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This weekend, we’ll hear Tony’s recent conversation with Dr. Os Guinness, author and social critic, as they explore the state of freedom in America in a time of increased conflict, hostility, and incivility. Dr. Guinness shares how this divisive climate is rooted in competing understandings of freedom and how Americans must choose which freedom to follow.

This weekend, we’ll hear from: Dave Brat, Dean of Liberty University’s School of Business, to discuss a new survey showing that patriotism, religion, and having children are notably less popular among younger Americans than they were twenty years earlier. Dan Celia, CEO and President of Financial Issues Stewardship Ministries, who explains the difference between socially responsible investing and biblically responsible investing. Roger Severino, Director of the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which earlier this week issued a “Notice of Violation to the University of Vermont Medical Center After It Unlawfully Forced a Nurse to Assist in Abortion.”

This weekend, we’ll hear from: Gordon Chang, foreign affairs journalist focusing on China, on hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters who flooded the streets of Hong Kong again in protest of increasing Chinese repression. Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative for the 5th District of Arizona, on his resolution to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Mexico City Policy – a policy which prevents U.S. taxpayer dollars from being used to perform or promote abortions overseas.

This weekend we’ll hear from: John Cooper, lead singer of the Christian band Skillet, on his viral Facebook post reacting to recent church influencers who have chosen to publicly renounce their faith. David Closson, FRC’s Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on how Christians should respond when church influencers renounce their faith in Jesus.

This weekend, we’ll hear from: Greg Laurie, Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, responding to criticisms of prayer as a useless response to tragedy. Gordon Chang, foreign affairs journalist focusing on China, on the latest salvo in the U.S.-China trade war and the importance of raising religious freedom as an item of concern amid trade talks. Jody Hice, U.S. Representative for the 10th District of Georgia and Mark Green, U.S. Representative for the 7th District of Tennessee, who discuss their recent visit to the Southern Border and set the record straight about what conditions are really like.

This weekend we’ll hear from: Ted Yoho, U.S. Representative for the 3rd District of Florida, to give a report from the U.S.-Mexico border and discuss the border wall’s latest win at the Supreme Court. David Barton, Founder of WallBuilders, to respond to a group of liberal Christians who have planted their flag against what they have defined as “Christian nationalism.” Bill Simon, Former President and CEO of Walmart, on the growing trend among big companies to pick sides in the cultural debate.