Gaines for Girls with Riley Gaines - Courage and Faith in Today's World with Kirk Cameron

00:00:00.000 what's up everybody welcome back to the gains for girls podcast as always thank you for tuning in

00:00:11.980 appreciate your support you can check us out at outkick.com anywhere where you get your podcasts

00:00:16.820 be sure to like and subscribe share these episodes um very excited for today's guest

00:00:24.220 I told my mom that I was interviewing this person and she was jealous she wanted to tell me that she

00:00:32.200 had a poster of him hung up in her room I think a magazine cover when she was in her her teens her

00:00:39.580 childhood it is none other than Kirk Cameron this is someone who I've been able to to develop a pretty

00:00:46.400 personal friendly relationship with over these past two years or so and he is amazing of course

00:00:52.480 as a person but what he is doing for this country how he has taken a special affinity with improving

00:00:59.300 the education and the culture as it pertains to our youth God's most precious the most vulnerable

00:01:07.160 the most impressionable the most innocent he and whether it's what he's doing with brave books

00:01:12.900 he's got a new show out for children that we are going to talk about today he also just released a

00:01:19.100 new adult chapter book it is called born to be brave um he's just doing so many amazing things

00:01:25.960 I would argue he's one of the uh most influential and pivotal uh culture shakers that we have in this 0.94

00:01:33.660 country really across the world today um so couldn't be more excited to talk to him but before we get

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00:02:25.740 and we are going to talk about this culture war and how it is shifting with my mother's heartthrob

00:02:30.580 kirk cameron well kirk thank you for joining the gains for girls podcast uh we've gotten to know each

00:02:36.920 other over the past i mean two years probably now uh and you have been one of of the faces at the

00:02:43.760 forefront of this uh one of the people who has pushed back the hardest with with what i would

00:02:48.700 argue uh i mean you have a lot to lose compared to other people and so uh before we get into anything

00:02:54.660 i wanted to thank you number one for for everything you've done for the movement everything you've

00:02:59.300 done for the country everything you have done to restore godly traditional biblical values to this

00:03:05.560 nation uh you've got a new book that has has just come out it's called born to be brave uh i got this

00:03:12.660 book uh and i was so honored when i read it because i had like a little shout out a little mention in

00:03:18.740 there and so i just wanted to start off by by you know asking you what inspired you to write this this

00:03:24.260 book born to be brave and and how does it reflect your own personal journey from hollywood star to now

00:03:30.540 again faith leader and and cultural warrior well thank you for all the titles i'm not sure i'm

00:03:36.440 deserving of all of them but uh but it's exciting to think about being alive right now i think it was

00:03:42.020 some famous president that said we are not cursed with being born in uninteresting times this is it baby

00:03:48.380 we've got an opportunity to really shake things up and do some great things for our children and for

00:03:55.120 the next generations uh well thank you for reading my book uh born to be brave is the first book that

00:04:01.600 i have written for adults i've written a few for kids and uh this one was really born out of wanting

00:04:07.240 to share the recipe that has given me so much hope and courage and has shaped my character over the last

00:04:13.920 three or four years uh and i think it started during covid when that hit in california we live here in the

00:04:20.960 communist state of cali and our governor essentially put everybody under house arrest we were stuck in

00:04:27.060 our backyards in our houses six feet apart you know we couldn't go to church you couldn't go to school

00:04:31.800 you couldn't go to work if you wanted some weed you could go to the weed shop if you want an abortion 1.00

00:04:35.660 or go to a strip club you could go there but those were only for essential services you know not stuff

00:04:42.020 like going to church on sunday at easter and taking communion or having thanksgiving dinner with your

00:04:47.900 families and so then there was the first 100 days of biden's administration and everybody was just

00:04:55.120 sort of waiting to see all the stuff that he was going to unravel that trump had done and implement

00:05:00.420 for the next 100 days and i thought well what's our 100 day plan and so i started something called

00:05:05.520 the american campfire revival from my backyard making 100 consecutive campfires and praying repenting

00:05:12.040 publicly on facebook live and then teaching through the founding principles of america which are

00:05:16.560 biblical principles and during that whole time uh i i was just struck by the worldview that so many

00:05:25.740 christians have lost which is that guys we're not fighting for victory we're fighting from victory 0.60

00:05:31.320 these people are not the enemy they're the opportunity and that nobody in politics can make or break this

00:05:37.780 country uh the culture is up to us as the people to create and a good government will simply provide

