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The WallBuilders Show

How Parent-Led, Faith-Rooted Schooling Fuels A Free Nation

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

Wallbuilders Show, Education, Constitutional, Church, Christianity, History, Conservative, America, Family, Christian, Biblical, Religion & Spirituality, Wallbuilders.show, Government, News, Politics

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Is freedom built at the ballot box—or around the kitchen table? We open a lively, no-fluff conversation about education as discipleship, why parental authority is essential to a free society, and how churches can move from the sidelines to the front lines of formation. Joined by Stephen McDowell of the Providence Foundation, we explore his new film “Educated for Liberty,” a free, segment-based resource designed to help families and congregations reclaim the mission of shaping young hearts and...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the intersection of faith and culture.

0:09.1

Thanks for joining us on the Wild Builders show today.

0:11.2

Taking on the hot topics of the day from a biblical, historical, and constitutional perspective.

0:15.2

And today's topic is education.

0:17.5

And of course, all three of those areas, those perspectives.

0:20.4

We can learn a lot about

0:21.5

how education should work. I'm Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton. And of course,

0:26.3

Tim and I were just with our guests doing some filming for a new special coming out for

0:30.8

American Family Association. So Stephen McDowell is going to be with us a little later and had

0:35.4

a great time with him in the museum, Tim.

0:38.3

Well, we did.

0:40.0

And it's also worth noting.

0:44.7

He's a Wall Builders board member and has been for longer than I've been part of Wall Builders.

0:48.8

I think that 30-something years you've been with Steve McDow.

0:51.9

I mean, I've been around Wall Builders for sure.

0:58.0

But you've known Steve, I guess really their whole family, for a lot of years.

1:04.7

30-something years, isn't that right? Yeah, I would say 30-something years. I think we go back to 88 or 89 is when we got connected. So, yeah, it goes back a while. And, you know, Steve's been really amazing.

1:11.4

He has researched and studied so much on American history early, but he's taking the

1:16.9

principles to nations all over the world, which is what's amazing about what he does.

1:21.9

Yeah, and one of the things, too, Dad, that we have benefited greatly, just like, I mean, guys, for all of us, we have friends that operate

1:30.2

in the world, whether it be political or the biblical, the historic areas of America. We have a lot

1:38.3

of friends that do a lot of this kind of stuff. Steve McDowell is one of those unique guys, a little bit

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