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Are you tired of hearing the myth about separation of church and state? Are you tired of being told that America is not and never was a Christian nation? Do you want to have the information to stand up for the truth and fight back against this fundamental lie that’s invading our culture and education? Each week, host Jesse Cope will dive into quotes and excerpts from our great leaders and documents throughout our history showing how in President Woodrow Wilson’s words “America was born a Christian nation.” We have the truth on our side and together we can absolutely turn our nation around. Follow Jesse @jtcope4 on X for daily doses of the truth to help fight back. Subscribe to The American Soul and share the show with someone who needs to hear it. We're on a mission to spread the truth and get our nation back on the right track — and you can help us make this possible.
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What if the most important work you do today is simply turning toward the people you love? We start with loss, not to linger in sorrow, but to remember what actually lasts. Things break. Trends fade. Screens keep scrolling. People are eternal, and how we treat them shapes our homes, our communities, and our future. From that center, we dive into Ephesians 5 and talk plainly about marriage as a living picture of Christ and the church. It’s not a contest for control but a call to mutual honor:...
What if the gap between our dreams and our reality isn’t talent, but effort ordered by love? We explore why so many of us crave high reward with low effort and how a clear hierarchy—God, spouse, family, country—reorients our days toward what truly matters. Along the way, we get practical about marriage, drawing on Hebrews 13:4 to show how honor and fidelity aren’t drab rules but the engine of trust, joy, and resilience. Luke 2 takes center stage through Linus’s timeless recitation from A Cha...
What if loving your spouse first is the most loving thing you can do for your kids and your country? We open with a hard look at modern parenting and explain why a spouse-first home gives children security, clarity, and a living picture of covenant love they can carry into their own marriages. It’s a call to realignment: step back from living through your kids, rebuild the partnership that holds the family together, and let your priorities teach what your words cannot. We lean into Scripture...
A single barroom question—will the terror ever stop—can change how you see duty, faith, and the meaning of peace. We open with prayer and a grateful nod to everyone holding families, churches, and towns together, then step into a hard conversation about violence, vigilance, and what actually protects ordinary people. The tension is real, so we turn to Scripture for a truer compass: Proverbs on faithful marriage, Matthew 4 on repentance and calling, and Psalm 4 on quieting anger and trusting G...
Doubt doesn’t always start with disbelief; it often starts with uneven standards. We put ancient sources on pedestals while demanding perfection from the Gospels. So we ask a sharper question: if historians trust accounts of Alexander the Great written centuries after his death, what should we do with Christian claims circulating within years of the resurrection? Walking through insights popularized by Lee Strobel and scholarship that outlines early creeds, eyewitness proximity, and manuscrip...
Headlines can numb the soul, but they can also wake it. We open with prayer and move straight into the hard reality of targeted violence and public fear, then trace a path that blends courage with compassion. Our focus is local and concrete: how to strengthen law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, and communication networks so communities are ready before a crisis, not after. The goal isn’t alarm—it's stewardship. When neighbors talk, train, and plan, the ground under our feet steadies. From th...
A simple memory at a memorial changed the tone of the day: a third-grade classroom with the Golden Rule on the wall, memorized by kids who carried it into adulthood. That image opened a bigger conversation about what we teach our children, how we understand liberty, and why our public institutions should reflect the moral roots that shaped this country. We walk through the case for centering tax-funded education on the principles that animated the American project—love of neighbor, the digni...
Strong marriages don’t happen by accident—they’re built hour by hour with the choices we make when no one is watching. We open with gratitude and prayer, then press into a simple, challenging idea: if you can find time for screens, sports, or scrolling, you can find time to invest in your spouse. Drawing from Kobe Bryant’s “simple math,” we talk about compounding effort in relationships and how a steady, willing spirit creates a home that can weather stress and change. We ground that vision ...
A single thread runs through today’s conversation: real authority is sacrificial, and real hope is active. We open with gratitude and prayer, then move straight into Ephesians 5 to explore how love and respect are not competing claims but a bonded calling. Husbands are charged to give themselves up, not to grasp for power; wives are called to respect that costly leadership, not to disappear. We share a hard truth from a broken marriage—two people “forgot they needed each other”—and talk candi...
