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 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.
Episodes
1592 episodes
What If National Renewal Starts At Home
“Healthy people don’t need a doctor. Sick people do.” We start there, with Luke 5, because that single line exposes a conflict that keeps showing up in our lives and in our country: the difference between people who admit sin and repent, and pe...
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Season 5
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Episode 265
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17:00
Faith, Family, And The Fight Against Screens
Noise is easy. Quiet is hard. And yet the quiet is where prayer gets honest, families get stitched back together, and we remember who actually holds hope. We start with Psalm 65, a Psalm that refuses despair: God hears, God forgives, God provid...
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Season 5
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Episode 264
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18:31
Even When We Can’t See, Follow Him Anyway
Nothing exposes our hearts like a night of hard work that produces nothing, and Luke 5 puts that feeling right on the shoreline. We sit with Simon Peter as he admits the obvious, he is tired and he has already tried, yet he still chooses obedie...
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Season 5
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Episode 263
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17:57
The Devil Offered A Deal And We Took It
Psalm 63 starts with a sentence that refuses to stay theoretical: “My soul thirsts for you.” That’s the doorway into a conversation about what we reach for when life feels dry, pressured, or hollow and how quickly our hearts make replacements w...
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Season 5
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Episode 262
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18:02
Quiet Hope In A Shaken World
When your soul feels loud, scattered, or just plain tired, you need something sturdier than willpower. We open with Psalm 62 and keep coming back to it like a handhold: wait quietly before God, put your hope in Him, and remember that no enemy c...
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Season 5
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Episode 261
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17:28
When The Heart Feels Overwhelmed
When your heart feels overwhelmed, you don’t need a new distraction. You need a place to stand. We open with Psalm 61, a blunt, beautiful prayer that names the fear and reaches for God as a rock, a refuge, and a shelter that actually holds when...
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Season 5
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Episode 260
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16:09
Jesus Christ Must Be The Rallying Point Of A Free Nation
The ground feels like it’s splitting under our feet, so what do you grab when everything shakes? We start with Psalm 60 and its brutally honest words about broken defenses, cracked land, and people staggering, then we ask what restoration actua...
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Season 5
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Episode 259
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17:13
What Happens To A Nation Without Fear Of God
Psalm 59 doesn’t sanitize evil, and neither do we. We start with David’s plea, “Rescue me,” and connect it to the kind of headlines that leave families angry, heartsick, and on edge. Then we slow down and do what a biblical worldview demands: p...
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Season 5
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Episode 258
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16:55
Morning Light In Dark Times
Darkness isn’t theoretical anymore, it’s in the headlines, the anxiety we carry, and the way evil can look “successful” for a while. We start with Luke 1 and the promise of God’s tender mercy, where the morning light from heaven breaks in to gu...
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Season 5
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Episode 257
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15:49
What Happens When A Nation Forgets God
Fear has a way of shrinking your world down to one dark room, so we start where Scripture starts: “Have mercy on me, O God.” Psalm 57 becomes a map for the moment when you need protection, patience, and a place to breathe while the danger passe...
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Season 5
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Episode 256
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16:42
What If Fear Is A Signal To Pray
Fear does not wait for a convenient moment, it shows up in the middle of real life. We open with Psalm 56 and stay with David’s refrain until it sinks in: trust is a choice you make while the threat is still there. Along the way we pray for you...
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Season 5
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Episode 255
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17:15
What If The Greatest Threat Is Us
Betrayal hits different when it comes from someone you once worshiped alongside, and Psalm 55 doesn’t sugarcoat that kind of pain. We start there, then slow down long enough to pray with gratitude for everyday mercies we ignore too easily, and ...
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Season 5
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Episode 254
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16:56
We Keep Trading Truth For Approval
A single Psalm can feel like it was written for the headlines. We start with Psalm 54 and its urgent cry, “Rescue me,” then connect that prayer to the real-world weight of violence and the need for God’s protection in our homes and communities....
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Season 5
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Episode 253
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16:57
God Can Forgive The Sin You Can’t Forget
The rooster crowed, and Peter’s confidence collapsed. That single sound marks one of the rawest moments in the Gospel of Mark, and we slow down long enough to feel the truth of it: you can love Jesus, know better, and still fail under pressure....
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Season 5
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Episode 252
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16:17
Faith Under Pressure: From Jesus’ Prayer To America’s Moral Compass
A quiet table, a broken loaf, and a promise no one fully understood—then a dark garden where even friends fell asleep. We trace that arc from the Last Supper to Gethsemane to ask a hard question: what does real courage look like when fear tight...
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Season 5
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Episode 251
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15:57
How Personal Repentance Shapes A Nation’s Future
A whispered plea from Psalm 51 can change more than a heart; it can reorient a home and steady a nation. We open with the raw language of repentance—guilt named, mercy asked, joy restored—and trace how that interior work fuels the public virtue...
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Season 5
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Episode 250
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16:03
Faith, Vigilance, And The Moral Stakes Of A Nation
Ready or not, life tests our foundations. We open with a frank call to stay awake—spiritually, morally, and civically—and trace how watchfulness shapes everything from our marriages to our ballots. When we neglect small duties, crises don’t com...
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Season 5
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Episode 249
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18:31
Why The Gospel Matters For Preserving Liberty
Alarms ring across Scripture and history, but panic is not the path—endurance is. We open with Jesus’ warnings about deception, persecution, and wars, then draw a direct line to the quiet courage required to hold families, communities, and a na...
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Season 5
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Episode 248
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20:58
The Greatest Commandments And The Courage To Live Them
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 con...
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Season 5
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Episode 247
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21:06
What Happens When Leadership Loses Its Foundation
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 i...
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Season 5
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Episode 246
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19:45
How Trusting God Shapes Our Lives And Nation
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. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 245
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18:44
What Would You Risk For Truth And Liberty
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 p...
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Season 5
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Episode 244
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22:05
Riches, Faith, And The Narrow Gate
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 foll...
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Season 5
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Episode 243
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23:13
Who Is Not Against Us
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 ...
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Season 5
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Episode 242
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25:39
What Happens To A Nation That Forgets Virtue
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 c...
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Season 5
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Episode 241
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22:09