00:05:44.640 air cover or an iron dome to keep the missiles from flying in and wrecking our world but we've got to

00:05:50.440 build the world for our kids through our families and through our marriages and through our communities

00:05:55.120 and our churches um government can't do that that's called communism so let's not go there i mean we can go

00:06:01.220 there and i think that uh other administrations want to go there but for me i was like it's time to lean

00:06:07.280 into the birthright of courage that god has given his followers the enemies are not too big for us to

00:06:13.040 overcome culture is not something to be afraid of it's something for us to create and so i want to

00:06:18.500 share people with people biblical insights and true stories from people like you and other friends who

00:06:23.800 are acting in courage out of love for god and love for people and not just whining about the culture

00:06:30.120 but winning the culture that's what born to be brave is all about i love that i love that and i think it's

00:06:37.460 important you mention whining uh because in thinking about my own personal experience and again using your

00:06:43.400 book to really relate to to me and what you know caused me to take that initial leap of faith uh my

00:06:50.080 parents just always told me you know you can complain about something all day long but unless you're

00:06:54.680 willing to do something about it uh then you're then you're merely just complaining you're whining and no one

00:06:59.260 wants to be around someone who complains all the time so so there were several parts of your book

00:07:03.200 that that really spoke to me um but you mentioned this word courage uh i picture our founding fathers

00:07:11.280 and i would imagine they would not think it's courageous to say that men and women are different

00:07:18.260 uh i think maybe you know uh 250 years ago that's not what would have been defined necessarily as

00:07:24.320 courage and so certainly this word has has maybe its implication hasn't really changed but

00:07:29.240 what it takes to be courageous has changed um and so what are some of of these other people in

00:07:35.300 your book that you mention uh people who who you describe as being courageous and again uh why that's

00:07:40.480 important right now i think you're right our founding fathers and founding mothers even before

00:07:45.200 them the forefathers and foremothers did truly courageous and heroic things they stood for truth

00:07:52.020 in the midst of religious tyranny and government political tyranny and they risked their lives on a

00:08:00.080 little boat and crossed the ocean landing in a wilderness with uh you know really really having

00:08:06.120 no support and they built the greatest nation on earth i mean you know the the the soldiers on

00:08:11.980 normandy did courageous things against all odds when there seemed to be no hope but for today us to

00:08:18.280 say that it's controversial and takes courage to say that men cannot have babies is insane that's just

00:08:25.840 crazy that shows how far we have degraded in our basic knowledge of anything i mean i had this

00:08:34.620 conversation with my dad and my mom the other night where it just seems silly that we have a supreme

00:08:38.840 court justice who says she cannot um decide uh define what a woman is and you know it was it was 1.00

00:08:45.720 not a biologist like yeah she's not a biologist but i'm like well that's actually why matt walsh was

00:08:51.940 able to make an entire documentary called what is a woman and if you haven't seen am i racist that's even

00:08:57.480 more fantastic and the truth is is that when you eliminate god and his word from your knowledge you 0.68

00:09:05.680 become you become a fool you really do and i don't say that as some sort of a derogatory term i think

00:09:12.680 that i think it is the right definition you can't really define anything absolutely because everything 0.99

00:09:18.420 has become just a human construct it and it can shift and change so while gay rights were once rooted

00:09:26.120 to biological hardwiring of attraction to someone who is biologically the same sex as you are and that

00:09:35.660 was the basis for for gay marriage the transgender movement is now undermining the very foundation of 1.00

00:09:42.180 that argument and saying that gender is now fluid it's on a spectrum it's not biologically hardwired

00:09:48.300 into the person that i love in fact they can change and i can change and so those two things can't

00:09:53.100 coexist at the same time and they're at odds with one another but they're in the same alphabet army

00:09:57.660 so it's hard to fight against your own soldiers but this is the lunacy that we have to deal with today

00:10:03.360 and um i'm i'm so grateful for people like you who are just standing for simple common sense truth

00:10:08.940 i'm thankful for jonathan isaacs who uh refused to go along with all of the other basketball players

00:10:15.180 when it came time to sing the national anthem uh or or raise the fist of power or the black black lives

00:10:21.820 matter square or whatever i've got buddies who are doing a better job than fema when it comes to disaster

00:10:29.220 relief by getting men to stand up and volunteer be men of courage compassion and character and rush

