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
1604 episodes
Jesus Makes The Test Simple: Go And Do Likewise
A single question can expose what we really believe: “What should I do to inherit eternal life?” We start in Luke 10 with Jesus refusing debate tactics and pulling us back to the heart of the law, loving God with everything and loving our neigh...
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Season 5
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Episode 277
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17:28
Leave A Review, Save A Soul, Fix The Nation
A nation can feel like it’s unraveling and Psalm 74 gives words for that moment: “How long, O God?” I start with that biblical lament, then turn to the kind of headlines that make your stomach drop and spark debate about immigration policy, pub...
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Season 5
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Episode 276
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Jesus Does Not Require Your Denomination
A lot of people say they want “more unity” in Christianity, right up until someone follows Jesus outside their preferred tribe. We start with Luke 9 and a line that still stings our pride: “Anyone who is not against you is for you.” From there,...
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Season 5
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Episode 275
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17:00
Take Up Your Cross Daily
“If you want to be my follower, you must give up your own way.” That line from Luke 9 is simple to quote and hard to live, so I slow down and ask what it looks like in real life, not just in church talk. When Jesus says to take up your cross da...
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Season 5
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Episode 274
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You Still Have Time To Choose Christ
Fear has a way of making everything feel slippery, so we go back to something solid: Scripture. We start with Psalm 71 and its blunt, human plea for protection, then we pray the Lord’s Prayer and ask God to guard our hearts, guide our words, an...
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Season 5
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Episode 273
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When Loyalty Drifts To Screens
A marriage can look “fine” on the outside while slowly starving on the inside. We start with Hebrews 13:4 and get uncomfortably practical: even if we never commit physical adultery, what happens when our phone, our shows, our workouts, or our g...
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Season 5
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Episode 272
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What If Listening To God Costs You Comfort
A single day can hold grief, Scripture, and a hard mirror for our own hearts. We start with Psalm 69, where God hears the cries of the needy, and we pray for repentance, for the injured and ill, for the brokenhearted, and for those who serve ou...
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Season 5
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Episode 271
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Psalm 69 And The Long Road Back To Hope
The waterline is rising, your footing is gone, and all you can do is whisper a prayer. That is where we start, with Psalm 69 and its blunt honesty about fear, exhaustion, and waiting for God to answer with unfailing love. I pray for you directl...
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Season 5
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Episode 270
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Faith That Faces Doubt
Doubt doesn’t always show up as rebellion. Sometimes it sounds like John the Baptist asking a brutally honest question: “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting?” We sit with Luke 7 as Jesus answers in a way that cuts through noise, not with s...
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Season 5
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Episode 269
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What Happens When A Nation Forgets God
A single line from Scripture can expose what we really worship. We open with Deuteronomy and the first commandment, then keep coming back to the same question: what happens to a family and a nation when God is treated like an optional add-on in...
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Season 5
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Episode 268
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Words Reveal The Heart
A single line from Luke 6 can expose a lifetime of excuses: a good tree cannot produce bad fruit. We start there, then follow the thread into the way our words reveal our inner life, why hypocrisy is so tempting, and why Jesus pairs moral clari...
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Season 5
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Episode 267
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17:58
Everybody Wants A Great Marriage Until It’s Time To Act Like It
If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, “I’ve got nothing left to give,” but somehow still found time for a show, a scroll, or a hobby, this conversation lands close to home. I read Scripture and then tie it to the part of life where faith get...
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Season 5
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Episode 266
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17:07
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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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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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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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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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