The Kirk Cameron Show

We say "I love you" all the time, to friends, to family, to the people closest to us. But what do we actually mean when we say it? In this episode, James and I dig into one of the biggest, most-used, and most-misunderstood words there is. Is love a feeling you fall into and fall out of, or is it a choice you make even when you don't feel like it? We get into why the Bible calls love a verb instead...

Doctor Fauci was once treated like the very face of science, untouchable. Now his own diary notes are out, and I can't help but think of the man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz. This week I dig into the gap between the image we project and the person we really are, and the God who sees past the optics straight to the heart. To learn more about the sponsor of today’s show and what our family...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day might be the biggest Spider-Man movie in years, and it gave me a lot more than a fun night at the theater. Behind all the action (and a little personal pride, since my cousin Brett Pollock served as director of photography), I found three lessons hiding under the mask: you can't heal by living a double life, real strength comes from fixing your eyes on Christ's victory in...

By popular request, James and I are opening the vault on every blooper, foul-up, and outtake that never survived the final cut. Today, the moments we usually keep to ourselves are all yours. From an Obi-Wan impression that took an unexpected Scottish turn, to an ongoing struggle between the words "psychologist" and "psychiatrist," to James's inability to pronounce Thessalonians, this one is a ligh...

What's the most important question you'll ever answer? It might not be the one you'd expect. In this episode, I dig into something I've wrestled with for decades: can you actually know, for certain, that you'd be welcomed into heaven if you died tonight? Not hope so. Not maybe. I walk through how Christians have fought over this for 2,000 years, from Calvin to Robert Bellarmine, and why the answer...

What if the therapy language we hear every day is quietly training us to worship ourselves? In this episode I step into the space between pop psychology and biblical counseling and ask whether we can study the brain without surrendering the soul. We talk about why "your truth" makes a terrible savior, why "just pray harder" is lazy counsel, and how neuroscience is catching up to what Scripture has...

In this episode I dig into the parable of the sower, one of the most ordinary stories Jesus ever told and one of the most searching. Four soils, one seed, and a question I couldn't shake all week: which one am I? I get into why Jesus said some people were not meant to understand, why the thorny soil is the one that hits closest to home for most of us today, and what it actually looks like to becom...

Have you ever blamed God without even realizing it? Not by shaking your fist at heaven, but by quietly thinking, "Lord, if you had just changed my circumstances, I wouldn't have done what I did." In this devotional I want to walk through what I've come to see as the most sophisticated form of self-deception, the final argument of a self-excusing heart. It's the same thing that happened back in the...

Today, I'm reacting to old videos of me from across the decades. Growing Pains, Fireproof, Left Behind, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Star Struck, Touched by an Angel, and the banana that made Ray Comfort famous for all the wrong reasons. I get into the trick my acting coach used to make me cry on cue, the TV screen nobody on set could break, the Fireproof scene I shot with an actor I've still n...

When did men and women stop being partners and start being competitors? James and I got into it today, and honestly, this one hit close to home. Our culture keeps handing women a scorecard that was designed for men. Career, income, resume, achievement. Chase it hard enough and you will be happy. But James asked a question I have not stopped thinking about: what if that scorecard is measuring the w...

What if the "freedom" our culture is selling is actually a prison? Everywhere you look, the message is the same: live for yourself, follow your heart, answer to no one. So why is everyone more anxious, more addicted, and more alone than ever? In this morning devotional, I dig into what the Bible says real freedom looks like, and why God's boundaries are less like prison bars and more like railroad...

Can a Christian sip a fine whiskey or light up a cigar and still honor God? I get into what the Bible actually says about alcohol, tobacco, and Christian liberty, from Jesus turning water into wine to Paul's warning about causing a brother to stumble. Alliance Defending Freedom: https://JoinADF.com/Kirk America's Christian Credit Union: https://americaschristiancu.com/kirk To learn more about the...

If God is all-powerful, why couldn't He just forgive us and skip the cross? Kirk and James dig into one of the most important questions in the Christian faith: why Jesus actually had to die. They break down the tension between God's justice and His mercy, why sin demands a real penalty, and how the cross is the only place where both get satisfied without compromise. Along the way, James shares a g...

