GUESTS
Matt Petersen
Senior Director of Marketing — Wycliffe Bible Translators
Matt Petersen is Senior Director of Marketing at Wycliffe Bible Translators USA, working out of Wycliffe USA’s Orlando, Florida headquarters. Matt has worked with Wycliffe for more than 16 years in...
Matt Petersen is Senior Director of Marketing at Wycliffe Bible Translators USA, working out of Wycliffe USA’s Orlando, Florida headquarters. Matt has worked with Wycliffe for more than 16 years in a variety of creative roles. He’s been an integral part of developing marketing strategy, messaging for Wycliffe’s initiatives, and publicizing stories about Wycliffe’s missionaries and the work they’re doing around the world. Matt’s leadership was vital to the development and execution of Wycliffe’s annual #WhyBible campaign - held this year on September 30th, International Translation Day - which raised thousands of dollars for Bible translation.
Matt Potter
Co-Founder — Pray.com
Matthew Potter is an American Entrepreneur who is the Co-Founder of Pray.com with Steve Gatena, Mike Lynn and Ryan Beck. Pray.com has become the number one app for daily prayer and faith- based audi...
Matthew Potter is an American Entrepreneur who is the Co-Founder of Pray.com with Steve Gatena, Mike Lynn and Ryan Beck. Pray.com has become the number one app for daily prayer and faith- based audio content. Matthew grew up in a Christian home in Southern California before attending Boise State University. During college Matthew founded Homestack.com with William Grewal and served as the CEO of Homestack Inc. Matthew and William pioneered the white label application market with a software as a service real estate technology company building over 6,000 applications in both Apple and Google app stores. HomeStack now provides software for some of the largest Real Estate companies in the United States. After spending nearly a decade as the CEO of HomeStack, Inc., Matthew now serves as the head of strategic partnerships for Pray.com and has flown all over the world helping Churches and members utilize the Pray.com platform. Matthew also sits on the board of trustees for Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. Matthew believes that merging your passion with your skill is how you can leverage God’s grace to leave a legacy of helping others.
Matt Rinaldi
State Representative Elect — field_542d8190101fc
Matt Rinaldi has been active in conservative politics for approximately 20 years, since, as a student at James Madison University, he made national news for his efforts to have the Pledge of Allegianc...
Matt Rinaldi has been active in conservative politics for approximately 20 years, since, as a student at James Madison University, he made national news for his efforts to have the Pledge of Allegiance recited before student government meetings. More recently as a citizen-activist, he was among the first organizers of the Dallas Tea Party and is a coordinator for the Northwest Dallas County Tea Party Coalition. He has also served as Vice President of Programs for the Greater Irving Republican Club, and a member of the Metrocrest and Coppell Republican Clubs. Matt attends St. Ann's Catholic Parish.
Matt Sayman
Author | Speaker | Varsity Basketball Coach — Grapevine Faith Christian School
Matt Sayman received a full athletic scholarship to play basketball at Baylor University from 2000–2004. After remaining with the program following a shocking scandal in the off-season before his seni...
Matt Sayman received a full athletic scholarship to play basketball at Baylor University from 2000–2004. After remaining with the program following a shocking scandal in the off-season before his senior year, Matt broke the Baylor career record for games played (118). He then played professional basketball in Iceland, winning the Icelandic championship for Njardvik in 2005. Matt is currently the varsity basketball coach at Grapevine Faith Christian School in Texas, where he has led his team to the state semifinals the past two seasons. He enjoys inspiring young athletes with a message of “no magic”—just hard work, dedication, and a determination to work harder than the next guy. Matt also serves as director of events for MGBasketball camps, where he is known for his ability to connect and inspire young athletes to give their best and improve each day. He hosts JAMODI (Just A Matter Of Doing It) podcast, in which he interviews coaches and leaders to explore the reasons behind their successes. Matt and his wife Jana live near Fort Worth, Texas, with their two sons.
Matt Shaheen
State Representative — Texas House of Representatives, District 66
State Representative Matt Shaheen serves the citizens of District 66, which encompasses West Plano and far North Dallas. Previously, Mr. Shaheen served five years on the Collin County Commissioners Co...
State Representative Matt Shaheen serves the citizens of District 66, which encompasses West Plano and far North Dallas. Previously, Mr. Shaheen served five years on the Collin County Commissioners Court. Representative Shaheen serves on the Government Transparency & Operation, and the International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs Committees.Representative Shaheen is consistently ranked among the top most conservative, pro-business legislators in Texas. Matt has been married for 24 years and has three children. He attends Prestonwood Baptist Church and serves as a Deacon, an usher and on the church's pregnancy center board.
Matt Taibbi
Author | Journalist — field_542d8190101fc
Matthew C. "Matt" Taibbi is an American author and journalist. Primarily known for his work at Rolling Stone Magazine, Taibbi has reported on politics, media, finance, and sports, winning the National...
