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The WallBuilders Show

What Counts As Good News In Chaotic Times

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

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A principal runs toward the sound of gunfire, tackles a would-be school shooter, and lives. Astronauts wake up near the moon to a Christian song and speak openly about God, prayer, and creation. Then we hit the whiplash of modern life: official acronyms so long they sound like satire, headlines that strain credibility, and policies that test the limits of constitutional authority. That mix is exactly why we do Good News Friday, because hope has to be anchored in something sturdier than the ne...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the intersection of faith and culture.

0:09.0

It's The Wall Builder Show, taken on the hot topics of the day from a biblical, historical, and constitutional perspective.

0:14.0

And it's Friday, so we got good news coming your way.

0:16.6

We love Good News Friday around here at Wall Builders.

0:19.2

Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton. And they've got a lot of good news to share with you. If you didn't get to hear any of the programs earlier this week, be sure and visit our website, wallboulders. Show. And then make sure you share any of those programs, but certainly today's program, get some of this good news in the hands of your friends and family. Let's jump right into some good news.

0:38.8

David, what's our first piece of good news?

0:44.8

Well, guys, this first story involves, the good news is that it could have been a tragedy and it wasn't.

0:46.1

And the news is a little late getting to us because of the fact that it was kept by the

0:50.3

police for a while and they had to get some footage and release some things but it took

0:55.4

place in paul's valley oklahoma i've been there i love paul's valley it's kind of a country

1:01.1

part of oklahoma this kind of a mid-sized city little south oklahoma city and and north of

1:08.0

dallas fort worth area i've been through there so many times, just great

1:11.1

people. But there was an attempted shooting at the school there in Pauls Valley. There was a guy

1:18.1

who had studied the Columbine shootings from back. It was that 99 maybe? I mean, a long time ago

1:24.3

where went in a shot 13 students and killed a teacher and, you know, had it all planned out.

1:30.4

And this guy had studied that and wanted to do the same thing.

1:33.7

And so it's real providential.

1:36.2

First off, it is just a good story.

1:38.2

He did not kill anyone at all.

1:41.5

Did shoot someone, but the one he shot turned out to be the hero.

1:45.2

So in the way this worked out, this guy went into the school.

1:49.4

He had studied the Columbine the way it went.

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