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The American Soul

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

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21:06

The Greatest Commandments And The Courage To Live Them

The American Soul ·

2026/03/07

Start with the center and everything else comes into focus. We open with Jesus’ greatest commandments—love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself—and trace how those two clear lines cut through confusion at home, at church, and in public life. When love becomes the measure, rituals lose their shine, excuses run out, and courage becomes daily work. We reflect on Proverbs 31 as a portrait of ordered love, not a hustle mantra. The wisdom points eve...

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What Happens When Leadership Loses Its Foundation

The American Soul ·

2026/03/06

Start with a hard question: who gets your final say—public opinion or God? We open with Jesus’ authority challenged in the temple and find that “we don’t know” is not a refuge but a verdict. From there, we follow the parable of the tenants to its sharp edge, where the cornerstone is rejected and fear of the crowd distorts judgment. That tension isn’t ancient alone; it hums under our headlines today, shaping how we decide, vote, and lead when the costs are real. We dig into the famous charge ...

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18:44

How Trusting God Shapes Our Lives And Nation

The American Soul ·

2026/03/05

When the ground seems to shift under our feet, what holds? We open with Psalm 46 and the charge to “be still and know,” then follow that thread through the grit of daily life, the discipline of Titus 2, and the disruptive authority of Mark 11. Our goal is simple and demanding: anchor trust in God, live with visible integrity, and let forgiveness clear the runway for bold prayer. We talk candidly about representation and witness: how a single life can shape someone’s view of an entire faith, ...

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22:05

What Would You Risk For Truth And Liberty

The American Soul ·

2026/03/04

Service isn’t soft power; it’s the backbone of real leadership. We open with Mark 10’s bracing call to be different—leaders who become servants—and then press that truth into the places that test us most: our marriages, our parenting, and our public courage. The heartbeat of the conversation is simple and sharp: love is proven by priorities, and freedom survives only where virtue has roots. From the disciples’ scramble for status to Bartimaeus shouting for mercy while the crowd sneers, we ex...

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23:13

Riches, Faith, And The Narrow Gate

The American Soul ·

2026/03/03

A single line from Mark 10 can reorder a life: “With God all things are possible.” We start there and follow the ripple effects into our homes, our habits, and our public courage. When Jesus tells the rich young ruler to sell his goods and follow, he isn’t launching a guilt trip; he’s revealing how tightly comfort can close a fist. We unpack what it means to loosen that grip, receive salvation as grace rather than achievement, and orient our days around treasure that doesn’t rust. From there...

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25:39

Who Is Not Against Us

The American Soul ·

2026/03/02

A simple question cuts through the noise: who are we for? We open with Mark 9, where Jesus rebukes tribal instincts and affirms that anyone acting in his name is not an enemy. That word on unity, paired with his picture of greatness as serving a child, challenges our craving for status and control. From there, we move into the deep waters of marriage with 1 Peter 3 and Jesus’ teaching on divorce. Honor, gentleness, and shared inheritance in grace become the backbone of covenant love, and we f...

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22:09

What Happens To A Nation That Forgets Virtue

The American Soul ·

2026/02/28

A desperate father says the quiet part out loud: I believe—help my unbelief. That honest confession from Mark 9 becomes our doorway into a wide-ranging, deeply practical conversation about faith that holds under pressure, marriages that model covenant love, and the civic virtue required to keep a free people free. We start with the Transfiguration and the healing that follows, where Jesus links real power to real prayer, then ask what it means to live that dependence when our homes and headli...

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21:49

Who Do You Say He Is?

The American Soul ·

2026/02/27

A simple question can rearrange a life: Who do you say I am? We walk through Mark 8 where bread is forgotten, vision comes in stages, and a fisherman finds the right words but the wrong expectations. Peter names Jesus as the Messiah, only to learn that glory runs through a cross, not around it. That tension—truth confessed, cost misunderstood—sets the tone for a candid look at what it means to follow when the road gets rough. I share why the warning about yeast still matters, how subtle infl...

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21:32

We Show What We Love By How We Spend Our Time

The American Soul ·

2026/02/26

What if the clearest proof of love isn’t what we say, but how we spend our hours? We open with Psalm 41 and move through stories of healing, scarcity turned into abundance, and the ache of betrayal to ask a simple question with hard edges: do our calendars match our convictions? Along the way, we sit with a tragic loss that should not be forgotten, honor courage under fire, and look honestly at the difference between ideals and ideologies. From the kitchen table to the public square, we keep...

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18:06

Guard Your Heart, Guard Your Nation

The American Soul ·

2026/02/25

Start at the source: the heart. We explore how inner life—thoughts, desires, and daily choices—spills into families, communities, and national destiny. Guided by Mark 7, we push beyond surface rituals and ask the tougher question: what’s forming our character, and how does that formation show up in the real world? We move from scripture to lived reality, reflecting on a brutal crime and the Red Brigades’ campaign of terror to show how pride, deceit, and envy don’t stay private. They scale. A...