Matthew C. "Matt" Taibbi is an American author and journalist. Primarily known for his work at Rolling Stone Magazine, Taibbi has reported on politics, media, finance, and sports, winning the National Magazine Award for Commentary in 2008. He has authored many books. And is a New York Times best selling author. Prior to his time at Rolling Stone, Taibbi worked and lived in the former Soviet Union for over a decade. He edited an English-language newspaper in Moscow called the eXile and also played professional basketball in Mongolia. He and his wife Jeanne have two little boys and live in New Jersey.
Matt Walsh
Author | Blogger — field_542d8190101fc
Matt Walsh is a writer, speaker, and one of the religious Right’s most influential young voices. His columns on TheBlaze are read by millions of people.
Matt Walsh is a writer, speaker, and one of the religious Right’s most influential young voices. His columns on TheBlaze are read by millions of people.
Matt Whitaker
Writer | Director | Film Maker | Specialist in WWII — field_542d8190101fc
For over 30 years, Matt Whitaker has been writing and directing for film and television. A specialist in the WWII genre, his numerous produced screenplays include the critically acclaimed war films Sa...
For over 30 years, Matt Whitaker has been writing and directing for film and television. A specialist in the WWII genre, his numerous produced screenplays include the critically acclaimed war films Saints and Soldiers and Instrument of War. He has creative-produced or directed over 100 commercials and short films shot in more than 30 countries around the world. His directing credits also include award-winning documentaries for PBS such as Ancestors and Small Fortunes: Microcredit and the Future of Poverty featuring Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus and Academy Award winning actress, Linda Hunt. In 2002, Whitaker and a film crew traveled to Germany with the last surviving member of a teenage resistance group. This powerful experience led to the PBS documentary Truth & Conviction: The Helmuth Hübener Story, which has prepared the way for the feature film Truth & Treason.
Matthew Bennett, PhD
Asst Professor of Missions & Theology — Cedarville University
Matthew Aaron Bennett holds a PhD in missiology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and is assistant professor of missions and theology at Cedarville University. He previously lived for sev...
Matthew Aaron Bennett holds a PhD in missiology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and is assistant professor of missions and theology at Cedarville University. He previously lived for seven years in North Africa and the Middle East, where he developed a passion for helping Christians understand their Muslim neighbors. He is also the author of Narratives in Conflict: Atonement in Hebrews and the Qur’an.
Matthew Dominguez
Speaker | Philosophy, Literature, & Discipleship Teacher — Wheaton Academy
Matthew Dominguez is an educational trainer, speaker, and teacher and has studied at Houghton College in New York and Keble College in Oxford, and received his master’s from the University of Illinois...
Matthew Dominguez is an educational trainer, speaker, and teacher and has studied at Houghton College in New York and Keble College in Oxford, and received his master’s from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently, he is a philosophy, literature, and discipleship teacher and the adventure club director at Wheaton Academy in West Chicago, Illinois. With over twenty-five years of teaching experience and Kingdom community-building experience, he is passionate about the exciting journey of equipping students and leaders to make their faith their own by knowing what they believe and why they believe it. It is his deep joy to be on this grand adventure of Kingdom building and loving others with his wife, Jennifer, and their four children, Anna, Elijah, Olivia, and Ivy.
Matthew Martens
Author | Trial Lawyer | Speaker — field_542d8190101fc
Matt Martens is a trial lawyer and partner at an international law firm in Washington, DC. He graduated first in his class both at the University of North Carolina School of Law and at Dallas Theologi...
Matt Martens is a trial lawyer and partner at an international law firm in Washington, DC. He graduated first in his class both at the University of North Carolina School of Law and at Dallas Theological Seminary. Matt has spent the bulk of his 28-year legal career practicing criminal law as both a federal prosecutor and as a defense attorney. Early in his career, he served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist at the U.S. Supreme Court. Matt is the author of a recent book entitled, Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and was named by The Gospel Coalition as 2023 book of the year by a first-time author. Matt has spoken at schools across the country, including Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Columbia University, University of Michigan, Baylor University, and many others.
Matthew Soerens
Author | Vice President of Advocacy & Policy for World Relief
Matthew Soerens serves as the Vice President of Advocacy & Policy for World Relief. He is the coauthor of Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate and Inal...
Matthew Soerens serves as the Vice President of Advocacy & Policy for World Relief. He is the coauthor of Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate and Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church. Matt lives in Aurora, Illinois with his wife, Diana, and their four children.
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Empty School Desks
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Losing Church Members
Carey Nieuwhof has been producing a podcast for church leaders and has been on my radio program. A few months ago, I quoted him because he documented that the current percentages for church attendance...
Rethinking the SAT
Penna DexterSix years ago, in the thick of COVID, regents at the University of California voted that applicants to their prestigious school system would no longer be required to submit SAT or ACT scor...
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