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 nation.” We have the truth on our side and together we can absolutely turn our nation around. Follow Jesse @jtcope4 on Twitter and @jtcopeiv on Instagram 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.
Episodes
1466 episodes
Time Well Spent
We reflect on how a single day exposes our real priorities, then walk through marriage, discipline, and steady faith under pressure. The conversation widens to law and order, broken windows, and why votes must match values, with Scripture guidi...
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Season 5
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Episode 139
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20:17
Reordering Life: Faith, Marriage, Duty
What would your day look like if you turned it into a pie chart—God, marriage, kids, work, phone, sports, hobbies—and had to explain the slices out loud? We start with that honest audit and move into practical shifts you can make today: five mi...
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Season 5
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Episode 138
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22:46
Phones Get Your Energy, But Your Spouse Gets The Leftovers?
We examine how daily choices reveal what we worship, then turn to Ephesians 5 and 1 Peter to anchor marriage, holiness, and discernment in Scripture. We also reflect on a Medal of Honor story and founders’ views on immigration, linking personal...
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Season 5
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Episode 137
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21:00
Education Without Character Builds Brilliant Fools
What did you trade your last 24 hours for? We open with a simple audit of time and attention and follow it to a bigger truth: our choices reveal our loves. From screen habits to spiritual disciplines, we map practical swaps that build convictio...
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Season 5
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Episode 136
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Priorities And The Price Of Virtue
We reflect on how we spend our time, then link daily choices to character, marriage, and the health of our nation. Scripture from Titus, James, and Psalms anchors a tough look at integrity, a brief honor for Daniel Bishop, and a strong case tha...
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Season 5
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Episode 135
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21:28
Choose Whom You Serve Today
We press into James 4 and Proverbs 5 to examine loyalty to God, honest marriage habits, and how small daily choices shape a life. History and Scripture meet in a Medal of Honor story and John Quincy Adams’s words linking liberty to Christian vi...
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Season 5
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Episode 134
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19:52
Running The Race: Marriage, Scripture, And Courage
We challenge how we spend the last 24 hours, then trace a path from marriage and mutual duty to endurance, discipline, and courage shaped by Scripture. History, quotes, and a Medal of Honor story ground the call to choose truth over comfort and...
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Season 5
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Episode 133
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19:54
Winning Hearts Through Actions And Quiet Strength
We press on the question of how we spend our hours and why daily choices reveal our faith, our marriage health, and our community courage. Scripture, a Medal of Honor story, and practical calls to prepare locally shape a sober but hopeful path ...
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Season 5
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Episode 132
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17:59
What If Patriotism Begins With Prayer?
We ask a blunt question about the last 24 hours and move through Ephesians 5 and Hebrews 11 to show how faith and marriage shape a life and a nation. History and quotes from American voices point to a simple claim: spread the gospel to renew ou...
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Season 5
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Episode 131
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22:09
Set Your Purpose On God And Your Actions Will Follow
We press on the gap between professed priorities and daily choices, then lay out a simple plan to realign time with faith, marriage, and purpose. Scripture from Song of Solomon, Hebrews 10, and Psalm 109 anchors practical steps, with stories fr...
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Season 5
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Episode 130
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Screens, Marriage, And The Courage To Lead
We share a simple plan to put God first, protect marriage with clear expectations, and cut kids’ screen time without chaos. Scripture anchors the hope, practical steps build the habits, and leadership by example holds it all together.• ...
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Season 5
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Episode 129
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Belonging And Redemption
We trace a line from covenant love to the New Covenant, then into gratitude, history, and courage. Scripture frames marriage, conscience, and civic memory, culminating in a WWII story and presidential calls to read the Bible.• covenant ...
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Season 5
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Episode 128
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21:48
What You Do Reveals What You Believe
We challenge how we spend our last 24 hours and connect small daily habits to a faith that shows up in actions. James confronts gossip, speech, and wisdom, while Psalms and Proverbs ground trust and leadership; we close with courage from histor...