00:10:37.320 to disaster sites and voluntarily give their time their energy everything to rescue people out of

00:10:44.380 their homes and you know dig them out of the mud uh i can think of other business owners who are

00:10:50.340 changing the health care place and paradigm by offering something better than health care insurance

00:10:56.980 so when things are not working and they're not broken it's usually the best time to offer positive alternatives

00:11:02.820 that's what you're doing that's what my other friends are doing that's what brave books is doing

00:11:08.620 when scholastic is putting literal pornographic descriptions in books for kids in schools

00:11:16.060 to where if you read those pages at a school board meeting they they remove you for for vulgarity

00:11:23.120 yet they want their kids to be able to read them and you know it's like cognitive dissonance it's

00:11:30.900 schizophrenia it's a conflict of interest but they don't know how to fix it brave books comes in and

00:11:36.580 says we'll offer you book fairs with wholesome good pro-god pro-america values and it can still

00:11:42.440 benefit your school with a pro with a portion of the proceeds from the sales and you don't have to be

00:11:46.960 a whiner anymore join us and we'll create the book culture for our kids and it'll build their

00:11:52.520 character at the same time so this is the kind of mindset i think that we need to keep encouraging

00:11:58.820 out there for people who who want to see a hopeful future no doubt no doubt about it uh i love brave

00:12:06.880 books i've got tons of little cousins they all subscribe to brave books uh so if you haven't heard

00:12:13.160 of brave books uh which i'm sure you have or or if you haven't invested and it truly is an investment

00:12:18.500 it's an investment in your children's future if you have not invested into brave books i encourage

00:12:23.680 you to look at it i've got a book with brave books it is called happy no snakes day that is about

00:12:29.940 standing up for for the truth despite the consequences you may face and so what a phenomenal

00:12:35.880 way to to counter again yeah like you said the the grooming for lack of a better word uh that we see

00:12:42.720 the culture putting into schools that the kids are being taught uh so really really awesome stuff going on

00:12:48.500 at brave books um and in congruence with that something you've been you have been incredibly

00:12:54.460 effective that is communicating with the youth and so uh you have just been a a very busy person because

00:13:01.160 on top of your new uh chapter book uh you just launched a new show a children's show it is called

00:13:07.620 adventures with iggy and mr kirk it is amazing uh it focuses on teaching timeless uh virtues to kids

00:13:16.320 uh what inspired you to create the show uh and how do you hope that it impacts families and children

00:13:24.480 i'm really excited about this because the the pollution that's coming to kids through

00:13:30.600 disney and nickelodeon and some of their favorite cartoons and kids shows is just awful it's as it's as

00:13:37.100 bad as it is in the books so the the trans movement you know kids today are likely to come home with a book 0.98

00:13:42.760 that is where they're learning morality from gay dinosaurs or trans ducks not from christians and 0.97

00:13:51.160 people who love god and love their family and and love this country and so parents are just yearning for 0.96

00:13:58.780 a time where tv can actually be a support to the things they're trying to teach them at home shows like

00:14:06.280 mr rogers neighborhood that was a little before my time even but mr rogers was somebody that embodied

00:14:12.740 uh a man who cared about the souls of children he would listen to you and he would deal with difficult

00:14:18.940 questions that kids are wrestling with and so that's what we have created our version of a modernized

00:14:25.620 mr rogers neighborhood or think of sesame street that is faith forward that teaches kids to love god

00:14:31.900 to love their family and warns them about the dangers of gender queer theory that warns them about

00:14:39.280 socialism and communism and teaches them the value of humility rather than pride about teamwork and

00:14:45.880 family and facing your fears like uh and standing up for the truth like riley gains and it's all done

00:14:52.600 in the context of mr kirk that's me raising a five-year-old iguana named iggy and he is a little green

00:14:59.620 puppet and we actually got one of the uh world the world's best puppeteers from jim henson's

00:15:06.320 sesame street to to make and operate the puppet and he's absolutely adorable and he has a relationship

00:15:13.280 with this colorful cast of animals on freedom island and we have finished two seasons 20 episodes

00:15:20.220 of adventures with iggy and mr kirk and children and parents are just raving about it we had our green

00:15:26.760 carpet premiere iggy insisted that we change the red carpet to green it's his favorite color and uh

00:15:33.360 it was awesome so it's coming out this spring it's going to be everywhere we'll even give it away for

00:15:38.220 free if we have to and we're asking people who want to support this kind of children's television

