GUESTS
Mary Grabar
Author | Teacher — field_542d8190101fc
Mary Grabar is a resident fellow at the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization and the founder of the Dissident Prof Education Project. She taught at the college level...
Mary Grabar is a resident fellow at the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization and the founder of the Dissident Prof Education Project. She taught at the college level for twenty years, most recently at Emory University, and her work has been published by the Federalist, Townhall, FrontPage Magazine, City Journal, American Greatness, and Academic Questions.
Mary Ho, PhD
International Executive Leader — All Nations International
Dr. Mary Ho is the International Executive Leader of All Nations International, a global Christian missions training and sending organization committed to preparing Christians to share the Gospel and...
Dr. Mary Ho is the International Executive Leader of All Nations International, a global Christian missions training and sending organization committed to preparing Christians to share the Gospel and establish churches in parts of the world where the name of Jesus Christ is little or not known. All Nations' mission is to make disciples and train leaders to ignite church planting movements, reaching the neglected globally – the least, the last, and the lost. She joined All Nations in 2007 as Executive Director of the All Nations North America Hub and was named to her current position, International Executive Leader, in February 2016. In her current role, Dr. Ho provides leadership and direction to the International Leadership Team which oversees five Hubs located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States; Kampala, Uganda; Cape Town, South Africa; Hamburg, Germany; and Tainan, Taiwan. All Nations has more than 450 cross-cultural workers spread out over 45 countries. They are trained, sent and overseen by each of the Hubs. Dr. Ho is passionate about finishing the Great Commission in this generation by sharing the love of God among every people group in the world. Born in Taiwan and raised on four continents, Dr. Ho, has lived in Taiwan, the Philippines, the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the U.S., and has traveled extensively. She received both her Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature in 1989 and her Master’s Degree in Communication Studies in 1991 from the Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan. Additionally, Dr. Ho received her Doctorate of Strategic Leadership from Virginia Beach-based Regent University in 2016. She is married to John Ho, and they have two sons.
Mary Hunt
Author and Motivational Speaker — Debt Proof Living
Mary Hunt is an award-winning and bestselling author, a syndicated columnist, and a sought-after motivational speaker who helps men and women battle the epidemic of consumer debt. She is founder and p...
Mary Hunt is an award-winning and bestselling author, a syndicated columnist, and a sought-after motivational speaker who helps men and women battle the epidemic of consumer debt. She is founder and publisher of the interactive website Debt-Proof Living, which features financial tools, resources, and information for her online members. Her books have sold more than a million copies, and her daily newspaper column, Everyday Cheapskate, is nationally syndicated through Creators Syndicate and is enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of readers. The author of several books, including 7 Money Rules for Life, Debt-Proof Living, and The Financially Confident Women, which won a Gold Medallion Book Award, Hunt speaks widely on personal finance and has appeared on shows such as NBC's TODAY and Dr. Phil. She and her husband live in California.
Mary Jayne Fogerty
Executive Director — Thrive Women's Clinic
Mary Jayne is a graduate of the University of Texas where she studied journalism and public relations. She has a big heart for urban missions, especially those related to people in crisis. Her first e...
Mary Jayne is a graduate of the University of Texas where she studied journalism and public relations. She has a big heart for urban missions, especially those related to people in crisis. Her first experience came in 1982 when she, alongside a small group of friends, became sponsors for Cambodian Refugee families. This experience broadened her understanding of those in need and of the many organizations in Dallas who provide help and support. She began her service at the Thrive Women’s Clinic in 2004 as the Director of Development and was appointed as Executive Director of the ministry in 2005. She currently oversees a staff of 21 and a budget of about 1.5 million. Counseling clients and watching God transform their hearts is a cherished part of her job. Prior to serving at Thrive, Mary Jayne was a free-lance writer and a published author of the book, Babysitter’s Companion, a guide to help parents leave instructions for their babysitter while they are working or traveling. She and her husband Bruce live in Dallas, Texas and have three grown children.
Mary Jean "MJ" Bentley
Actress, CEO, Founder — Little Faith Pictures
Mary Jean has over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry as a film producer, actress, songwriter, and singer. She is the Founder and CEO of Little Faith Pictures, a family and faith-ba...