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Season 5
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Episode 127
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20:49
Stop Praising Celebs And Start Thanking Your Spouse
We press into James on faith that acts, daily priorities, and the gap between what we say and what we do. We challenge cultural favoritism, double standards on law and marriage, honor real courage, and rethink tidy myths about history.•...
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Season 5
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Episode 126
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If you were the only person alive, Christ would still go to the cross
We ask hard questions about time, distraction, and purpose, then turn to Scripture to find wisdom, gratitude, and courage for daily life. We read from James 1, Psalm 116, and Proverbs 27, revisit original Columbus journal entries, and invite yo...
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Season 5
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Episode 125
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20:52
Columbus, Critics, and a Compass that Points to Jesus
We challenge how we spend time and what our choices prove, read Hebrews 13 and Psalm 115 on trust and idols, and revisit Columbus through primary sources and Las Casas to test easy narratives and seek honest history with a Christian lens. We ad...
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Season 5
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Episode 124
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Columbus, Covenant, and the Heart’s True North
We explore how to love a spouse through daily priorities, read Hebrews 12 with reverence and hope, and reconsider Columbus by turning to his own words rather than slogans. Prayer frames the hour, courage steadies it, and gratitude keeps the cen...
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Season 5
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Episode 123
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What happens when a people forgets God—and how families can lead the way back
We connect the daily choice to seek God with the way we love our spouse and shape our nation’s character, moving from Song of Solomon to Hebrews 9 and Psalm 106 to America’s history with the Bible. Along the way we press into intimacy’s three l...
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Season 5
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Episode 122
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24:59
Why actions—not excuses—reveal our faith and shape our families
A candid walk through repentance, marriage, and moral courage, woven with Scripture and a striking story of hidden heroism. We tie Hebrews 8 to daily habits, reflect on beauty as action, and tackle how private choices shape public life....
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Season 5
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Episode 121
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27:29
Put Down the Phone, Pick Up Your Spouse
We pray through Scripture, confront the weight of folly, and argue that marriage should look unmistakably faithful—so faithful it seems “too clingy” to a watching world. From Song of Solomon and Melchizedek to boredom’s hidden gift and early Am...
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Season 5
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Episode 120
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21:51
Anchor of Hope
We set our priorities on God first and spouse second, drawing strength from Hebrews 6’s unbreakable promise and Song of Solomon’s picture of joyful devotion. We reckon with gray divorce, remember a quiet Navy hero, and revisit Pennsylvania’s fo...
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Season 5
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Episode 119
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Quiet Hours, Clear Hearts
We pause for prayer, open Scripture, and talk candidly about maturing from milk to solid food, using gifts well, and remembering God’s faithfulness across generations. Along the way, we question the worship of titles, honor quiet attention, and...
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Season 5
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Episode 118
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19:56
When your schedule says “no time,” it’s telling you what you worship
We challenge “no time” by showing how the calendar reveals what we worship, then walk through Hebrews 4, 1 Timothy 2, and a Psalm to reorder loves toward God, marriage, and honest citizenship. History, a Medal of Honor story, and Maryland’s doc...
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Season 5
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Episode 117
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18:55
Whose voice shapes a nation—culture or Christ?
A quiet prayer opens into a frank talk on priorities: why spare time exposes what we worship, how daily habits build intimacy in marriage, and why Scripture—not shifting culture—must lead. We read Hebrews 3, rejoice in Psalm 104’s order, honor ...
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Season 5
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Episode 116
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23:55
My phone says “scroll”; my soul says “Psalm 103”
We reset our hearts around Jesus, ask hard questions about spare time, and walk through Scripture that reframes marriage, family, and courage. We draw lessons from Hebrews 2, Psalm 103, a Civil War hero, and Delaware’s early faith declarations ...
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Season 5
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Episode 115
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