00:15:43.200 programming to go to watch brave.com and there's lots of ways to get previews of the show and ways to

00:15:51.460 support the movement that's right you've got characters in there like uh culture of the vulture

00:15:59.300 uh which represents the challenges that kids face in today's world uh that that you described but i

00:16:05.560 mean how do you balance balance teaching these important lessons that kids need to to be taught

00:16:11.160 with keeping the content still fun and engaging yeah that's that's the beauty of this and i'm so it's a

00:16:17.360 dream team of people there the the animation is beautiful and you can see that in the books but

00:16:21.980 now we bring it all to life through through movement animation we've got stars from um disney's good luck

00:16:27.820 good luck charlie uh lee allen baker and we've got these world-class puppeteers so it's fun it's funny

00:16:34.200 it's entertaining but you've got you know i'm a grandpa now my daughter just had a little baby girl

00:16:39.740 and my little three-month-old maya is gonna be watching these things and so i'm making sure that the

00:16:45.080 lessons are solid that they are true lasting that they're going to get to their heart and reach

00:16:51.080 those kids where they really need to be nourished so for instance when we dealt with the sanctity of

00:16:58.800 life we deal with the sanctity of all life and teach little iggy who has a bird's nest full of eggs

00:17:04.160 that he can't just like throw the eggs away because there's something inside of them there's little

00:17:09.220 baby birds and that mommy is caring for those little baby birds and that we just like those

00:17:14.800 babies and the eggs start out inside of our mother's womb and god's knitting us together in

00:17:20.520 there and he learns to take care of all life not just pre-born life but elderly life and disabled life

00:17:26.960 in the episode of adventures with iggy and mr kirk and then dealing with uh gender identity which is a

00:17:34.460 really hard topic to deal with uh culture the vulture suggests to iggy that because he's an iguana

00:17:41.580 and mr kirk is a human and mr kirk's family is human that they don't love him quite as much the

00:17:47.720 way he is and he ought to consider becoming more like a likable human boy and so he now tries to

00:17:55.640 change his identity and his expression of who he is by dressing and acting like someone other than

00:18:02.860 the iguana that he actually is and this leads him down this identity crisis and the vulture named

00:18:10.580 culture keeps trying to teach him how everyone's against him and to feel sorry for himself and he

00:18:18.320 just feeds this monster until iggy finally breaks down and it's the loving wise advice of mr kirk that

00:18:25.740 leads him back to understanding that god made him special just the way he is and that he's got a purpose

00:18:31.040 for him but he has to embrace his identity in order to discover that purpose and that that that

00:18:37.860 treasured value so these are the these are the kinds of things that we do while every everything

00:18:42.500 is crazy and entertaining and fun for the kids absolutely uh again that is adventures with iggy and

00:18:48.800 mr kirk uh i encourage everyone to check that out when it's dropped i saw i saw clips of the premiere

00:18:54.720 and it looked amazing um but i mean last thing for you i mean it seems like more people are willing to

00:19:02.420 speak out uh whether it's against the gender ideology movement uh whatever the cultural chaos that that

00:19:08.600 plagues this nation might be that at one point i mean really held people and and even still it has

00:19:15.260 held people hostage for lack of better word you have people like i think in hollywood uh your realm you

00:19:20.380 have people like of course yourself rob schneider uh people who who are now uh bold and brave and

00:19:27.820 unapologetic and stating the truth you've got athletes who uh people like um john jones who we

00:19:34.180 just saw i mean how amazing he won this ufc title uh ufc 309 he the first thing he does he says look i

00:19:41.260 want to honor god my lord and savior because without him i am nothing i thought that was amazing uh people

00:19:47.680 of course like harrison butker we're seeing this uh i think to to uh really highlight how cancel

00:19:54.120 culture has lost its grip we're seeing people do this this silly little trump dance which um has taken

00:20:00.220 over social media it's being done by collegiate players uh professional players uh even female

00:20:05.660 golfers which is amazing but but i think it's more than just this embracement of donald trump i think

00:20:12.360 it's a rejection of absurdity um as as we have a society again have been placed in a chokehold by

00:20:18.680 um and so it just shows me that cancel culture is losing its grip do you feel like we're on the

00:20:24.820 winning side of this and that our culture is shifting absolutely we're on the winning side of this

00:20:30.320 and i i think in order to not be nervous about saying that we're on the the winning side we have to

