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Kerby Anderson
Host — Point of View
Kerby Anderson is host of Point of View Radio Talk Show and also serves as the President of Probe Ministries. He holds masters degrees from Yale University (science) and Georgetown University (governm...
GUESTS
Merrill (Buddy) Matthews, PhD
Resident Scholar | Analyst | Writer — Institute for Policy Innovation
Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com...
Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.com. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Dr. Matthews is a past president of the Health Economics Roundtable for the National Association for Business Economics, the largest trade association of business economists. Dr. Matthews also served for 10 years as the medical ethicist for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s Institutional Review Board for Human Experimentation, and has contributed chapters to several books, including Physician Assisted Suicide: Expanding the Debate and The 21st Century Health Care Leader and, in 2009, Stop Paying the Crooks (on Medicare fraud). He has been published in numerous journals and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Barron’s, USA Today, Forbes magazine and the Washington Times. He was an award-winning political analyst for the USA Radio Network. Dr. Matthews received his Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas.
Kelly Shackelford
President and CEO — Liberty Institute
Kelly Shackelford, Esq., has been president and CEO of Liberty Institute since 1997. Mr. Shackelford is a constitutional scholar who has argued before the United States Supreme Court, testified before...
Kelly Shackelford, Esq., has been president and CEO of Liberty Institute since 1997. Mr. Shackelford is a constitutional scholar who has argued before the United States Supreme Court, testified before the U.S. House and Senate on constitutional issues, and has won three state landmark First Amendment and religious liberty cases in the past few years alone. He was recently named one of the 25 greatest Texas lawyers of the past quarter century by Texas Lawyer, and is the recipient of the prestigious William Bentley Ball Award for Life and Religious Freedom Defense for his leadership and pioneering work protecting religious freedom.
Penna Dexter
Co-Host — Point of View
For eight years Penna Dexter served as co-host on Point of View with founder Marlin Maddoux. Following his passing in 2004, she has served as co-host and frequently as Kerby Anderson’s guest host. Her...
For eight years Penna Dexter served as co-host on Point of View with founder Marlin Maddoux. Following his passing in 2004, she has served as co-host and frequently as Kerby Anderson’s guest host. Her weekly commentaries are carried on the Point of View website and air on the Bott Radio Network.Penna’s heart is in educating and encouraging Christians to influence the culture and politics. She has also served as co-host and commentator on other local issues-based radio programs. She worked as a consultant overseeing the launch and production of the Family Research Council’s nationally syndicated radio program, Washington Watch Weekly. Penna’s interest in conservative politics and the issues that affect the family began when she was a child working on political campaigns with her parents. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in International Relations. She spent 8 years in the banking industry.Penna and her husband Todd have three children and nine grandchildren. They attend Christ Church, an Anglican congregation in Plano, Texas. Penna serves on the vestry and as a chalice bearer.
Howard Goldthwaite
Writer | Speaker | Filmmaker | Senior Director of Creative Strategy — First Liberty Institute
Howard Goldthwaite is the Senior Director of Creative Strategy at First Liberty Institute, the nation’s largest nonprofit law firm exclusively dedicated to defending religious liberty. He spent man...
Howard Goldthwaite is the Senior Director of Creative Strategy at First Liberty Institute, the nation’s largest nonprofit law firm exclusively dedicated to defending religious liberty. He spent many years as a Creative Director, working at several large advertising agencies where he created national campaigns for brands like Samsung, GlaxoSmithKline, BMW, Nestlé, Denny’s, and many more. He’s a writer, speaker, and filmmaker, and teaches aspiring film students as an adjunct college professor. You can watch his TEDx talk on Youtube: “A Banjo Player Overcomes the PR Disaster of the Movie ‘Deliverance.’” As a lifetime doodler, he’s also is the creator of First Liberty’s own cartoon strip: “Jurisprunejuice.” Howard Goldthwaite is a prolific writer, with over a dozenbooks on Amazon. You can see several of his books on his Facebook page: QuietTime Well Spent.
His Tabernacle Family Church
No American should be forced to sacrifice one constitutionally protected freedom to enjoy another.
Religious Expression and the Defense Authorization Bill
Aggrieved atheists, annoyed agnostics and others troubled by a Nativity display, Hanukkah menorah or a poster celebrating Eid al-Fitr at a U.S. milita...
US Sanctions Other Countries for Doing What Colorado Just Did
GOP lawmakers are correct to say the US has sanctioned other countries for doing what the Colorado Supreme Court did to Donald Trump.
What Trump Can Learn from Switzerland
Switzerland recently announced it plans to eliminate tariffs on 95 percent of all imports. Donald Trump recently announced that as president he would...
A BDS Movement Conservatives Can Support
Conservatives have generally opposed the progressive left’s years-long effort to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) countries and companies the...
No Better Letter
The History Lesson Too Good to Miss The True Story of the Danbury Letter on the Separation of Church and State
Depopulation Memo
We rarely connect the dots between feminism and our current societal woes.
First Stories
First Liberty would like to share these two, beautifully illustrated children’s books as a free gift to all people of faith. These books are perfect f...
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Apologetics Dinner
Louis Markos invites you to a dinner party in his new book. Over the years this professor at Houston Christian University has invited international students and American students to a dinner. He has c...
Flyaway Zone
Since retiring from pulpit ministry 10 years ago, Anglican priest David Roseberry has found creative and practical ways to encourage leaders in his denomination and help them grow their churches and e...
Transgender Common Sense
Common sense is surfacing in many of the policies and programs associated with transgenderism. One illustration can be found in a recent article about “The Long March Out of the Gender Clinics.” The a...
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Protect Privacy Against Flock Cameras
Flock cameras are everywhere. While one camera is a tool, the more than 100,000 AI-powered cameras now posted around our nation are a new layer of dig...
Support the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act
The abortion pill harms women and kills unborn children. Congress must act.