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Top News Stories Apr 29, 2026 – 08:00 AM CDT
AM WALL STREET BUSINESS WED 4-29-26
The weirdest part of our political moment isn’t the headlines, it’s how comfortable some people have become saying out loud that violence is acceptable if it stops the “wrong” side. We talk through the latest assassination attempt news, the reactions that followed, and why this isn’t just a fight about policy but a clash of worldviews that shapes how people justify hatred.
From a biblical perspective, we argue the world is broken by sin and healed by a Savior. From a Marxist lens, life becomes oppressor versus oppressed, and once you label your opponent “evil,” almost anything starts to feel permissible. We connect that mindset to what’s been happening in education, how history gets stripped of heroes, and why parents can’t afford to outsource moral formation. We also discuss leadership under pressure, media narratives that blur moral lines, and what real biblical masculinity looks like when people around you need protection.
Then we’re joined by Kirk Cameron to focus on solutions: kids’ books, storytelling, and rebuilding patriotism at home. He shares the story behind Built By The Brave from Brave Books, a fun route into the Monument to the Forefathers, the Pilgrims, Lexington and Concord, the Revolutionary War, Gettysburg, and the faith-driven courage that shaped America. With America’s 250th anniversary approaching, we talk practical ways families can reclaim civic education, constitutional history, and a love for country without swallowing the “America is shameful” script.
If you want clear Christian worldview commentary, better history for kids, and tools for homeschooling and family discipleship, you’ll get a lot from this conversation. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more families can find it.
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Today's Bible verse: Ephesians 1:19-20
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Dr. Kathy Koch wants to help parents adjust to a “new normal” when their children become adults. The relationship has changed, and parents of adult kids need to change their expectations, listen more and advise less, break free from codependency, and give these new adults space and freedom to become the people God made them to be.
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Top News Stories Apr 29, 2026 – 12:00 AM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration cannot jail immigrants without the chance to seek bond. Since last year, the Department of Homeland Security has been denying bond hearings to immigrants arrested across the country, including those with no criminal history. In a unanimous ruling, a panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City cited “serious constitutional questions” related to the policy, saying it would otherwise be the broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in American history. Since two other appellate courts have already upheld the policy, the case could be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Top News Stories Apr 28, 2026 – 08:00 PM CDT
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