Actor and Author Kirk Cameron Discusses “Born to Be Brave” | ClayTravis

uh actor Kirk Cameron is with us now he's here to uplift us Inspire us he's got a new book born to be brave how to be part of America's spiritual comeback Kirk take it away man make everybody feel like it's all going to be all right sure what what a setup boy I'm so I'm so I glad glad I came in right now it actually is the the most exciting time I can think of to be alive uh in in the last hundred years I mean the darkness is so it is so opaque that light is so easy to see all people have to do is turn it on and I'm telling you honestly and truly with all of my heart as I travel the country and I'm reading books of virtue and character to children at public libraries Contra drag queen story hours and political corruption and economic collapse and and moral sewage I'm finding thousands and thousands of parents and grandparents and kids coming out of the woodwork to be a part of a movement that will amplify light and and light some some brush fires of freedom and virtue and fan them to spread them like wildfire across the country people are waking up I feel the Rumblings of a Great Awakening and I can't wait to see what's going to happen over the next couple of years I love the enthusiasm Kirk I just saw you it's not Pie in the Sky by and by optimism this is stake on the plate reality that I see and that I believe with all of my heart yeah Clay speak a steak on the plate that wasn't a Smackdown I was just you to know no I know I've just got to buy clay expensive steak soon in like a week that's what that is he made a poor decision that he thought Joe Biden was going to stay in the race and I said of course not he's going to drop out but Kirk I saw you uh what night was it Monday night at the Amir racist premiere for Matt Walsh's new film and you have now moved to my hometown of Nashville welcome it's always good to add new tennesseans but I want to also congratulate you you have six kids of your own but you just became a grandfather yes what is the experience like you obviously have had a bunch of kids already what does it feel like to be a grandfather it's thrilling it's exciting it's it's an exciting experience to have kids now when you when you have a grandfather it's it's definitely next level I've heard that my whole life and now I'm experiencing it I mean she's got cheeks for weeks she's already a Bills fan she's part of the mafia she was stressed out before the game the other day and she just crashed when the whole thing was done we are loving being grandparents my wife and I are just just over the moon it is super cool and welcome like I said to uh to Nashville tell us about this book so you have written a bunch of children's books now for people out there who have been grew up basically watching you now uh you've gone from I would say Teen Idol on Growing Pains to now a grandpa what has that trajectory of your life been like and at what point did you decide hey I really want to kind of focus on telling stories to younger kids well I'm so I'm so excited that I made it this far I I'm now a grandfather you know I I I I didn't I didn't pass away in my youth like a like a like a teenage actor who just got so strung out on which happens a ton honestly there's not very many that grow up have six kids have one wife and become a grandkid who were a grandfather who were pop star so I mean that is a rare pathway that that is a bless thing that I'm so grateful for and uh yes I I wrote this book that you're speaking of it's called Born to Be Brave um I have been spending the last couple of years writing children's books and reading them to three to fivey olds to teach them things like the fruit of the spirit love kindness faithfulness uh self-control and humility Contra drag queens teaching them about pride and and self-empowerment rather than self-control and finding myself inundated by parents who say that they feel silenced and marginalized afraid they're not sure what to do and then they throw some of them throw a a religious element into it and say but that's the way the Bible says it's supposed to be it's just going to get worse and there's really nothing we can do about it and I go time out no I I I think that's totally misplaced that hopelessness is found nowhere in the history of the family of Faith or the scriptures or what I'm seeing right now and I realized I need to put gas in the tank of the parents I need to put wind in the sails of the grandparents the people who actually understand why this is the greatest country in the world so that they can have the bravery and courage to get our kids to a place of blessing and protection and teach them the things that we are losing in this country it's nice to hear uh a sense of optimism about how the the battle for spirituality or the spiritual battle is playing out in this country and that I guess the the good guys and gals can win here I mean you're mentioning obviously the book I assume is uh a a bit of a a template or some some encouragement perhaps you know coaching from the sidelines here for how people can get more involved in these battles themselves or just give them a a framework a template for doing it the book is born to be brave how to be a part of America's spiritual comeback uh and so as as a new grandparent I got to say you know you got a lot of grandparents listening right now I feel like the older I get the more wisdom I feel comes from the older generation in a lot of ways I'll be honest with you how does that play into the spiritual comeback yeah many grandparents feel like