Abide in Liberty

In this episode, I interview my mother, Stephanie Dale, who founded Liberty Youth Academy. Her story is incredibly inspirational and is a great example of what it takes to stand up against evil, consecrate our lives to God, and find greater meaning in sacrifice and faith. Don't miss it!

In this episode I dive into the 2nd Amendment which guarantees to United States citizens the right to keep and bear arms without restriction. I walk through the history of this amendment, why the Founding Fathers actually wanted it in there, and how it is not outdated. I also walk through the atrocities that governments have perpetrated against their unarmed citizens in the 20th century alone. Thi...

In this episode, I share many of the ways that evil abounds in our society and how important it is that we seek to root it out wherever we find it and in any way that we can. We have to analyze everything based on principles (not political parties) and fight anything that violates those freedoms regardless of whether the perpetrators are a part of a favored party or not. I also talk about how impo...

In this final installment of the overview of the 5000 Year Leap by Clean Skousen, I talk about the importance of avoiding entangling alliances, the foundational role the family plays in stable and peaceful societies, the dangers of excessive debt, and the manifest destiny our country has to spread freedom across the globe. 

This week, we cover three important principles. The first is the rule of law. For so much of history, and throughout many countries today, the rule of the ruler is what reigns supreme, and that can make for turbulent societies and troubling transitions of power. Second, we explore the importance of education to maintaining freedom and we look at the educational level of early Americans. And finall...

Welcome back! I begin by addressing the concept of majority rule. We might think unanimity is preferable, but in practice this leads to rule by the minority, and I explain why that is. I finish up by talking about the importance of keeping as much of the governing local as possible. This is the only way to maximize freedom and generate the best, most efficient outcomes. People know what's bes...

In this episode I cover the importance of having a written constitution (and how such a thing was an American invention) as well as the importance of limiting the government through that written Constitution to prevent centralization of power.

In today's episode, we explore the importance and key elements of the free market economy. We also look at the separation of powers and checks and balances, both what they mean and where these game changing ideas came from. All of these are key elements of a free society, and it's vital to understand them so that we can tell when they are being violated.

The first principle I talk about in this episode is the corruptibility of human nature and how power corrupts even the most virtuous and well intentioned. The Constitution was structured to prevent even the best-intentioned people from exceeding their authority.  The second principle I talk about is how without property rights and government protection of those rights, your right to life and liber...

Welcome back! In this episode, we continue our study of the principles of liberty by looking at what has to be in place for a nation to alter its form of government, and we look at the Revolutionary War as a case study to see if it meets the criteria for a "just revolution." We applied the same principles and analysis to the Civil War. We also talked about how our country is a Constituti...

In this episode, I continue sharing principles of freedom that our Founders believed in and which informed how they built this country. This episode explains what unalienable rights and where the come from. I also dive into the Divine Right of Kings and how revolutionary it was to build a country on the foundation of sovereignty resting with the masses. This seems obvious to us, but the implicatio...

In this episode I review the first 7 principles of freedom from the book, 5000 Year Leap, that virtually all the Founding Fathers agreed with. I cover the political spectrum the Founders used (not right and left), the important of moral citizens and leaders, the role of God and religion in our country, and the difference between equal opportunity and equal outcomes. I demonstrate the importance of...

In this episode we dive a litter deeper into the Revolutionary War and focus on the incredible persistence of George Washington. When we are doing God's work, we will face intense opposition, but he will be with there with us, like he was with the Founders during the Revolutionary War, to help assure our ultimate victory despite opposition.

In this episode, I explore the historical case study comparing the American and French Revolutions. I show how an experiment with freedom and a grounding in God led to a very different outcome in America than it did in France. I end making a plea that we make sure to keep God central in our modern efforts to reclaim liberty so that we don’t follow in France’s footsteps. Show Notes 0.00 - Introduct...

Following up on last week's episode about the importance of God in education, this week I confront the fallacy that our kids can get truth diluted with the philosophies of men at school and all the God stuff at home and have them be as strong as they could be if they were getting pure, undiluted truth in every aspect of their education. I also refute the idea that you can somehow "put on...

Education is supposed to be so much more than just job training or career prep. This life is a short blip on the grand scale of the eternities, and it is that eternal world that is the real one. Our education and our children's education should be preparing us for that eternal world we are all aiming for. The world we live in is not the real world anymore than the testing center at your local...

Often my doubts center not around God's ability to do great things but in my own ability to do adequately do my part. In this episode I share how I recently struggled with some self doubt and what I learned about God's ability to work miracles both without our help and through imperfect people like me and you.  Show Notes 0:57: Background 2:25: My struggle 4:38: Help through another pers...

In this episode, I focus on how important it is for each of us to learn truth and learn the principles of freedom that our country and its Constitution are founded on so that we can stand up and do our part to defend truth and right. We all lead busy lives, but following Christ means sacrificing some personal comforts and desires to make time to serve him, defend him, and actively work to push bac...

Those who seek to claim that the United States was NOT founded on Christianity rely on scant claims and ignore a mountain of evidence in order to make their case. Braeden addresses some of the main points they make and shares his favorite quotes from that mountain of founding-era evidence which makes it abundantly clear that this country really was founded on Christianity.

Braeden responds to comments on last week's episode about spiritual neutrality and reaffirms that faith and believe in God are not somehow intellectually inferior to atheism. Then he goes into this week's topic and explains the importance of understanding the original intent of the Constitution,  how the words "separation of church and state" are not even in the Constitution, a...

Braeden talks about how the movement to remove God from the public square and public schools beginning in the 60's in favor of Godlessness was not a step in the right direction. There's a prevalent belief that removing faith from the equation leaves you with a neutral alternative that is equally welcoming to all. In practice, that's just not the case, and I take you through some of...

In this episode, Braeden introduces himself, explains why he is doing this podcast, and previews the topics he'll be discussing in future episodes. He also outlines the underlying assumptions and perspective behind everything that he'll talk about. If you believe in God and want to see families strengthened instead of torn apart, and if you belief that the founding of our nation was insp...