00:20:37.180 really rightly frame our optimism and to rightly frame it we have to recognize that

00:20:44.420 as i mentioned earlier we're not fighting for victory we're fighting from victory and by that

00:20:51.360 i mean the ultimate victory of the gospel when our founding fathers and mothers gave us this country

00:20:56.700 they didn't have delusions that their children would all follow the the the precepts and the

00:21:04.100 guidelines of god found in the bible and in the constitution they hoped that they would but to

00:21:10.000 the degree that we get away from that stuff we will suffer and we can absolutely implode and

00:21:15.900 disintegrate but the kingdom of god goes on and i don't know what's going to happen here in america

00:21:23.820 i'm very hopeful in the next four years i think could be our finest hour as the family of faith

00:21:28.800 and those who love god and love the country but there is massive global shifts the winds shift

00:21:35.960 and change and in south america and in africa and in asia and in the middle east there is revival and

00:21:42.820 awakenings that are taking place underground and in unexpected places and to the degree that we in

00:21:49.200 america and europe walk away from god rip the 10 commandments out of out of our legal system and

00:21:54.520 prayer out of schools we may see a terrible decline but here's my theory my theory is that god is a god

00:22:03.060 of grace and second chances and we see that kindness and mercy over and over in the scriptures and

00:22:09.640 throughout history what if the current cultural setback in america is really a divine setup for a

00:22:17.920 cultural and spiritual comeback led by the family of faith i firmly believe with all my heart that it

00:22:25.940 is and it's not going to happen because god's going to drop it out of the sky his spirit works in your

00:22:31.620 heart and then you begin to heavenize your your home your community your state and from the local

00:22:39.000 grassroots level we begin to change everything from the inside out and i think we're at the heart of the

00:22:45.840 beginning of a new awakening in america i love it i love it if you want to to hear more about america's

00:22:54.180 spiritual and cultural comeback uh you can check out again kirk's new book it is called born to be

00:23:00.040 brave uh if you want amazing resources and guidance and these wonderful virtuous lessons for your children

00:23:07.180 you can check out uh brave books at bravebooks.com you can get my book happy no snakes day but they have

00:23:13.600 tons of amazing authors it's a monthly subscription again in total contrast to what scholastic is

00:23:19.700 pushing for putting in your your children's school libraries uh and and furthermore for your children

00:23:26.200 check out adventures with iggy and mr kirk uh really really great things that you're doing that you have

00:23:33.020 done that you will continue to do uh we will certainly be looking out uh at what is next for you

00:23:38.220 because i know you're not done uh it is always thing after thing after thing how can you uh restore

00:23:44.400 traditional biblical values and we appreciate you for it you've got an amazing team of people around

00:23:51.140 you i got to spend some time with your sister also uh by the way a few months ago and she's she's just

00:23:57.220 as amazing uh so what a wonderful family you guys have uh but just could it be more grateful for

00:24:02.560 everything you've done uh for me personally for the movement for the country so thank you kirk

00:24:08.220 well thank you i'm i'm grateful for you and i'm grateful for your parents and uh the guidance

00:24:13.640 that they've given you over these years and now you're passing that on to everybody who's listening

00:24:18.620 to you week after week after week so keep up the great work let's let's go fight win all right lots

00:24:24.440 of action items for you uh make sure you check out kirk cameron's newly released book born to be brave

00:24:30.060 uh again i read it it's amazing uh i could not believe when i was reading it that i got a shout out

00:24:35.160 in there so again born to be brave uh if you have any children in your life whether that's your own

00:24:40.620 other children that you know and that you love uh check out bravebooks.com of course you can sign

00:24:46.520 up for the monthly subscription they drop a new book off at your doorstep every single month written by

00:24:52.300 a different uh influencer a different author uh who represents these values that they are teaching

00:24:57.720 these children about in these books or you can buy a book one-off you can check out my book

00:25:02.420 uh happy no snakes day at bravebooks.com and i encourage you to check out kirk cameron's new

00:25:09.620 children's show uh adventures with mr kirk and iggy uh wonderful things he's got going on over there

00:25:17.060 everything he is doing for this culture everything he is doing for for the future of this this nation

00:25:23.360 the future of the world uh our children again that is xxxy athletics.com use the code rileyg20 for

00:25:30.380 20% off at checkout and we will see you guys again next week

Gaines for Girls with Riley Gaines - December 04, 2024

Courage and Faith in Today's World with Kirk Cameron

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