Well, welcome to a special bonus episode of the Breakpoint podcast.

I am very happy to invite and welcome my good friend Tim Gagline back on the broadcast.

He's been here more than a couple times.

And it's because he keeps writing books.

He just doesn't stop.

Just one book after another after

another. And they're all worthy of being talked about and discussed, especially for those of us who

care about a Christian worldview. Tim Gaglain, of course, the vice president of external and

government relations for focus on the family. Tim, good to see you, my friend. John, it is always great to be with you,

and I really mean that. I want to get into the depths of the book, which I think the timing of is

fantastic with our nation's 250th. Yes. There's a difference between celebrating something that

needs to be celebrated and also celebrating the right parts of it. Why is it celebratory? And I think

that's the right question for the American experiment. But before we go there, I'm always curious

about writers in general, but writers like you in particular, because obviously something gets

in your heart, something gets in your mind, and you think

this needs to be commented on. Now, this is a collection of essays, this book, what really matters,

restoring a legacy of faith, freedom, and family. But the title is so poignant. The way you've

put this writing together is so direct and aimed at the right things. Where do these kind of visions

of books or kind of plans and projects come from for you? Well, first, that's very gracious of you

to say. You're one of my favorite writers. And so from you, that means everything to me. I was on an

airplane four years ago, of all places I had spoken

at the University of Oklahoma. And at the very end of my remarks, at the very end of the Q&A,

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