Penna Dexter is a radio commentator and columnist for various Christian conservative outlets. She is a frequent commentator and guest host for Point of View Radio Talk Show with Kerby Anderson. Her weekly commentaries air on the Moody Broadcasting Network and the Bott Radio Network. Penna’s columns appear at Baptist Press and the Christian Post blog page. Penna is an executive at Todd Dexter & Associates, the integrated marketing consulting company founded by her husband, Todd Dexter.

For eight years she served as Marlin Maddoux’s co-host on Point of View and for two years she co-hosted a daily drive time live broadcast on the Dallas-based Criswell Radio Network.

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 are members of Trinity Presbyterian Church, they have three adult children.

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.

Andy Bunn was called in November 2016 to assume the role of Executive Director of Leadership Vistas International Ministries. His previous ministry experience includes serving with Marketplace Chaplains for 13 years in various chaplain and leadership capacities. Prior to his chaplain service, he served 10 years in the Army and 8 years in the corrugated box industry. Andy is currently working on a PhD in Leadership at Piedmont International University, Winston-Salem, NC. He is a 2004 graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX having earned a Master of Divinity degree. He also holds an MA degree from Hollins College in Roanoke, VA and a BS degree in Economics from The United States Military Academy. He and his wife of almost 30 blessed years, Holly, have two adult sons, Drew and Zack. Andy and Holly are thrilled that Drew and his lovely wife, Jessica, are expecting their first child on June 4th!

By: Merrill Matthews - ipi.org - March 26, 2019 The Justice Department has sided with a federal judge in Texas, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans to strike ...

By: The Editorial Board - wsj.com - March 27, 2019 An abiding mystery of the Trump Presidency is why it can’t stand prosperity. And right on time, after its victory on Russian collusion, the Administration decided this ...

By: Merril Matthews - ipi.org - March 27, 2019 One of the major policy debates of the 2020 presidential race will be “Medicare for All.” It even has its own acronym: M4A. Medicare for All ...

By: Matthew Continetti - nationalreview.com - March 27, 2019 “You don’t run for second place,” Stacey Abrams told the ladies of The View this afternoon. Abrams, who refuses to concede her loss to Georgia governor Brian Kemp last ...

By: Sister Toldjah - redstate.com - March 28, 2019 After the San Antonio City Council effectively banned Chick-fil-A from opening up a restaurant in the city’s airport for the next seven years, a law firm ...

By: Ken Paxton - usatoday.com - March 27, 2019 Texas attorney general: Each state can now decide for itself what type of health care system it wants. It’s a sad commentary that alarms go up ...