The founders weren’t a tidy, unanimous blob of “great men,” and the more you learn about them, the more gripping the real story gets. We kick off Good News Friday with something we’ve been itching to share: our new book, “Lives, Fortune, Sacred Honors,” a fast-moving set of modern biographies on all 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Along the way, we talk through the kinds of details most Americans never hear, from personal rivalries and street-level violence to the brutal costs some families paid for liberty. If you’ve ever searched for Declaration of Independence signers, Founding Fathers biographies, or the meaning behind “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor,” this is the deep dive that still moves at a readable pace.

From there, we zoom into the headlines shaping faith and culture right now. We react to new polling that shows support for the LGBTQ lifestyle and gender transition dropping, and we unpack why moral trends matter far beyond one issue. We connect the dots between religion, morality, public policy, and the long-term health of a nation, including how media moments and detransitioner stories changed what many people were willing to question out loud.

We also hit two big policy stories: the ATF rolling back Biden-era gun rules and what that means for Second Amendment rights and self-defense, plus new data showing churches speaking more clearly about abortion and pro-life convictions. We close with a Pentagon update that trims hundreds of “recognized” religion codes while emphasizing religious liberty and chaplains, and we ask what it looks like to stay focused on mission without turning faith into bureaucratic nonsense. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

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