Mary Jean has over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry as a film producer, actress, songwriter, and singer. She is the Founder and CEO of Little Faith Pictures, a family and faith-based entertainment company. Their current feature film, Gallows Road, starring Ernie Hudson and Kevin Sorbo was released nationally in August 2015. Her acting career includes appearances in numerous national commercials and several major motion pictures, most recently; Gallows Road starring Ernie Hudson and Kevin Sorbo, The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, starring Gavin MacLeod; Noah’s Ark, The New Beginning starring Michael Keaton, Jason Lee and Marcia Gay Harden, The Last Castle starring James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Redford, We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson, Sweet Home Alabama starring Reese Witherspoon and the Grand Jury winner at the Sundance Film Festival, Forty Shades of Blue starring Rip Torn. She currently co-writes with many of the leading songwriters of today with songs chosen for film scores and featured on the cover of Cornerstone Connection. Prior to embarking on an entertainment career full time and after receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from George Mason University, MJ served 9 years as an officer in the United States Navy Nurse Corp. She is active in her local Screen Actors Guild chapter as a committee member of Professional Actors Career Training (Pro ACT), on the Producer’s Committee and was the Co-Chairman of the 75th Anniversary Celebration for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in Dallas, Texas. MJ is also a member of Women In Film (WIF), Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA) and of The Academy of Country Music (ACM). She resides in Fort Worth, Texas with her husband, Kevin, and two young children and is represented by The Kim Dawson Agency.
Mary Jo Sharp
Assistant Professor of Apologetics at HBU — Founder & Director of Confident Christianity Apologetics Ministry
A former atheist who came to faith, Mary Jo Sharp has experienced two worlds of American culture: the post-Christian culture of the Pacific Northwest and the evangelical culture of the Bible Belt. She...
A former atheist who came to faith, Mary Jo Sharp has experienced two worlds of American culture: the post-Christian culture of the Pacific Northwest and the evangelical culture of the Bible Belt. She first encountered apologetics in her own spiritual search while seeking answers. Mary Jo is now an assistant professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University and the founder and director of Confident Christianity Apologetics Ministry. She has been featured in Christianity Today’s cover story “The Unexpected Defenders” and is an international speaker on apologetics, focusing on love and logic to uncover truth. She lives with her husband and family in Portland, Oregon.
Mary Louise Binning
Luncheon Co-Chair — Member of Council for Life
Mary Louise Binning has been involved with Council for Life for over five years. She is currently the Luncheon Co-Chair for CFL’s Celebrating Life Luncheon 2023. She is passionate about life-affirming...
Mary Louise Binning has been involved with Council for Life for over five years. She is currently the Luncheon Co-Chair for CFL’s Celebrating Life Luncheon 2023. She is passionate about life-affirming issues and believes there is no greater work outside of our individual families that is more important than affirming the value of Life. Mary Louise and her husband, Brad, have been married for 39 years. They met at SMU and lived in Oklahoma for 32 years before returning home to Texas six years ago. They have three adult children, Kelly, Ford and Marry Ilene, and three grandchildren.
Mary Margaret Gibson
Founder — Save the Mother, Save her Child
Mary Margaret Gibson leads the Save the Mother, Save her Child evangelism training and equipping ministry for faith-based pregnancy centers. She also manages EvanTell's Generational Transformation ini...
Mary Margaret Gibson leads the Save the Mother, Save her Child evangelism training and equipping ministry for faith-based pregnancy centers. She also manages EvanTell's Generational Transformation initiative, a national collaboration with One by One Ministries to provide mentors to expectant/new parent families that visit these pregnancy centers for help. She had a 35-year career in business before joining EvanTell in 2008. EvanTell helps Christians overcome the two biggest challenges in evangelism – fear and not knowing how – so they can spread the gospel clearly and simply. The ministry's latest initiative is The Evangelism Study Bible, which has thousands of articles, tips, notes and devotions. For more information, please visit http://www.evantell.org.
Mary Margaret Olohan
Author | Senior Reporter — The Daily Signal
Mary Margaret Olohan is a senior reporter covering culture and politics for The Daily Signal. She previously wrote for The Daily Wire and The Daily Caller News Foundation. A graduate of The Catholic U...
Mary Margaret Olohan is a senior reporter covering culture and politics for The Daily Signal. She previously wrote for The Daily Wire and The Daily Caller News Foundation. A graduate of The Catholic University of America, she is the proud eldest daughter of an Irish Catholic family of eleven children.
