suicide and despair so quickly? The book of 2 Peter offers a clue. 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.

Which is worse—violating a minor campaign finance rule or breaking God's law by committing adultery? Certain of Donald Trump's sexual sins and divorces are well known, but is any of this consistently overlooked by conservatives and Christians? Should they be overlooked? God wasn't happy with David's adultery with Bathsheba, and this actually took a toll on the nation. Should we minimize or ignore sexual sin? 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.

Kevin Swanson and Adam McManus address how difficult it has become to parent children in our world today. The world is doing badly, with many children spending over eight hours every day in online entertainment. Christians should have a purpose outside of video games and movies, redeeming the time, for the days are evil.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.

Employers are facing the toughest labor market in our lifetime. Men have lost reason and faith, character and stability. Men aren’t getting married, and they aren’t growing up. But each successive generation gets worse because they lack both fathers and mothers. The mothers of the next generation of children have rushed into the marketplace to fill in for the economy, and children are left home alone. Only 47% of grown men are married and stabilized in life, down from 73% in 1960. Meanwhile, the ratio of men to women in the workplace has increased from 91% to 34% (a 57% difference) to 89% to 78% (an 11% difference). But how is that going to help? Absent parents are the common denominator of many recent epidemics, including obesity, STDs, attention deficit disorder, and the use of psychiatric medications on even very young children. This thing is spiraling in the wrong direction. The solution will be found in the restoration of mothering, manhood, fathering, mentorship, and relationship. 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.

Visiting the orphan and widow. Adoption. It's real religion. It's tough religion at points. But it has to be a religion filled with faith and Christ, the whole journey. Here is a realistic, down-to-earth, loving, thoughtful, informative, wise, courageous, faith-filled, hopeful look at adoption through the eyes of a mom who has walked the journey. Kevin Swanson interviews Shari McMinn, author of her book called Adoption - Encouragement and Advice for a Hopeful Journey.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.

Purity rings, purity vows, purity ceremonies, and dances were popular for a few decades among Christian groups. But, problems developed when the little boys didn't grow up and girls couldn't get married. Immaturity dominated, online porn took the boys down; and combining vows of celibacy with a delay of marriage (and a reputation of young marriages) was a killer for evangelicals. Why aren't our young men getting married? Why aren't our girls getting married? The just will live by faith, and they will marry by faith. The breakdown of faith involves the breakdown of family. We give some practical advice for young people on getting married in this short segment.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.

Satan worship has moved from Iron Maiden and Marilyn Manson to Madonna, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift concerts. What started in the closet works its way into the bedroom . . . then on into the living room, and then it moves into the front yard, and now into the middle of the street. We provide a little historical background for revolutions. The French Revolution as the prototype for all future revolutions of the 19th and 20th Centuries, we review the spiritual/occultic preparation that came by the Illuminati and other secret societies early on. We list five strategies Satan uses to deceive Christians and non-Christians alike.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.