Ever had someone hurt your feelings, only to realize later it might've been the most loving thing they could've done? Kirk unpacks the difference between wounds that destroy and wounds that save, drawing from Paul's letter to the Corinthians on why God sometimes uses hard truths and hard people to save us from ourselves. Plus, a mailbag full of real questions on kids and phones, giving to the home...

This one's for every family navigating tablets, screen time, and real friendship at home. I talk about why kids need people more than pixels, what boredom used to teach us before Wi-Fi took over, and how the best defense against screen addiction isn't stricter rules, it's a richer, more connected life. Plus clips on Reagan's take on atheism, John Piper on true joy, and a wild new law in New York r...

You were told to fear God. You were also told to love Him. And if you're honest, you never really understood how both could be true at the same time. Kirk sits down with his son James to unpack one of the most misunderstood commands in Scripture. James spent years brushing past the "fear God" stuff and leaning into the love, assuming the fear part was just... complicated. But the more he dug in, t...

How did we actually get the Bible? Was it cooked up in a smoke filled room by bishops in black robes, or is the Da Vinci Code right that Constantine and the Council of Nicaea just slapped it together? I'm answering that question head on today, and the real story is so much more powerful than the conspiracy theories give it credit for. We're talking about why Ecclesiastes made the cut and the Book...

UFC in the White House. A terror plot. A championship fight on the South Lawn. Kirk reacts to the wildest patriotic spectacle in recent memory and asks a question most of us don't want to sit with: what does it mean to go all in? On everything. Your marriage. Your kids. Your faith. Your work. Plus Kirk and James react to viral clips on gender ideology in classrooms, Steve Harvey's take on atheism,...

Today, we dig into dating apps from every angle: the history, the numbers, the psychology behind swiping, and whether it's actually making anyone better at relationships. James shares a story about creating a fake cowboy profile for a buddy in Wyoming, explains why the whole thing just feels off to him, and we land on a take that might surprise you. Real connection isn't found in a grid of strange...

The tallest church in the world was just blessed by the Pope. So is it Babel, or is it worship? The Sagrada Familia took over 140 years to build. Its architect, Antoni Gaudi, intentionally kept it just below the height of a nearby hill because he believed human hands shouldn't reach higher than God's. That's not Babel. That's the opposite of Babel. And I think the Church desperately needs cathedra...

Kirk Cameron celebrates Father's Day with a look at why dads matter more than they know. He traces the history of the holiday, shares General MacArthur's father's prayer, and reminds men that you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be present. Happy Father's Day to every dad standing in the gap. You are not replaceable. America's Christian Credit Union: https://americaschristiancu.com/kirk...

What if Jesus didn't come to improve your life but to end it? On this episode of The Kirk Cameron Show, Kirk unpacks one of the most misunderstood things Jesus ever said: take up your cross daily and follow me. He gets honest about his own lifelong battle with needing approval, then opens the mailbag to answer your questions on church history, today's new identities, sharing your faith, and encour...

The new Masters of the Universe reboot brings He-Man back, but under the swords and special effects sits a bigger question: what happens when ordinary people get extraordinary power, and do they have the character to use it? Kirk unpacks why real strength looks like the humility, self-control, and sacrificial love modeled by Jesus, and why God didn't just forgive us to wait around for heaven. We'v...

Steven Spielberg has a new alien movie coming out called Disclosure Day, and during press he asked a question that got everyone talking: is God only the God of this planet, or the God of everywhere life might exist? With the government suddenly more open about UFOs, a lot of people are quietly wondering the same thing. Would alien life prove the Bible wrong? Kirk's answer is simple: no. Not even a...

We don't usually think of guilt as a good thing. Our culture tells us to push it down and never feel bad about our choices. But what if a guilty conscience is actually a gift? In this episode, Kirk and James dig into the two very different ways people respond when they know they've done something wrong. One leads to freedom and peace. The other leads to editing the truth in your own mind, cutting...