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22:33

Putting People First Beats Every Excuse We Make

The American Soul ·

2026/02/24

What if the hours we guard for ourselves are the very hours we owe to the people we love? We dig into the gap between what we claim to value and what our calendars reveal, challenging the easy refuge of “me time” when marriage, parenting, and community call for presence. Through Mark 6, we follow Jesus from crowded shores to quiet prayer, drawing a line between rest that restores and rest that numbs. Five loaves and two fish become a blueprint for service: bring what you have, bless it, and w...

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28:18

Hope, Duty, And The Measure Of Rulers

The American Soul ·

2026/02/23

Start with a breath: Psalm 39 names the brevity of life and the only hope that holds when wealth, status, and fury fail. From that quiet center, we move into the heart of covenant—marriage as the exclusive union that reorders our priorities and pushes back against the temptation to treat a spouse like an accessory. Then we follow Jesus to Nazareth, where familiarity breeds unbelief, and watch him send the twelve two by two, a pattern of mission, accountability, and trust that still beats solo...

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When Obedience Meets Conscience: Scripture,...

The American Soul ·

2026/02/21

Grief can roar and still not win. We open with a lament that names guilt, pain, and isolation without flinching, then move straight into stories that test faith in real time: a father who believes for his dying daughter, a woman who risks a crowd for a single touch, and a Savior who meets both fear and finality with steady power. Along the way, we talk about marriage as covenant delight, not duty performed on autopilot, and we confess how screens and scrolling siphon attention until affection...

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22:26

Whose Authority Do We Obey When The State And God...

The American Soul ·

2026/02/20

What if the growth you can’t see today becomes the shelter you’ll need tomorrow? We start with Jesus’ parables of the scattered seed and the mustard plant to show how quiet, steady faith takes root long before results are obvious. Then the lake turns rough. As the storm crashes over the boat, fear shouts louder than trust—until a word stills the wind. That moment reframes our own crises: when panic rises, what holds authority over our hearts? From the shoreline we step into the hills of the ...

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When Scripture Confronts Power: What Do We Owe God...

The American Soul ·

2026/02/19

What if the light you carry was never meant to be hidden? We start with Jesus’ lamp-on-a-stand challenge and follow its beam through the places that most test courage: marriage, hardship, and the public square. Along the way, we pair parables with practice, letting scripture press on our preferences and recalibrate the way we hear, love, and act. We sit with Ephesians 5 and its demanding vision of marriage shaped by Christ’s self-giving love. Rather than softening hard verses, we ask how sac...

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Why A House Divided Breaks: Marriage, Authority, And...

The American Soul ·

2026/02/18

What holds a house together when the pressure mounts? We follow a clear line from Jesus’s rebuke—“How can Satan cast out Satan?”—to the everyday fractures that threaten marriages, churches, and civic life. When Jesus says a kingdom or family divided cannot stand, he isn’t offering a slogan; he’s diagnosing the cause of collapse and pointing to the cure: authority rightly used and unity grounded in the good. We walk through Mark 3 as crowds surge, demons cry out, and Jesus appoints the Twelve...

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24:04

Faith, Culture, And The Fault Line In America

The American Soul ·

2026/02/17

What if the real divide in our country isn’t left versus right, but healed versus sick—and only one side is willing to admit it? We start with Mark’s account of Jesus calling Levi and sitting at a table with tax collectors, then press into what that scandal means for a world obsessed with purity tests and public posturing. If the physician goes to the sick, then humility isn’t weakness; it’s the doorway to change. That lens reframes our debates on power, policy, and personal responsibility. ...

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Roof-Digging Faith, Roof-Edge Marriage Advice

The American Soul ·

2026/02/16

Scripture opens the door, but real life walks right in. We start with Psalm 35 and the name of Larisha Sheryl Thompson, a sober reminder that justice, mercy, and grief are not abstractions. From there we pray for guidance, for marriages that mirror Christ and the church, and for the courage to love neighbors, protect the vulnerable, and keep our steps on the narrow road. The heart of the conversation moves through two demanding paths: the home and the soul. Proverbs on quarrelsome homes forc...

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When Jesus Calls, Do We Drop Everything And Follow Him?

The American Soul ·

2026/02/14

What happens when the call to follow collides with the comfort of staying put? We open Scripture to let Mark 1, Psalm 35, Proverbs 9, and Titus 2 shape a candid look at wisdom, justice, marriage, and the raw cost of discipleship—and we don’t dodge the hard parts. From John the Baptist’s desert cry to Jesus’ unmistakable authority over evil, the gospel’s summons is immediate and inconvenient, yet life-giving for anyone willing to drop their nets. We walk through the rapid movement of Mark’s o...

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Rescue For The Brokenhearted

The American Soul ·

2026/02/13

Start with promise, not spin: the Lord is near to the brokenhearted and hears our cry for help. That truth anchors a candid journey from grief over real-world violence to the blazing center of Christian hope in Matthew 28—an empty tomb, unborrowed authority, and a commission that makes faith public. We don’t stop at comfort; we press into responsibility. If Jesus holds all authority, then our words, our work, and our citizenship have to change shape. We invite you to slow down with Psalms an...

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