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Thursday, November 9, 2017
On Point of View today, Penna Dexter is your host. She welcomes back Dr. Jay Richards from The Stream. He discusses a recently published article in The Stream, titled Real Christianity and Liberal Christianity.

In the second hour, we hear from Erica Komisar, a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and parent guidance expert. She tells us more about her book, Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters. Also in the second hour, we hear from Steve Strang, CEO of Charisma Media and founder of Charisma magazine. He discusses his book, God and Donald Trump.

On Point of View today, Penna Dexter is your host. She welcomes back Dr. Jay Richards from The Stream. He discusses a recently published article in The Stream, titled Real Christianity and Liberal Christianity.

In the second hour, we hear from Erica Komisar, a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and parent guidance expert. She tells us more about her book, Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters. Also in the second hour, we hear from Steve Strang, CEO of Charisma Media and founder of Charisma magazine. He discusses his book, God and Donald Trump.

HOST

Penna Dexter

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...

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Dr. Jay Richards

Dr. Jay Richards

Founder | Executive Editor — The Stream

Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is the Executive Editor of The Stream. He is an Assistant Research Professor in the School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America and a Senior Fellow a...

Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is the Executive Editor of The Stream. He is an Assistant Research Professor in the School of Business and Economics at The Catholic University of America and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute. He is author of many books including the New York Times bestsellers Infiltrated (2013), and Indivisible (2012), co-authored with James Robison. He is also the author of Money, Greed, and God, winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award; and co-author of The Privileged Planetwith astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. His most recent book, co-authored with Jonathan Witt, is The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom that J.R.R. Tolkien Got and the West Forgot. He has a Ph.D., with honors, in philosophy and theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Erica Komisar

Erica Komisar

Author | Parent Guidance Expert — field_542d8190101fc

Erica Komisar, LCSW is a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and parent guidance expert who has been in private practice in New York City for the last 25 years. A graduate of Georgetown and Columbi...

Erica Komisar, LCSW is a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, and parent guidance expert who has been in private practice in New York City for the last 25 years. A graduate of Georgetown and Columbia Universities and The New York Freudian Society, Ms Komisar is a psychological consultant bringing parenting and work/life workshops to clinics, schools, corporations, and childcare settings including The Garden House School, Goldman Sachs, Shearman and Sterling and SWFS Early Childhood Center. She lives is New York City with her husband—optometrist and social entrepreneur Dr. Jordan Kassalow—and their three children

Steve Strang

Steve Strang

CEO — Charisma Media

Stephen E. Strang is an award-winning journalist and successful businessman. After interviewing Donald Trump, Strang was involved with other Christian leaders who campaigned for Trump’s election Stran...

Stephen E. Strang is an award-winning journalist and successful businessman. After interviewing Donald Trump, Strang was involved with other Christian leaders who campaigned for Trump’s election Strang also attended the 2017 election night victory party in New York. Strang is the CEO of Charisma Media and founder of Charisma magazine.

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