A quiet milestone hits hard: for the first time in 84 years, no Pearl Harbor survivor could attend the ceremony. That absence becomes a mirror, and we ask the hard question—what will history say about our generation when our voices fade? We weave that reflection through Scripture, prayer, and lived examples to trace a path of courage rooted not in noise but in fidelity. We start with the heart of the home—marriage—drawing from Hebrews 13:4 to make a clear, hopeful case for honoring vows and ...
Start with honesty: none of us has a spotless record, and pretending we do only delays the obedience God asks of us today. We dig into the parable of the two sons to show why repentance is measured by action, not memory, and we highlight Rahab’s story as a powerful reminder that God writes redemption into the lives of imperfect people who choose faithfulness now. From there, we turn to Titus 2 and get practical about the virtues that steady a home and strengthen a community. Temperance, dign...
War asks brutal questions about mercy, justice, and responsibility—and pretending otherwise only spreads the pain. We dive into a real-world flashpoint with cartel violence and examine why “kindness” can become cruelty when it allows predators to return to their trade. Drawing on the battlefield wisdom of Stonewall Jackson, Norman Schwarzkopf, and Winston Churchill, we make the unpopular case that, once force is justified, half measures prolong suffering. Swift, decisive action can actually b...
A starving prisoner kneels in the mud so a stranger won’t die alone. That image, carried from a liberated WWII camp, sets the compass for everything that follows. We talk about what real courage looks like when no one is watching, how ordinary choices either feed cruelty or push back against it, and why small acts of dignity can outlast the roar of any regime. From there, we connect the dots across Scripture and history. Colossians points us toward marriages shaped by love and respect, the k...
A hard word can also be a healing one: we dig into why “Christless conservatism” cannot carry a nation’s moral weight, and why political victories feel empty when the soul goes unattended. Starting with a frank look at ambivalence among believers, we trace how lukewarm faith leaks into families, schools, churches, and public life. God is love and also justice; mercy and also judgment—and ignoring either side bends us toward confusion. That tension sets the stage for a deeper call to repentanc...
Headlines move fast, but the root struggle rarely changes: what ideas shape our lives, our families, and our country. We follow a clear thread—from Minnesota’s funding controversy to Churchill’s warnings about Nazism to FDR’s 1933 Christmas Eve fireside chat—to ask a hard question: do we evaluate people by ethnicity and origin, or by the ideology they carry and promote? That choice frames everything else, from policy to culture to how we raise our kids. We read from 1 Corinthians on marital ...
Seven hours on screens, and somehow we still feel starved for connection. We take a hard look at the cost of constant scrolling and map out a simple, sustainable detox that trades distraction for real presence. No sweeping pledges, no moralizing—just small, daily choices that rebuild attention, warmth, and trust at home and in our communities. We start with the data and move quickly to the heart: what screens steal from marriages, friendships, and parenting. Then we get practical. Think thre...
Start with hope, end with readiness. We open our hearts in prayer and then get practical about how to protect what we love, drawing a straight line from an old Marine Corps lesson—never bring a problem without solutions—to a community playbook that blends faith, family, and civic duty. Mercy Otis Warren’s account of the Founders petitioning the Crown while raising an army sets the tone: pursue peace, but prepare with clear eyes. We talk through specific steps anyone can take to strengthen a ...
What if the most important battles are won in the quiet moments no one else sees? We trace a line from Patrick Henry’s warning about national righteousness to the everyday decisions that define our character—returning an extra dollar, opening a door, saying a prayer, speaking truth with grace. Along the way, we wrestle with Hebrews 13:4, Proverbs 5, and 1 Corinthians 7, confronting the hard call to honor marriage with equal integrity inside and outside the church. Accountability without favor...
When headlines feel heavier by the day, it’s tempting to wish for a return to “normal.” We take a sharper path instead, asking what real peace requires and how conviction, not comfort, reshapes a nation. Through prayer, Scripture, and a candid look at our cultural blind spots, we trace a line from personal character to public life, from the kitchen table to the town square, and from Advent hope to daily courage. We start with the hard truth: hoping for a status quo won’t heal a fractured cul...
If joy feels scarce and the cultural noise won’t quit, here’s a calmer path forward. We pull together three strands—how we raise our kids, how we ready our souls, and how a nation holds its center—and trace them through Scripture, history, and a timeless Christmas message from President Calvin Coolidge. The throughline is simple: standards matter, humility matters, and joy rooted in Christ outlasts the season. We start with the honest ache we hear from college and trade school students who s...
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