well I I did my time and and and and I've had my opportunity to make a difference no no no no you're just getting started if you are somebody who loves God loves your family and loves this country listen don't get bitter when you watch the news get better don't be a whiner be a winner don't complain about the culture create the culture you have the time you have the opportunity with the Next Generation they need you pour into them that's what I need to be doing let me ask you this question clay what if the current cultural setback is really a Divine setup for a spiritual comeback led by the family of Faith what if the political corruption the moral collapse the economic decline the spiritual apathy is really a wakeup call for those of us who know exactly what's going on we've been redpilled we see what's happening the promises of the enemy are turning out to be fake and now it's our time to Red Pill everybody else but we've got to do it the right way the only way out of the Matrix first of all is to start with a heart of humility and love and then we've got to speak the truth with boldness and with courage starting with myself my family and then work our way out through our communities to the state and to the local level and I believe that if we lean into this bravery and courage that God has given his faithful followers we can and we will realign the nation with Biblical constitutional American values it's happened before it can happen again it's called a Great Awakening and we're due for one that was really well said Kirk and given your background in Hollywood I have a question for you I just mentioned we saw the Amir racist Premiere Matt Walsh's documentary which movie should be required viewing for every American I thought it was fantastic he's going to be on with us Monday but it seems to me and I'm curious if you feel this based on your background that even in Hollywood I was reading in the Wall Street Journal magazine um about they're making a uh an HBO I think it was series about the biblical David there certainly has been a lot it feels to me whether it's the sound of Freedom uh whether it's uh so many different uh movies out there ordinary angels that came out I believe the Irwin Brothers are involved in those films who are also located to a large degree here in Nashville um do you sense that Hollywood is recognizing that there is a great cultural hunger for stories such as these and that that is allowing people to maybe connect their emptiness inside with recognizing where it's coming from am I crazy or is that starting to happen even from the cultural perspective from what you see I feel exactly what you're feeling and I I see what you see and what I believe is that holwood has been ripping off the biblical narrative since the very beginning they have uh wisely recognized the stories that resonate most violently with the human heart in a good way stories of redemption the hero's journey you see it in every Marvel movie in um every every Batman movie you you see it everywhere and it's the Against All Odds when all hope seems lost story when the the the underdog under goes a a transformation and comes back from the impossible to win the day and it's in Lord of the Rings it's in Narnia it's it's everywhere and that's why I try to make the movies that I make the books that I write and the cartoons and children's programs that I'm producing so that's why people need to go see movies like that the movies you just talked about sound of Freedom or the Kendrick's Brothers new movie uh that's out called the forge about men mentoring and discipling the younger generation of men to give them a sense of identity and purpose and Destiny and that's why I want people to get this book I wrote uh born to be brave because when we support projects like this when we listen to to radio stations like yours what does that do not only does it equip us and educate us and open our eyes so we can do something it then sends massive Financial shock waves to the industry and blows open the doors so we have more radio stations like yours we have more books like born to be brave we have more movies like uh The Passion of the Christ or sound of Freedom or or or whatever it is to combat the evil and begin to turn the tide of the culture uh remember a tiny vocal minority group with ridiculous ideas that are fake and lies have manage to transform what is normal today think of what we could do if we got a plan work together and our cause was just I feel better about everything I know us into the weekend in great mood so can I can I ask here's what I'd love more than anything this is the first book that I've ever written for adults and I want more than anything to write more books like this and I want all of my friends who are better authors than I am to write more books like this and the way that we can do that is if this makes it to whatever the numbers are to put me on the New York Times bestseller list that sends a message to the publishing industry that America wants more about an about a spiritual comeback in America a Reviving of American first principles that leads to our blessing and protection and then we can flood the market with that kind of stuff I don't want it to be Fringe I want it to be mainstream spiritual comeback plus capitalism you're in the right place my friend there thank you yeah good combo Kirk Cameron everybody born to be brave how to be a part of America's spiritual comeback check out your copy of it Kirk always great to have you man we'll see you soon appreciate both of you guys thanks so much thank you thank you