Mary Poplin
Professor of Education — Claremont Graduate University
Professor Poplin earned her PhD from the University of Texas and is a professor in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Her work spans K–12 to higher education. Professo...
Professor Poplin earned her PhD from the University of Texas and is a professor in the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Her work spans K–12 to higher education. Professor Poplin, who began her career as a public school teacher, conducts research largely on the inside of schools and classrooms, and more recently on highly effective teachers in urban poor schools. Funded by the John and Dora Haynes Foundation, she and eight colleagues conducted extensive research from 2005-2009 with 30 highly effective teachers in nine low performing urban K–12 schools in Los Angeles County. Her prior work included a study of Voices Inide the Classroom, funded by the John Kluge Foundation. In 1996, Professor Poplin also worked for two months with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta to understand why she said their work was “religious work and not social work.” Her book on this experience, Finding Calcutta was published by InterVarsity Press in 2008 and is also available in Korean and Chinese. Poplin’s work in higher education has included administration; at various times, she served as dean and as director of teacher education. Academically, she explores the contemporary intellectual trends dominant in the various academic disciplines—the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. In 2014, she published Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews (InterVarsity Press). In this new book, Poplin examines four major worldviews—naturalism, humanism, pantheism, and Judeo-Christian theism—and explores their implications for human behavior and the evidence for their truth. She is a frequent speaker in Veritas Forums throughout the country.
Marybeth Hicks
Author, Columnist, Speaker — field_542d8190101fc
Author, columnist and speaker Marybeth Hicks has spent more than a dozen years writing from the intersection of parenting and culture. Her column "Teachable Moments" is featured in Catholic Digest mag...
Author, columnist and speaker Marybeth Hicks has spent more than a dozen years writing from the intersection of parenting and culture. Her column "Teachable Moments" is featured in Catholic Digest magazine, and she appears each week on EWTN Radio's Son Rise Morning Show with Matt Swaim. For nine years, she was a weekly culture columnist for the The Washington Times. In addition to her writing and speaking practice, she currently serves as Director of Marketing at FAITH Catholic, the publishing and communications company of the Catholic Diocese of Lansing, Michigan. Marybeth's most recent book, Teachable Moments: Using Everyday Encounters With Media and Culture to Instill Conscience, Character, and Faith, was released in August, 2014. She is the author of three previous books: Don't Let the Kids Drink the Kool-Aid: Confronting the Left's Assault on Our Families, Faith, and Freedom, Bringing up GEEKS: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-up-too-fast World and The Perfect World Inside My Minivan–One Mom’s Journey Through the Streets of Suburbia. A frequent commentator on cultural issues, Marybeth has appeared on national television outlets including Fox News Channel's Hannity and Fox and Friends , the Christian Broadcasting Network's 700 Club and EWTN's The World Over, and on dozens of national and regional radio programs including those hosted by Sean Hannity, Dennis Miller, Laura Ingraham, Jim Bohannon, Hugh Hewitt, G. Gordon Liddy, Brian Kilmeade and others. Marybeth began her career as a writer in the Reagan White House, and later was a communications specialist in the educational, healthcare and corporate sectors. A graduate of Michigan State University, she serves on the advisory board of the Parents Television Council, an organization seeking to promote decency on the airwaves. Marybeth and her husband Jim Hicks make their home in Michigan and are the parents of four children.
Mat Staver, Esq.
Senior Pastor | Founder & Chairman — Liberty Councel
Mat Staver serves as Senior Pastor, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel; Chairman of Liberty Counsel Action, Christians in Defense of Israel, Freedom Federation, Salt & Light Council, and National...
Mat Staver serves as Senior Pastor, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel; Chairman of Liberty Counsel Action, Christians in Defense of Israel, Freedom Federation, Salt & Light Council, and National House of Hope; Founder and Chairman of Liberty Relief International; Vice President and Chief Counsel of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference-CONEL; Director of the Hispanic Israel Leadership Coalition; former Vice President of Liberty University; former Dean and tenured professor of law at Liberty University School of Law; Trustee of Timothy Plan, a New York and Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange-traded family of mutual funds; Trustee of the Supreme Court Historical Society; Member of the Board of Reference of the Christian Film and Television Commission; Member of the Board of Advisors of Care for Pastors; Founder and former President of Staver & Associates; and Founder and former President of The Staver Group.
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Empty School Desks
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Rethinking the SAT
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Support the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act
The abortion pill harms women and kills unborn children. Congress must act.
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